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ProfessorPlum

(11,252 posts)
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 03:09 PM Sep 2018

I don't think the democrats have their heads in the game

I keep thinking about that announcement that Claire McCaskill made earlier about not voting for Kavanaugh. To which I have to say - duh.

The president is a Russian asset and a criminal. The GOP senators she works with are all either compromised tools of Putin or at the very least are fine with letting Putin's agents run our government.

the DEFAULT position for Democratic senators should be "of course we are not going to vote for this fruit of a poisoned tree. convince me otherwise"

I mean, come on. They seem to think we are still living in congenial world, meanwhile they are going to get rolled. To think that a Democratic senator would have to announce - announce! - that she wasn't voting for an unindicted co-conspirator to this cabal of Russian puppets indicates to me that it took her some time to work that decision out. It should take about ten seconds to decide that Trump has no business re-making the court at this point. He's about to be indicted for numerous crimes. You can't let a criminal like that appoint his own judges.

I feel like we are trying to fight these fascists with a limp noodle.

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genxlib

(5,507 posts)
2. She is up for election in a purple state
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 03:12 PM
Sep 2018

Her public position has to track a careful line so that she does not get beat up about being partisan.

I am looking for results, not positioning.

BannonsLiver

(16,162 posts)
4. +1
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 03:20 PM
Sep 2018

the world would be so much better if everyone lived in Vermont but alas, that's not possible.

I'm from a red state and totally get it.

leftstreet

(36,081 posts)
6. So her constituents are racists, rapists, and assholes?
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 03:24 PM
Sep 2018

Has she considered moving to a less-red state? Establish residency, run for office, try to do some good?



I know that's what we the regular people get told to do when surrounded by seas of red - just move

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
8. So surrender?
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 05:10 PM
Sep 2018

We have a legit chance to re-elect a Democrat in a generally red state.

Yet again, we have democrats bitching about what that requires.

Enough blaming democrats.

Hekate

(90,202 posts)
10. So one (1) Dem from a red state equivocates before the vote & you think this is a Clue...
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 05:16 PM
Sep 2018

...to the entire party? Hmmmm

betsuni

(25,135 posts)
14. Yes, this is a New Rule. One Democrat does something bad, all Democrats do it.
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 06:07 PM
Sep 2018

Shortcut to get to "both sides are the same."

standingtall

(2,785 posts)
12. All Democrats should've have already came out against this guy by
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 05:26 PM
Sep 2018

now. The but it's a red state argument doesn't hold up anymore. They have the political cover they need to vote against this guy. Their delay is keeping pressure off the Senators from Maine and Alaska.

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