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Hard to respond when you are just making shit up:
That's really dumb, and has no basis in reality. This part:
Is true, and we should keep economic pressure on them. Nothing wrong with that at all.
Moving on, this request:
A few months into MAGA 2.0, I saw an interview with Adam Schiff, who I generally respect. He's an old school Democratic weakling, but he's shown a bit of willingness to fight back (along with Raskin), so I want to encourage that inclination. Anyway, he was asked about the MAGA blitzkrieg of EOs and illegal actions, and he was very contrite in saying that they underestimated America 's willingness to handle "bold action," and MAGA clearly demonstrated that it was possible. It was clear that HE, at least, had a change of heart, and I suspect he's not alone. He knows they made mistakes, and the American voters are going to take it out on them at the polls. I doubt they will proceed with the same strategies, or they will get their asses kicked even worse the next time around.
And as I have said in other posts, it isn't about what they've done in the past, which is worse than shameful, it's been political malpractice, nearly to a criminal degree. It's about the future, with new blood, like those we've seen come on over the last few years, like Frost, Slotkin, AOC, Smallwell, etc. Then there are the new rising stars like Kelly and Walz, who nobody thinks is going to back down.
The point is that there is every reason to believe that the incoming Democratic freshman Congressional Reps, and hopefully some Senators, too, will be Democratic Warriors. They wouldn't make it out the primaries if they weren't. This time around, people aren't going to be trying to elect a "Good Democrat," or vote against a bad candidate, they will be voting for Democratic Warriors who will aggressively take the fight to MAGAs and stand toe-to-toe with them. Those Old School Democrat Weenies who have fed us to the wolves, and manage to squeak out another term, better get with the program, or get stomped.
The fierce Democratic Warriors like:
*Slotkin - A former CIA operative heavily funded by AIPAC who believes Israel 'has a right to defend itself'
*Smallwell - sponsored legislation that made it illegal to boycott Israeli goods and businesses
*AOC - has voted twice, once in July after the genocide had been ongoing and in the spotlight, to keep funding the Iron Dome that allows Israel to conduct their heinous actions without fear of retaliation
I'll give you Frost since he's changed his views, but it sounds like you don't really care if the US war machine keeps destroying the rest of the world, as long as they turn the dial down on their own citizens a little bit. In a just society, they would be in the same jail block as the current administration.
I'm concerned about the very real existential threat facing THIS country. Sorry about everywhere else, but our own house is on fire.
You're a nazi
No, I'm not, you Putz. I've got Nazi Zombies on my doorstep trying to get in, I'm concentrating on my own country right now. Whoever commits to fully crushing and purging MAGA gets my vote. I don't care what they think about anything else. When MAGA is handled, we can then afford to address the issues of other nations.
Sick of trolls trying to get us to take our eye off the ball.
Even worse, you are a neoliberal. An enemy of humanity.
You obviously don't know what a neo liberal is.
You
are
a
nazi
You are a MAGA Troll.
I bet being wrong all the time gets old
WTF? You expect me to defend these fucking losers? I hate Jeffries and Schmuck Schumer as much as Trump. They're just Shadow MAGAs. They are 50% responsible for MAGA being in power. When the Dems take back power, these two cowardly bitches need to be investigated as much as the MAGA criminals.
You are really bad at this.
Defending future democrats while hating the current democrats is the dumbest thing I've read today
It's called Hope & Change. Obama won an election with it, I'd like to see someone lead with it.
Right now, while there is still a glimmer of a chance to get out of this, we need to remain optimistic about every path to success we can imagine. At least one of them might work.