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[–] Makeshift@sh.itjust.works 11 points 11 months ago (1 child)

Or the day they don't vote against.

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[–] Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 11 months ago

Unfortunately we all suffer the day that got voted in.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

On our left hand we have a party who, while generally spineless in the face of opposition, at least understands the general principles of governance

Andrew Cuomo couldn't govern himself out of a paper bag and he ran one of the largest and richest states in the country for eight fucking years. So many of the Dem Senators that got kicked to the curb in '10 and '14 and '22 sucked ass. We're still stuck carrying around dead weight like Fetterman and Slotkin holding winnable seats, while the occasional "Trump Democrat" like Amy McGrath sucks up hundreds of millions of dollars to face-plant during a blue wave year.

Can we maybe put down the theory that these people know what they're doing? Dianne Feinstein could barely form coherent sentences by the time she was being wheeled into votes on life support. Chuck Schumer's got his own party base in full revolt. Newsom can't decide if he's running for President or running a podcast.

None of these people can govern.

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[+] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world -7 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Oh its just a fight thats been going on within the party, basically forever. One side says "vote blue no matter who" as a cudgel that lets feckless moderates rule the party, then no one shows up on election day when the feckless moderates run campaigns under the assumption that their voters have no other options. And thankfully, we've now got the data in to recognize the people who put this toxic rhetoric out there as the very reason Democrats lose elections.

If you defend the perpetual worthlessness of Democrats, you are the problem. If all you can do is "Trump bad", you are part of the problem. If you are a "blue no matter who", blue maga democrat, you are why Democrats keep losing elections. Its not strategic voting if the strategy costs you elections. And you literally just cost us 2024 running a campaign based on this rhetoric, so as the part of the Democratic party that actually wants to win elections, we kindly ask you to shut the fuck up and take the back seat. Because you lose us elections with that voter blaming blue maga shit.

Its not worth my time to explain this, yet again, when I spent 2 years telling people that if they tried this approach again, and its an incredibly well trodden issue, but I can assure you this, if the rhetoric you are approaching this conversation with is the same that you approach voting with: I consider you to be the reason Democrats lost in 2016 and 2024.