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Re: Santa Clara sees 67 new COVID-19 cases in a single day

Forrest — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 23:29:49 -0000

Yeah, delivering food.

Re: Outlines of a New Democratic Party Emerge

Forrest — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 13:32:44 -0000

...then what is the answer to that problem?

As far as I can tell, the DNC has no plan to address these voters.

Re: Outlines of a New Democratic Party Emerge

Forrest — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 13:24:40 -0000

I feel like that has been the Democratic Party philosophy for the past decade.

It's not working out so well.

I would argue that standing for something would be more productive than just rehashing the old lesser of two evils bit.

A lot of voters are just going to tune out when they see a rehash of the Clinton 2016 campaign. Browbeating left-leaning voters into accepting a mediocre centrist will cause many of them to just stay home or vote third party.

Not that I am advocating for such actions but lets be realistic, it's the truth. We can trash talk the Jill Stein voters and socialist Bernie supporters all we want but they're just going to vote Green again if the DNC establishment repeats its tired old strategy.

Re: Hatch Very Vulnerable in Utah

Forrest — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 13:07:41 -0000

In summary, Democrats should learn from the lessons of 2016.

Fight for progressive policies everywhere.

Re: Quote of the Day

Forrest — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 19:02:17 -0000

The crowd here does not change. It's been establishment cheerleaders for ages.

Back in 2010, no one here wanted to believe that the party was losing touch after two years of neoliberal (back then "blue dog") Democrats filibustering against healthcare, killing the public option, refusing to take real action on Wall St. after the collapse, etc. PoliticalWire was full of analysis and opinion pieces warning that 2010 would be another 1994 for Democrats. The comments then were much like they are now, essentially "what me worry? People will surely love neoliberalism. There's no way Republicans will get more votes. Everyone knows Republicans are so icky. Democrats have this in the bag."

Essentially, the attitude one finds here is the same as the Clinton campaign's attitude this year, one of living in denial, where the lesser of two evils always brings victory to the Democrats, if they can chose correctly on a couple key social issues. Meanwhile, who cares about Wall Street or bad trade deals? As long as the Republicans are still Republicans, the Democrats don't need to engage in self reflection.

Re: Democrats Must Make Inroads Into the Heartland

Forrest — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 12:20:50 -0000

Agreed.

Working class people of every background can appreciate the kind of progressive policies supported by candidates like Bernie Sanders: single-payer health care, tuition-free higher education, ending constant warfare, reevaluating our awful international trade deals, scaling back the war on drugs and addressing corporate power/corruption. With such a campaign, Democrats would have soundly won PA, MI, etc.

Re: Lessons from the Tea Party

Forrest — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 14:50:27 -0000

Indeed.

Some people talk in excitement about the possibility of Trump being impeached. Not me. As bad as Trump is, I suspect Pence is even worse.

Re: Lessons from the Tea Party

Forrest — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 14:47:24 -0000

I mostly agree with you except I do not think age / health was a factor.

Clinton just got complacent. She expected the lesser of two evils to win the day. It was the Kerry 2004 strategy all over again.

Voters didn't turn her down because they were afraid she was too old; working class voters ignored Clinton because they suspected she didn't give a damn about them.

Re: Hillary 2020?

Forrest — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 13:04:21 -0000

Bullocks. If someone like Elizabeth Warren adopted the Sanders platform, she could win the presidency.

Clinton didn't lose because she's a woman or old. She lost because she's corrupt, incredibly inconsistent and caters to Wall St / big business neolib policies over progressive policies for working class people. That she supported the Iraq War doesn't help either.

Young people have friends and family who died in that war. They don't just forget about it and move on so easily. Also, they are living through the economic crash that Wall St caused. So, they are not so excited about voting for a Goldman Sachs stooge.

Clinton's policy and character flaws fill volumes. If we just want to assume it was all age and gender, we'll just see Democrats lose again when they nominate a slightly younger, male candidate who holds all the same character and policy flaws as Clinton.

I'll take an old candidate who supports single payer, living wages and less warfare over a younger, more of the same neolib.

Re: Hillary 2020?

Forrest — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 12:58:04 -0000

Bernie Sanders proved that the age of the candidate is not so important. Young people can most definitely be enthusiastic about a candidate in his/her 70's.

We're too focused on image and demographics. We need to be more focused on issues.

A candidate with integrity (e.g. not taking money from Goldman Sachs) who adopts Sanders's positions should do very well. Age is essentially irrelevant.

Re: Trump Says ‘Lock Her Up’ No Longer Plays Well

Forrest — Sat, 10 Dec 2016 14:27:50 -0000

...brought to you by Carl's Jr.

Re: Trump Says ‘Lock Her Up’ No Longer Plays Well

Forrest — Sat, 10 Dec 2016 14:05:03 -0000

"Women's rights?"

Ha!

Trump voters don't even pretend to care about women's rights.

P.S. And hate crimes are just a form of celebration for deplorables.

Re: Trump Closing In on New RNC Chair

Forrest — Fri, 09 Dec 2016 01:27:56 -0000

I support this.

Re: Ellison Agrees to Quit Congress If Elected DNC Chair

Forrest — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 22:10:00 -0000

They badly want to cling to business as usual, pretending that fake news and third party candidates are the only reasons they lost.

The Democratic Party establishment is deep in the denial phase. I'm afraid we won't see any sincere reflection and change in time to put up in fight in 2018 or maybe even 2020.

Re: Ellison Agrees to Quit Congress If Elected DNC Chair

Forrest — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 22:06:27 -0000

It's odd how the Democratic Party is trying to cling to old GOP marketing tactics. Ignore the brown people who might scare bigots. Instead, stick with the white guys who lobby for big business and Wall St.

I'm not optimistic about the next few elections. The Democratic Party establishment is completely clueless. As they often do, they're more concerned about the white Republican vote than the progressive non-bigot vote.

Re: Obama Wants Another Choice for DNC Chairman

Forrest — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 13:22:53 -0000

That describes a major contrast between the two parties over the past decade.

Democrats can be pretty gutless.

Re: Trump Considering Creating an Infrastructure Bank

Forrest — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 21:08:24 -0000

I don't think it's terribly surprising. Four years ago, Republicans were performing crazy mental gymnastics to justify why RomneyCare was good but ObamaCare was bad.

This is the same thing, just reversed.

Re: Early Book Praising Hitler May Have Been Written By Hitler

Forrest — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 10:27:40 -0000

Wasn't that book written by Ann Coulter?

Re: Quote of the Day

Forrest — Sat, 03 Sep 2016 11:31:48 -0000

That is painfully obvious.

Still, all that matters is she is not Trump. Who needs transparency and accountability when you are a person who is not Trump?

The two-party system in action.

Re: McAuliffe Suggests Clinton Will Flip on Trade Deal

Forrest — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 12:18:23 -0000

The most damaging part of McAuliffe's statement is that it is obviously true. Anyone with ANY common sense knows Clinton will flip-flop on this issue (again) and take the side of big business.

Re: Clinton’s Credibility Gap Widens

Forrest — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 12:52:07 -0000

Ah yes, the George Zimmerman defense.

Re: Wasserman Shultz Coy on Future as DNC Chief

Forrest — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 11:38:15 -0000

Of course, she'll be a lobbyist.

Re: Clinton Claims the Democratic Nomination

Forrest — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 10:48:56 -0000

Not a gender issue but an integrity issue.

Most Bernie supporters would walk 5,000 miles to vote for Elizabeth Warren.

Re: The Early Winner In 2016 Is Obama

Forrest — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 11:44:18 -0000

Ha ha, that's funny!

It sounds like comparing Obama to Clinton and Trump just makes Obama look that much better. Much of America realizes that either way, it's downhill from here.

Re: Trump Leads by Double-Digits on the Economy

Forrest — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 17:31:57 -0000

Well, Wall St certainly isn't hiding its love for the Democratic candidate this year.