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marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 08:31 PM Jan 2017

Words of Wisdom from Kos

I don't think this has been posted here yet, but even if it has, it bears repeating and repeating...

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/1/19/1622334/-Finding-a-liberal-savior-isn-t-the-solution-to-the-Democrats-problems-Riding-a-populist-wave-is

"So my advice to donors and progressive groups trying to make sense of what comes ahead? Don’t try to build anything. Things are already being built. Instead, ride the wave. Let it carry you. If you are a donor, support the new leaders and institutions that arise from this (just like the Kochs spent countless millions supporting tea party initiatives). Embrace this new generation of activists, because these are the women and men who will deliver us to the promised land.

"In a time of darkness, this new resistance movement promises to not just mitigate the damage Trump and his Republican allies seeks to cause, but to build a new lasting progressive majority. So please please please, look for the best of what came before us, no matter which “side” it was associated with, and then embrace this future. Because it’ll be glorious."

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