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In reply to the discussion: Why aren't the "progressives" who are going after Harris, Booker, Patrick, and Pelosi [View all]WinstonSmith4740
(3,056 posts)Look, I know all the "herding crickets' analogies when it comes to getting Democrats on the same page. We do this to ourselves, partly because the Democratic Party knows we know how to think for ourselves, and celebrates that ability. "Purity" was never a demand. And while it is over on the other side of the aisle, they have proven time and time again how hypocritical they are. The same people that worked themselves into a frenzy over Clinton's affair lined up to vote for a philandering, lying, twice divorced-three times married, serial sexual assaulter, who boasted he could kill someone and not lose support. That's what? At least 3 of the Big 10. After last year, we know these things are being planted by the opposition. Why do we keep rising to the bait? No candidate will be perfect. They will have taken money from people we don't like, and vote in ways we don't like. The only person we will agree with 100% of the time is our own selves.
If we intend to save our Democracy, we better get our act together.