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[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 31 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Establishment Democrats continue to not learn any lessons.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 days ago

They are Establishment first, Democrat is a sidegig.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 4 days ago

Geriatric asshole.

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Pelosi isn't a cunt. Something something depth and warmth. She's below a cunt; she's a cankle.

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 31 points 5 days ago

The former speaker of the House of Representatives is instead pushing Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) to win the high-ranking role, and is “actively working to tank” AOC’s bid while “making calls” on behalf of Connolly, Punchbowl News reported Thursday.

The report adds that Pelosi’s behind-the-scenes maneuvering displays the sheer “amount of political capital” she’s willing to put into Connolly’s campaign—the verdict of which will be decided next week.

Classes DNC pulling strings to get the results they want.

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Truly the Mitch McConnell of the DNC.

[–] That_Devil_Girl@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago

Right wing democrats are the worst.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 23 points 5 days ago (1 children)

lol get wrecked, wrecker

All your backstabbing got you nothing!

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 5 days ago

That's the funniest part of this. Aoc gone out of her way to appeal and appease Nancy only to still get screwed by Nancy

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 18 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Why did AOC vote to tank the rail union strike?

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 11 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I try not to let perfect be the enemy of good. She might not always be right. She might have done some political background dealing that we aren't privy to. People will always compromise a little in politics. Try to understand that when you are looking for teammates.

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 5 days ago
[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

You’re implying she’s at least been “good.” She has not.

Don’t ever compromise with “not nearly good enough.”

[–] K1nsey6@lemmy.ml -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

She has not been good, shes a sheepdog keeping disenfranchised voters rounded up in the party with the illusion that the have an advocate in government and will soon have a seat at the table.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

i was going to say something like this but w bernie; aoc and bernie serve the democrats goals just as well as sinema and manchin do.

[–] K1nsey6@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

AOC will be Bernie's replacement as DNC sheepdog. The DNC has always had a party sheepdog going back to 1984 with Jesse Jackson

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

Jesse Jackson

omg i COMPLETELY forgot that guy existed!

[–] thejevans@lemmy.ml 11 points 5 days ago

bc they're all vipers. some are just more useful than others.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Because the government continued to work to get the rail workers what they wanted, but shitting down the economy would have hurt everyone, at a time when everyone was already hurting financially.

Context matters, try to pay attention to all of it.

[–] K1nsey6@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Rail workers did not get what they wanted, you are parroting shitlib lies. Anyone advocating to save capitalism at the expanse of the working class is a class traitor

[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee -2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

No one is advocating "saving capitalism" stop being so overly dramatic. You realize that after several years of already being tapped out financially, causing more financial hardship for most of the rest of the working class doesn't help anyone, right?

No, you clearly can't grasp that simple concept. Fucking the entire working class to help get a few extra sick days for a few dozen working class - when you can continue negotiating that without the economic cataclysm - is idiotic.

[–] K1nsey6@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Biden is a strike busting scab

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Biden went back to get the rail workers sick days like he said he would. Why lie?

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago
  • and almost none of the other things that they needed; table scraps.
[–] K1nsey6@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

You're repeating the same lie that the entire strike was about sick days. It's not his or the governments job to force a union contract on labor.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee -2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Putting millions of working class Americans in financial peril is also bad. Can we agree on that? Or do you think people can eat their principles?

[–] K1nsey6@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Every single right won in this country has been to the detriment of some people, and people have suffered in the short term, but in the end, things come out better for everyone. With this type of mentality we would still have 7 day work weeks, no overtime, no paid vacation, all the benefits that were won by labor in the early 1900s wouldn't exist

[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Sure, but it's mostly been the rich who was at a detriment, not the entire working class...right after suffering another financial hardship. You keep ignoring my entire point, because you think people can eat their principles.

[–] K1nsey6@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 days ago

Short-term suffering has a lot less impact on the well being of people than long term suffering to protect the status quo.

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 5 days ago

It's idiotic for the ruling class. It's exactly how you cause a general strike across the country and bring the ruling class to its knees

[–] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml -2 points 5 days ago

AOC is a liberal that coopts ledt aesthetics. She did a very normal liberal thing, which is to claim organized lavor cred and alignment and then undermine labor materially.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.ml 12 points 5 days ago

Dragonlady needs to leave our future queen tf alone

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Looks like her slip and broken hip will damage this effort.