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18 minutes ago, Mittens said:

About fucking time. 

It is quite refreshing, but there is no denying that if they would have had this attitude 40 years ago, we wouldn't be in the mess we are today.  Say what you want about the republicans (and please do!), they have had the long game figured out since Reagan.  They have been systemically breaking down the game forever, and Dems have let themselves get rolled over.  Co-opting the church to push agendas, gerrymandering, getting elected at the lowest levels and changing laws/rules on school boards and small towns, rejecting political norms to block SCOTUS nominations, etc. Literally too many things to count - and I'm certainly not the poli-sci guy to break it all down for anyone.  I have always felt like the Dems put importance on doing the right thing, and Republicans put importance on winning, at whatever cost.  Thrilled to see Dems taking the low(er) road and punching back, but undoing what the Rs have successfully worked on over decades is a tough row to hoe.

Probably the wrong thread for this, but specifically here in TX, how is there no Dem Godfather behind the scenes to keep these knuckleheads from making bad decisions?  How are Wendy Davis, Lupe Valdez and a 2x defeated Beto the best we could put up against Abbott?  And that's not even going back to Perry's opponents... Who let Beto run for President in 2020 and destroy all the positive momentum he made in the 2018 senate race?  I'm pulling like hell for Allred, but I've been less than impressed with his efforts on the trail, and am prepared for Lucy to pull that ball back in Nov.

 

the R long game was appealing to the lowest common denominator (and then even below that). they chose the easier path. from what I can tell in my 45 years on this earth, as imperfect as they may be, the dems have never compromised who they are to get their goals. seems to me that is the ultimate long game. they've been chipping away at the racist and elitist infrastructure in this country since they switched colors. the dems chose the hard path a long time ago and are just now building the kind of momentum they have been working toward. I see no reason for it lessen anytime soon, which is really encouraging. we are of a fortunate nature to be living in the best time to be alive

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6 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

as imperfect as they may be, the dems have never compromised who they are to get their goals.

That is an idyllic way to look at it.  One might argue that simply having a backbone and fighting back once in a while instead of waiting until after the fact to point out how mean/wrong/deceitful/whatever the opposition was would have been a better plan of action.  You don't think the dems are compromising who they are today, do you?  My position is this attitude would have been helpful a couple decades back.

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I love her, if I could wave a magic wand,  Porter, AOC, and Jasmine would be the triumvirate of this country.  

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On 1/25/2025 at 6:05 AM, Underdog said:

This young lady moving up the list with a bullet to replace AOC as my favorite Dem... 

 

I wondered where LightTheTower had gotten off to 

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7 hours ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

AOC for President, Jasmine Crockett for vice.  I'm serious.

In principle?  Okay.  The reality of two minority women on the same ticket winning POTUS is a fucking fantasy. 

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2 hours ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

In principle?  Okay.  The reality of two minority women on the same ticket winning POTUS is a fucking fantasy. 

Push good policies that people actually give a fuck about that Dems haven't done since Obama and they'd have a great shot.

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12 hours ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

AOC for President, Jasmine Crockett for vice.  I'm serious.

Yeah, 4 more years of Trump.   

We, as a society, are not ready to vote for woman to take on that role and represent us to the world.  Give us about 30+ more years. 

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Is this real? Is some R lackey chirping a dead smoke detector whistle every time Crockett speaks? They're so clever and funny.

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I wish I could rep that post eleventy bazillion times. Love, love, love Jasmine. My hero.

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This is quite possibly the worst political ad I've ever seen. Like, Shohei-Ohtani-Game-4-of-the-2025-World-Series levels of greatness, if by "greatness," we mean doing literally everything that loses elections for Democrats.

For ten goddamned years, we have known that campaigns whose central message is "Trump Bad!" are DOA. We had not one, but two, candidates adopt a strategy of building celebrity fandoms rather than Bernie-style movements, and go on to be humiliated in the electoral college and, most recently, in the national popular vote. "I'm With Her" was a failure, and the "K-Hive" was a resounding failure.

But, sure, in your inaugural campaign ad, go ahead and make it about youBut wait, it gets worse. Not only is it about her, but she's allowing someone else to define herLiterally, she speaks not a single word in this advertisement.

Every word is said by Trump. Ooooh, what an epic clapback, throwing those words back in his face! Texas voters love and have always rewarded clapbacks! Okay, so maybe let's give her the benefit of the doubt here. Maybe she's playing 4D chess here, and the broader message is that Trump and his lackeys are just a bunch of racist, incompetent, bullies who love to single out women of color. First of all, we've already known that for ten years. If that message was ever going to work, it should have worked back in 2024 and it clearly did not. Second, your opening salvo is to cast yourself as the victim of a bully?

Okay, but perhaps Trump talked about John Cornyn or Ken Paxton and their policies, and surely in this opening ad there will be something resembling a discussion of the issues that matter to voters? Absolutely not. This is an entirely substance-free political ad. The vast majority of Texas viewers, most of whom never pay any attention to politics and have never heard of Jasmine Crockett, are going to sit through this and if they even pay attention at all, the only things they'll learn about her are, one, that Trump doesn't like her and, two, that she's running for Senate. That's it. That's the ad.

Here I was, saying that Allred was lighting money on fire, but I gotta just stand in awe of the massive negative ROI that Crockett's campaign is poised to deliver, if this first ad is any indication of how they intend to run her campaign. Just...wow. Bravo.

 

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While I find Crockett entertaining, I will never forgive her now for screwing up the biggest opportunity in years to defeat the Republicans with Talarico. 

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3 hours ago, Dbeasy said:

While I find Crockett entertaining, I will never forgive her now for screwing up the biggest opportunity in years to defeat the Republicans with Talarico. 

I think he's going to humble her in the primary. She won't be why republicans win the general.



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