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QC

(26,371 posts)
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 12:38 PM Jun 2017

The Nation: Jon Ossoff's Loss Should Be a Lesson to Corporate Democrats

***So no, I’m not sorry he lost. The Tea Party didn’t take over the Republican Party—and rise to national power—by celebrating the victories of its adversaries. And in the struggle for control—or if you want to be poetic, for “the soul”—of the Democratic Party, we need to be clear not just on what we stand for, but on who stands against us. Corporate Democrats and the whole corrupt culture of consultants who suck the life and drain the principles out of any progressive movement need to be fought, not “friended”—even on Facebook. We don’t all have to agree on everything—our diversity is a source of strength, not just demographically but also in the issues we lift up and the tactics we use. But we have to agree on some core set of issues that includes racial justice, environmental justice, economic justice, access to health care—including safe and legal abortion—as well as access to higher education, the freedom to practice solidarity at work, and the right to love whomever we choose.***

https://www.thenation.com/article/jon-ossoffs-loss-should-be-a-lesson-to-corporate-democrats/

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The Nation: Jon Ossoff's Loss Should Be a Lesson to Corporate Democrats (Original Post) QC Jun 2017 OP
Oh snap.. disillusioned73 Jun 2017 #1
They just don't care. Else You Are Mad Jun 2017 #2
Ughh... I hope not disillusioned73 Jun 2017 #3
I don't like the "fiscal conservative" stuff. David__77 Jun 2017 #4
It seems anyone who spouts "fiscal conservative" stuff only likes "fiscal conservative" stuff Autumn Jun 2017 #5
 

disillusioned73

(2,872 posts)
1. Oh snap..
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 01:15 PM
Jun 2017

"It’s time to bury the Panera Bread strategy."

" Nobody forced Ossoff to dismiss single payer, or held a gun to his head and made him use dog-whistle language about “both parties in Washington” wasting taxpayer dollars. Those messages weren’t aimed at Georgia voters; they were aimed at funders, like the supposed pragmatists at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee who stiffed James Thompson in Kansas and spent a paltry $340,000 on Rob Quist’s race in Montana, but lavished millions on Ossoff’s equally doomed campaign."


I seriously think someone thinks we are not paying attention.. or they just don't care

Else You Are Mad

(3,040 posts)
2. They just don't care.
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 01:37 PM
Jun 2017

Until the average Democrat has the ability to cut a hundred thousand dollars check or more, they will not care that they know we know. By 2024, if nothing changes, I have a feeling they will just our right say "I am here for the wealthy donors and corporations."

ETA: my thumb slipped and posted too early.

 

disillusioned73

(2,872 posts)
3. Ughh... I hope not
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 02:30 PM
Jun 2017

the opportunities being currently wasted are stunning.. single payer alone would decimate the republican "healthcare" plan currently in the shadows.. Roll it out now before the right co-ops it in 2018.. not that they will follow through, they'll just use it for their gullible followers.. and the "low info" 2/4 year voter..

David__77

(23,402 posts)
4. I don't like the "fiscal conservative" stuff.
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 01:53 AM
Jun 2017

As someone who supports expanding government spending and the State role in regulating the economy I don't tend to get so excited by candidates who talk the language of conservatism.

Autumn

(45,084 posts)
5. It seems anyone who spouts "fiscal conservative" stuff only likes "fiscal conservative" stuff
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 08:26 AM
Jun 2017

when it comes to the people or anything that would benefit the people. Their "fiscal conservative" stuff ends when it come to wars, corporations tax breaks for the wealthy or the Pentagon.

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