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In reply to the discussion: I am sick and tired of seeing women like Feinstein and Pelosi attacked as "too establishment" [View all]meadowlander
(4,388 posts)and not because they are, you know, too establishment. Pelosi lost any support from me when she took Bush impeachment off the table and when she refused to even try for single payer in 2008 when we had unified Democratic government. How is that a criticism that wouldn't have been leveled at a male speaker of the house from the same era?
It's not really that helpful to impugn motives on other peoples legitimate criticisms of our leaders. Why not try listening to where they are coming from instead?
My absolute nightmare is that we bust our asses to win majorities in Congress and January 3, 2019 the first words out of Speaker Pelosi's mouth (again) are "we need to work with the Trump administration and put the past behind us". And I have no confidence that that will not be the case. Because she has never given any indication that it will not be. On the contrary, she thinks pursuing Trump impeachment is a "waste of time" without even waiting to hear the outcome of the Mueller investigation: http://time.com/5029752/nancy-pelosi-impeach-trump/
We're in this shit today because we didn't rip the throat out of the Republican party in 2008 when we has the chance over all the bullshit they pulled during the Bush era. We need leadership in 2019 - not the same people who punted the ball last time and are lining up to punt it again.