Decline of the DNC V
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Socialism should scare everyone. Just ask the fine folks from Cuba and Venezuela.House GOP memo shows party’s ‘socialist’ scare tactics are not working
Opinion | House GOP memo shows party’s ‘socialist’ scare tactics are not working
Ahead of the midterms, a conservative firm is warning House Republicans to smear liberals as communists instead of socialists.www.ms.now
Yes, socialism should.
But just as the Democrats spent years tarring any Republican a "racist" on oftentimes the most scintilla of a stretch of an argument, the simple fact is this has been a Republican cry since the New Deal era. The Dems have paid dearly for all of the wolf crying and after the fact "we only lost because" nonsense with the current driver of the GOP clown car, who - despite the third grade level defense of Trump by showing a picture of him with his black friend - was in trouble for refusing to rent to non-whities all the way back in 1973. Same thing with the fascist schtick. Harry Truman compared Thomas Dewey to Adolph Hitler in 1948, and that, too, has been a constant refrain. You know, you tell folks for 60-plus years that if guy X wins we're headed to World War Eleven - and then it doesn't happen - it stops having any effect at all after awhile. McGovern compared Nixon to Hitler no less than three times during the 1972 campaign.
Likewise, there is a risk if you call enough people a socialist long enough, it will have a near zero effect. It already has less than it did because a lot of the younger people don't see it as such a bad thing. And the GOP calling the Democrats soft on communism has been ongoing since Nixon and Joe McCarthy.
I think it's long past time, however, for the news media to - you know - actually TELL THE TRUTH about this stuff. A socialist like AOC can EASILY win a House district, particularly a gerrymandered one. It isn't all that difficult. It's why you can find a number of kooks like Lauren Boebert or (before she quit) Marjorie Taylor Greene in the GOP and about an equal number in the Democratic Party, people whose views are so extreme the room flips sideways when they enter.
It's a whole lot more difficult to do this in a statewide race - unless your state is really small.
Like Vermont, where we have the only socialist in the US Senate. It's a limited universe of voters where Statler the Muppet was once the mayor of the largest city in the state.
How large is Burlington?
You could seat every single member of the city on ONE SIDE of a sold out Bryant-Denny Stadium.
I recommend everyone watch the Bill Maher video below (not a link, has a bad word in it, unfortunately - search the title on YouTube):
Yeah, l saw this but didn’t link it for the same reason.
But remember - “any criticism of any Democrat for anything leftwards at ANY time makes you a right winger and your position wrong.”
As Maher has noted, he hasn’t changed at all. Just because a guy to the left criticizes someone on the left doesn’t miraculously turn him into a conservative.
On a leftie site I follow people are going crazy because Beshear isn’t marching into McConnell’s hospitals room to see how he’s doing with the state police in tow.
No matter how many times they are told the hospital wouldn’t let him in the door or even confirm McConnell is a patient and that he can’t order them to do so, they still think it’s some giant conspiracy.
They also say it destroys his presidential hopes and swear they will never vote for him.
Because nominating a moderate Southern governor would never work. Go with AOC, she’s a lock.
No matter how many times they are told the hospital wouldn’t let him in the door or even confirm McConnell is a patient and that he can’t order them to do so, they still think it’s some giant conspiracy.
They also say it destroys his presidential hopes and swear they will never vote for him.
Because nominating a moderate Southern governor would never work. Go with AOC, she’s a lock.
On youtube search "bill maher new rules 7/31/26". The last part of the segment makes a lot of sense concerning the DSA. I cant link it here because of language.
Here's where I disagree with you a little bit, the thing to look at is the primaries. A swing state like Wisconsin may very well have a socialist candidate for governor, and a legit radical Islam sympathizer as a Senatorial nominee in Michigan. This will lead to some of them winning state wide elections at some point, maybe this year. A wave year could easily carry them in a close election and now you've got these radical idiots in positions of real authority. If the primary voters of the parties are on the fringes in enough numbers they will nominate like minded radicals.
I'm hoping now that Trump will be a lame duck after the mid terms the GOP can settle back into some type of normality and move back towards some more center right policies. I'm not going to hold my breath because I may suffocate, but it's really our only hope because the DSA thing isn't going to go away and their influence is likely to grow within the Democratic party because of the primary electorate and the energy of the party is with the AOC and Mamdani types. They will have outsized influence.
I'm not sure she can win the primary, but AOC is a real and formidable candidate if she runs for president in 2028. She will do well in the Northeast and the Pacific Northwest. Colorado is another good example of place where she could do well. Who knows how she will play amongst the primary voters in some more conservative states. She can't win NC in a general, but could the research triangle put her in position to win the state's primary? I don't know the answer, but if she runs we will find out, and she would be crazy not to run. This is her moment, and if she wants the brass ring now is the time to go for it.
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So the people that want to defund the police and cry buckets over a “police state” and always side against the cops…… suddenly want the state police to do their bidding……
Don’t forget - these are the same people that thought confronting a bisexual Senator IN A FREAKING BATHROOM was an acceptable invasion of privacy.
It was the estimated 11-14% of Bernie voters who went for Trump of stayed home that got them in this pickle in the first place.
The old "I didn't get some silly thing I wanted so now I'm torpedoing the while shin dig" maneuver always ends very well...
I saw that one. It was a good monologue. I've always enjoyed listening to Maher. I started watching him back around 2007. He's entertaining and pretty thoughtful about things. I've more often than not disagreed with him on things, but I've always liked to listen to him.
I agree with Maher but he gets off on being a contrarian.
There are probably still people in Florida defending their vote for Ralph Nader in 2000.
There are probably still people in Florida defending their vote for Ralph Nader in 2000.
To Avoid Criticism For Hooking Up With His Cousin, Troy Jackson Converts To Islam
ALLAGASH, ME — Maine Senate candidate Troy Jackson reportedly converted to Islam as a way to evade criticism for hooking up with his cousin.
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Hong: The governor cannot defund the police, and I won't defund the police. And I am not interested in abolishing prisons. What I am interested in is being serious about safety. And that means ensuring that law enforcement has the training that they need, and that we're holding law enforcement that break the law accountable.
it only takes a few to cross over
Why 2 GOP mayors are crossing party lines for Jon Ossoff
Valdosta Mayor Scott James Matheson and Tifton Mayor Julie Smith aren’t household names, but their willingness to cross party lines signals a weakness for Mike Collins.
The support is notable because it comes from one of the most conservative corners of Georgia. Trump carried Tifton’s Tift County by nearly 36 percentage points and Valdosta’s Lowndes County by about 18 points in 2024. The president topped more than 70% of the vote in many surrounding counties.
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