'Grow Up!': DNC Chair Candidate Says Democrats Focused Too Much on Trump's Insults

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37. I agree that the illiberal left should take on the right with

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all its considerable passion. THAT would have been something. We lost last fall by only somewhat more than the flutter of a butterfly's wing. If they had been what was needed, WE would now have our people in control of both the presidency and Congress, with our judicial appointments moving into well over 100 vacant seats.

My accusation, and the reality has been, that they won't. Instead, they attack the Democratic Party--our largest, best hope for stopping the anti-democratic, anti-liberal, anti-equality of all men, anti-freedom of religion forces on the right. But the Buckleys can't/won't be what is needed. It's a basic dysfunction that no compelling current leader has shown up to move them beyond.

This thread is about Buckley, and I'm saying he's not only not the right stuff, he's the wrong stuff. We have critical duties to fulfill to not just ourselves but the entire planet. No time to stand around trying to avoid being shot in the foot by our own. We need people who believe in us, what we stand for, and what we intend to achieve.