As an example of the fine line Democratic leaders have to walk...
For the Democrats, the situation is very different ...
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#47 shrimpy says, without a hint of reflection, "pathetic and MISERABLE old fart thirsting to be relevant again." - #47 | Posted by afkabl2 | Flag: Revealing
Lindsey Graham Is DeadThe talking heads this morning said that Graham was a "shape shifter".
The news broke very late last night, so details are obviously scarce and subject to revision. However, after what is being described as a "brief and sudden illness," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) reportedly died yesterday at the age of 71.
In a somewhat eerie coincidence, given the deathwatch currently focused on Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Graham suffered a cardiac arrest at his residence in Washington. He was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital, and was declared dead on his arrival there.
Graham was in good enough health that he was scheduled to appear on Meet the Press this morning. And on Friday, he was in Ukraine meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Long plane flights and blood clots can certainly go hand-in-hand, so, in the absence of details, it's fair to wonder if the Friday plane flight and the Saturday coronary are related.
Obituaries are a time to reflect on a person's career, and when we consider Graham's, we do not think history's judgment will be kind. He had become one of the biggest show horses in the Senate (probably in competition with Ted Cruz, R-TX, for top honors), and tended only to introduce "message" legislation, like the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 and the No Retaining Every Gun In a System That Restricts Your Rights Act. Even when he got a bill passed, it tended to be "show" legislation, such as the Laken Riley Act.
Meanwhile, the thing that you really think of first when you think of Graham is that he was a political chameleon, one who shifted positions in a fashion that was usually ham-fisted, and often quite rapid, based on the way the political winds were blowing. Most obviously, when Donald Trump first ran for president, Graham famously slurred him as a "jackass" and a "race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot," and said that "If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed...and we will deserve it." Of course, once Trump took control of the GOP, Graham became one of his most subservient lapdogs (and it is Graham who sponsored the bill that would, if passed, lavish money on Trump's "won't cost taxpayers a dime" ballroom).
A shape shifter? Didn't that used to be called flip-flopping. Maybe someone should run that by John Kerry.
#5 DBT2 states, without any proof, that "Americans don't want democratic socialist populists."
Actually, some Americans want that very thing. Just look at Mamdani's victory in NYC.
And it is also true that there are Americans who don't want that.
Which presents the very idea behind this thread and the accompanying thread I posted.
==> (One should actually read the linked articles; apparently, some are satisfied with ignorantly commenting based only on what they think the article is saying (based on the headline), without actually reading what's written and understand the points and nuance presented by the authors. *sigh* But idiots have to be idiots.)If Democrats are going to win in November, then Democratic Party candidates will have to campaign where their voters are. And campaign at a level their voters can understand. And they must campaign on issues that their voters can easily grasp, and easily understand the solutions being promised.
Thank you, DBT2.
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But part of the problem is internal. The 62-member Congressional Black Caucus, which is entirely Democratic, has been focused on swing seats. A leader of its PAC, Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), said: "The PAC has always been focused on electing Democrats in tough seats so that we can reclaim the majority. That goal, that focus, has not changed." Note that he said nothing about holding Black seats or supporting Black challengers to Republicans. In most cases, it is supporting white candidates who have a good chance of holding a tough blue district or flipping a marginal red one. The CBC's priority is maximizing the number of Democrats in the House, not the number of Black Democrats.The CBC's priority, maximizing the number of Democrats in the House, has been my position all along.
In fact, it could also be phrased as
The priority is...maximizing the number of Democrats in the House, not just the number of Progressive DemocratsYep.
Otherwise, for example, Jim "Gomer" Comer would remain chair of the Oversight Committee in the US House if the Democrats don't take the majority this coming November. That's an outcome everyone in the middle or the left side of the aisle should abhor.
And a political party that consists of large groups of Black voters, Latinos, Asian Americans, and other racial minorities, along with LGBTQ voters, Jews, affluent college-educated suburbanites, single women and young voters needs all Democratic candidates elected - everywhere - and not just "pure" Democrats who can easily get elected in NYC or Los Angeles. Such candidates would crash and burn in places like Texas (Talarico would be too "conservative" for LA voters) and Georgia (and as with Talarico, Ossman would be too "conservative" for voters in NYC).
It still amazes me that there are those who are so politically ignorant to understand this basic equation built on the reality of the game on the ground in state after state, Congressional District after Congressional District, town after town ...
... not the political game played on the Internet by Karl Rove/James Carville wannabes.
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As an example of the fine line Democratic leaders have to walk, consider the ramifications of the Supreme Court's decision to gut the remaining bit of the Voting Rights Act. Black leaders, especially in the South, are feeling isolated. Party leaders are focused on swing House districts and states and 2028 presidential hopefuls are in early states, of which only one (South Carolina) has a large Black population. Howard Dean's 50-state strategy never got going, and instead, Democrats have something like a 30-state strategy, where the party apparatus has been left to wither and die in many red states, especially in the South.
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We are rather skeptical that the negative reviewers read the book carefully.Well, please read the (very short, linked article) for the Paul Harveyesque ending ("...and now for the rest of the story ...")
In fact, we are skeptical they read it at all.
That is because, as many readers will have guessed by now ...
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site):Raised in the evangelical world, Rihanna grew up believing that voting Republican wasn't a preference; it was a responsibility.
Then came 2016.
When Donald J. Trump was elected, many questioned how Christians could support someone who didn't exactly mirror the image of Jesus. Inside the culture, though, the answer seemed obvious ... until it didn't.
So I set out to find the truth.
This book takes a deep, chapter-by-chapter dive through the entire Bible"yes, every single chapter"to uncover the undeniable, crystal-clear, absolutely not-forced-at-all evidence that Donald Trump is God's chosen one.
Backed by years of ministry training and careful biblical interpretation, no verse is taken out of context, stretched beyond recognition, or used in a way it was never intended.*
After reviewing everything Scripture has to offer ...
...you'll find exactly what you'd expect.
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Rihanna Teixeira, like so many Americans, found herself with some credit card debt that proved difficult to conquer. She cast about for various ways to raise money, and eventually connected the fact that (1) she grew up in an evangelical household with the fact that (2) evangelicals love Donald Trump. So, she decided to write a book.
The book, which you can find for sale here, is entitled Scriptural Evidence That Trump Is Set Apart by God: Biblical Proof that Trump Will Save America.
We were only able to review the sample of the book that is available online, so it's probably best to share a few reviews from people who have been able to read the whole thing:
On Sunday, April 30, 1972, my HS girlfriend, oldest brother, his then-wife, and I were seated on the 50-yard line of Tampa Stadium, about halfway up, for a concert by Rod Stewart and the Faces!
The placed rocked when they broke into Stay With Me.
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#49 Left Hind Turds was lonely.
But s/he doesn't know how to express it above a caveman's emotions.
So, you end up with Left Hind Turds posting, well, Left Hind Turds things.