In some regards, sure, yes, but on the other hand, I do also think democracy=messy and even though it makes us break out in flop sweat, we’ve gotta learn to tolerate a necessary amount of mess and chaos. Just not necessarily THIS amount. (With more mess earlier, we might well have less mess now…!)
Yeah - that's my deal - where was the pearl-clutching from all of those that allegedly believe he's in major decline and should step down before the primaries? The Clooney op-ed just about broke me - and yeah, I get it, he's the big donor/fundraiser of the group that basically selects the candidate. But for real, where in tf were these jackwagons a year ago? 6 months ago? Letting the fire start and not putting it out until the whole house is in flames doesn't seem like a winning strategy.
And I get that it's messy - it's always been messy on the Dem side of things and we accept that. I, too, would've liked a different choice than what was on offer (rich jerk or other rich jerk/worm brain). But now? Would a different Dem nominee even be on the ballot in all 50 states? In all swing states? (since those seem to be the only ones that matter - everyone seems to forget that the non-swing states still have their votes counted and needed by either of the candidates, too)
I just don't see any daylight at all between Trump, the Trump National Committee née RNC, and Project 2025 and none of them are softening on abortion. Donald's a single-issue candidate in that he only wants to stay out of jail. The rest of these jagoffs use him to make their demonic dreams come true. See HC Richardson: https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/july-8-2024 and Lisa Rubin: https://twitter.com/lawofruby/status/1810432655474741531 who both explain more better than me.
It would be cool if the dems could ever get their act together...
In some regards, sure, yes, but on the other hand, I do also think democracy=messy and even though it makes us break out in flop sweat, we’ve gotta learn to tolerate a necessary amount of mess and chaos. Just not necessarily THIS amount. (With more mess earlier, we might well have less mess now…!)
Yeah - that's my deal - where was the pearl-clutching from all of those that allegedly believe he's in major decline and should step down before the primaries? The Clooney op-ed just about broke me - and yeah, I get it, he's the big donor/fundraiser of the group that basically selects the candidate. But for real, where in tf were these jackwagons a year ago? 6 months ago? Letting the fire start and not putting it out until the whole house is in flames doesn't seem like a winning strategy.
And I get that it's messy - it's always been messy on the Dem side of things and we accept that. I, too, would've liked a different choice than what was on offer (rich jerk or other rich jerk/worm brain). But now? Would a different Dem nominee even be on the ballot in all 50 states? In all swing states? (since those seem to be the only ones that matter - everyone seems to forget that the non-swing states still have their votes counted and needed by either of the candidates, too)
I just don't see any daylight at all between Trump, the Trump National Committee née RNC, and Project 2025 and none of them are softening on abortion. Donald's a single-issue candidate in that he only wants to stay out of jail. The rest of these jagoffs use him to make their demonic dreams come true. See HC Richardson: https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/july-8-2024 and Lisa Rubin: https://twitter.com/lawofruby/status/1810432655474741531 who both explain more better than me.