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-misanthroptimist

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9. And that, dear person, is why...

Reply to Oopsie Daisy (Reply #8)

Wed Jun 25, 2025, 01:03 PM

Jun 25

...the Democratic Party (and more importantly, America) is where we are today.

After Mondale lost 49 states, the Party began moving to the right. Democrats abandoned the air traffic controllers, and unions more generally. There was a movement to the political right. The Party has now come so far to the right that we are far to the right of where Republicans were even in the 1990s.

I don't think pragmatism has worked very well for either the Party or the Nation. In fact, I know it hasn't.

And deep down so do you.

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Over 100 Democrats in the US house vote with Republicans not to impeach the piece of shit? [View all] Eliot Rosewater Jun 25 OP

Let's eat those 128 too. How dare they vote against a stunt that won't gain us one vote at polls when it counts. Silent Type Jun 25 #1

JMO, but... -misanthroptimist Jun 25 #4

This has already been decided in the courts. Someone wants to impeach him for something that is not illegal. Oopsie Daisy Jun 25 #5

Impeachment isn't merely for illegal acts -misanthroptimist Jun 25 #7

LOL! It's never going to happen. A complete waste of time. Let's do things that are possible instead. Oopsie Daisy Jun 25 #8

And that, dear person, is why... -misanthroptimist Jun 25 #9

No. That's not what I think at all. Oopsie Daisy Jun 25 #10

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The first part of this is to jog my own memory. -misanthroptimist Jun 25 #12

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Again, this was settled in court Greg_In_SF Jun 25 #3

It's about timing. kentuck Jun 25 #6

Over 100 Democrats support what Trump is currently doing. No need to run ourselves through hoops to come up with... Lancero Jun 25 #13

Sigh Eliot Rosewater Jun 25 #14

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