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The Original Greaser Bob

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  1. How is class-based affirmative action "running to the right" of the status quo?
  2. Fortune 100 Letter - FINAL.pdf Democrats fight for DEI on campus in House hearing You have your script. I get it.
  3. With Trump as your opponent, there is no way you aren't going to have to talk about race, just responding to his outrages. They are out there - in the debate Harris talks about his using race to tear the US apart - perfectly reasonable discussion. I'm talking about more aggressive pivots to class when race comes up. Almost a theme of unity with low-income workers. Not apologizing for knowledge of history but recognizing politilcally that there might be a more practical way to address disparities and lack of inclusion. And that may also mean restructuring DEI approaches around class.
  4. Yep, if mestizo is white.
  5. The National Dem party has never remotely attempted to eliminate or de-emphasize race and focus solely on class.
  6. Yep, I think he needs to be viewed with some suspicion, but he's clearly identifying a lot of points that I agree with. Two items that I think progs need to figure out, quickly, is a way to be pro "safe streets" and to reclaim patriotism. They need to be able to in very simple terms point out again and again why they love America and Americans. Anyone who has ever gone to the African American museum in DC comes away with a sense of sadness but also a profound pride and love for what African Americans were able to acheive in this country. Progs need to reassert, with pride, the need to protect the US as a place for opportunity, despite the gate closing fast. And yeah, they need multiple degrees of separation from Hamas.
  7. My takeaway - Dems need to really focus on color-blind class issues. Progressive taxes, econ issues, etc. Reclaim patriotism. And focus on representing people and not traditional interest groups.
  8. Topical. Sam Harris interview with Richie Torres. Torres better articulates some of the current concerns with bits and pieces of the progressive movement, but I was struck with how relatively few things the progressive movement needs to do to get working class back in the fold. Torres is apparently viewed as a traitor by the progs. And I realize people have issues with Harris, but thought this was pretty good. Sam Harris | 418 - A Future for Democrats
  9. Whole project is unpleasant. Needs someone like Turkish. I'd settle for Bullet Tooth Tony. Or Tyrone
  10. I think it will be fun. College is about learning about others.
  11. Yeah, it's just too damn early to pick, although it's not too early for these guys to show what they got.
  12. 1. Too cute, too female. 2. Too old. 3. Too cute, too female. 4. Fuck no. 5. Okay, maybe Jeffries. 7. Sure 8. Doofus.
  13. I don't know why that is necessarily a problem at this juncture. Over the next year or so we will see how many James Talaricos and Pete Bs (white, military, maybe not gay) rise to the surface. I don't see AOC as being able to beat a white guy. Not in this retarded country of ours. More importantly, I am not sure why I am certering this stuff. Nothing, not even the rain, Has such small hands.
  14. Don't get me started on the giant wimpy gloves players use now.
  15. Who of the Dems can best communicate and persuade that we need to get back to a progressive tax system?
  16. We can't have anyone this close to Biden. He watched the fucking disaster germinate, and he rode along into the crash. Would I have known better? Nope. But Dems need to have someone who wouldn't have known better. Or at least aren't associated with this. Sorry - Obama/Biden era is over. Thank you for your service. Kamala, Pete: Here's to your senate bids and podcast/news panel careers.
  17. I'd be satisfied with "Gehrig! Heil! Gehrig! Heil!"
  18. Have a ready-made chant when he kicks the PAT.
  19. I want UTSA to go full Cal State Fullerton. "UT who? SA that's who!"
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