I'm willing to accommodate the oppression of women to win elections. (Reply #37)

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Thu May 5, 2022, 09:04 AM

37. I'm willing to accommodate the oppression of women to win elections.

You should realize by now just how self-serving, unprincipled and spineless I really am — or as I like to call it, pragmatism. Thank you for supporting me (and not you) calling the shots.

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...a Democratic U.S. House leader says party shouldn't shun abortion opponents [View all]	I_have_a_cat_bite	May 2022	OP
Excuse me?	PoindexterOglethorpe	May 2022	#1
Do you want to feel like you're right or	Loki Liesmith	May 2022	#3
I want to protect our rights.	Voltaire2	May 2022	#24
Nice to know our rights can be bargained away by our allies to ensure a win for them.	Autumn	May 2022	#55
We don't win if we're imploding from inside.	Baitball Blogger	May 2022	#32
A huge percentage incorrectly think that overturning Roe makes abortion illegal nationwide	Polybius	May 2022	#70
Are you NOT paying attention??? Banning ALL abortion is what these woman-	niyad	May 2022	#77
Are you?	Polybius	May 2022	#79
So we don't shun them - Guaranteed win. Bookmarking.	ck4829	May 2022	#73
I don't think we ought to shun them	Vogon_Glory	May 2022	#31
Big tent. Lots of issues. Lots of different views:	Tomconroy	May 2022	#2
Agreed	padah513	May 2022	#5
Win what? A more broken government?	Emile	May 2022	#7
Okay	atreides1	May 2022	#16
The big tent has people whose views are different than yours.	Tomconroy	May 2022	#21
How many federal judges would have been approved	Tomconroy	May 2022	#23
Big tent is messy, but better than politically correct small tent, - that loses elections	empedocles	May 2022	#20
Right on! Single issue litmus tests in local races will not lead to a Dem majority/governance.	dutch777	May 2022	#22
Funny how the other party wins and enforces	Voltaire2	May 2022	#25
Last time I checked Biden was still president.	Tomconroy	May 2022	#30
We won gay rights during those years and had choice because of Democrats	JI7	May 2022	#36
Gay people won gay rights. Not Democrats. (nt)	Duncan Grant	May 2022	#39
Most Gay people are Democrats and it wouldn't have happened if republicans had been in office	JI7	May 2022	#40
Gay people did the work.	Duncan Grant	May 2022	#50
That's always been the case. Doesn't change the fact that the democratic party	JI7	May 2022	#51
If it's all the same to you, I'm giving the credit where credit is really due.	Duncan Grant	May 2022	#52
Yes, and it would not happen with Republicans in office	JI7	May 2022	#53
You are	inthewind21	May 2022	#58
A whole LOT of Gay Men are Republican and voted for Reagan then Bush et al	msfiddlestix	May 2022	#74
Congratulations on your 5,000 post milestone.	niyad	May 2022	#76
Thanks! 5000 loudmouth blasts and counting.	Tomconroy	May 2022	#80
Not sure...	agingdem	May 2022	#4
Manchin is not pro-choice	FBaggins	May 2022	#9
you're right..he's not..	agingdem	May 2022	#10
"He owns us" yes... but that also answers the question in the OP	FBaggins	May 2022	#11
We need to own his ass.	hamsterjill	May 2022	#43
Really	inthewind21	May 2022	#59
The House already passed the Womens Health Protection Act	tirebiter	May 2022	#6
Totally agree with you.	Duppers	May 2022	#8
This message was self-deleted by its author	jfz9580m	May 2022	#18
Back at ya, my critter-loving friend.	Duppers	May 2022	#19
Democrats have always stressed they're the "Big Tent" party	Raine	May 2022	#12
And that has gotten us right here	Voltaire2	May 2022	#26
We are here because of people that don't think abortion rights are important like Ralph Nader	JI7	May 2022	#35
Well that is one analysis.	Voltaire2	May 2022	#64
They are opposed to abortion rights and focus their attacks in Democrats	JI7	May 2022	#66
The handle on that hammer is getting awfully worn	Sympthsical	May 2022	#65
Yes I agree with you.	mountain grammy	May 2022	#13
I agree it is burned earth now.	gibraltar72	May 2022	#14
more winning	Slammer	May 2022	#15
"There's not enough anti-abortion Democrats on Capitol Hill to fill a phone booth"	BumRushDaShow	May 2022	#27
I thought the right for a woman privacy was in	Emile	May 2022	#17
I'm beyond pissed at Clyburn	AntivaxHunters	May 2022	#28
Haven't we learned by now that compromising gets us kicked in the teeth?	Novara	May 2022	#29
I don't see a problem.	tavernier	May 2022	#33
We can't shun them because there aren't enough pro choice people in this country	JI7	May 2022	#34
I'm willing to accommodate the oppression of women to win elections.	Duncan Grant	May 2022	#37
Bravo	inthewind21	May 2022	#60
That's right, Democrats. Pull your punches, one more time.	Paladin	May 2022	#38
It has , MAnchin is anti choice but we need his seat to hold the Senate which helps us confirm	JI7	May 2022	#42
Sucking up to Manchin just delays the inevitable for a short while.	Paladin	May 2022	#44
No we aren't	JI7	May 2022	#49
I can't help	inthewind21	May 2022	#61
We do control the Senate . That's how we got the voter on Supreme Court Justice	JI7	May 2022	#67
Well, shit.	Act_of_Reparation	May 2022	#68
Who said everything was great ? The part about getting this justice	JI7	May 2022	#69
I have no idea what you're trying to say here.	Act_of_Reparation	May 2022	#72
Our big tent includes pro choice, not anti abortion.	BoomaofBandM	May 2022	#41
Fine	Mz Pip	May 2022	#45
+1	Mad_Machine76	May 2022	#48
I had a DFL congressman who was anti-abortion. He's one of the smiling old white men	WhiskeyGrinder	May 2022	#46
No	Mad_Machine76	May 2022	#47
He's wrong. Deadly wrong. There is no place in the party for ANYONE who is anti choice.	Autumn	May 2022	#54
Cuellar was hand picked by Republican businessmen in Texas.	hamsterjill	May 2022	#56
His name is Rep. Clyburn.	aocommunalpunch	May 2022	#57
just as we won't condone racists	WhiteTara	May 2022	#62
Ugh. His district is where Lizelle Herrera was charged with murder.	gldstwmn	May 2022	#63
Primary these folks on this issue and see how it goes. That's how it works in our country.	jalan48	May 2022	#71
I'm not going to say what I think	AntivaxHunters	May 2022	#75
I understand what Rep. Clyburn is saying. But, as a woman who supports,	niyad	May 2022	#78

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