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In reply to the discussion: Can the Democratic Party disapprove of something/someone and also not give up power? [View all]MadDAsHell
(2,067 posts)138. Nancy has no business meddling in a state government issue. nt
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Can the Democratic Party disapprove of something/someone and also not give up power? [View all]
ProfessorPlum
Feb 2019
OP
Neither am I. When you find a political system that allows for the drafting of perfect candidates
LongtimeAZDem
Feb 2019
#6
Actually, yes. But, again, this is not about candidates for cannonization.
LongtimeAZDem
Feb 2019
#20
Rs are much more savvy about strategy, while "good guys finish last" Dems keep getting trampled on
EveHammond13
Feb 2019
#78
Asking that our candidates have no history of overt racism or misogyny is not asking for perfection.
LanternWaste
Feb 2019
#123
if the alternative is to richly reward a group of ultra-hypocritical ratfuckers
ProfessorPlum
Feb 2019
#8
Hypocrisy isn't taking a sledge hammer to fruit flies. There's wisdom in moderation
uponit7771
Feb 2019
#9
Moderation here would be an investigation by the DNC like Ellison. White privilege wouldn't exist
uponit7771
Feb 2019
#19
all of the minorities in VA you would hand into the tender mercies of the GOP
ProfessorPlum
Feb 2019
#27
Of course it's harder to be principled but principled doesn't mean taking a sledge hammer to fruit
uponit7771
Feb 2019
#32
And by the time we accomplish that change, my daughter will be facing a world in which
LongtimeAZDem
Feb 2019
#56
You don't get it; McCarthyist purity witch-hunts never stop with the bad cases
LongtimeAZDem
Feb 2019
#62
Absolutely!!! Very well stated. And we'd better start doing it! Loss of job for any ...
LAS14
Feb 2019
#5
Agreed. However, I don't think their hypocrisy justifies our hypocrisy.
In It to Win It
Feb 2019
#107
I think it has been proven that students chose the pictures for their page
ProfessorPlum
Feb 2019
#108
I'll dig it up - supposedly the editor of the yearbook described the process
ProfessorPlum
Feb 2019
#113
I'm fine with having a better/perfect person inhabit a Democratic governorship in VA
ProfessorPlum
Feb 2019
#51
Neither will defenestrating every Democratic politician who has ever made a bad decision
ProfessorPlum
Feb 2019
#54
we seem to have held up so far to the values people are demanding in Va. out of the elected Dems
bigtree
Feb 2019
#61
What needs to happen? Tom Perez needs to declare an approach - a fighting approach? I say yes.
EveHammond13
Feb 2019
#74