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Democrats will find a way to fuck it up. They always do.
If you’re being dismissive of the pattern and practice that Democratic politicians - particularly those in leadership positions of the party - in the US have by and large exhibited for well over two decades, you are simply not paying attention.
I am managing my expectations with the DNC and Schumer and Jeffries; those expectations have been on the floor for a good while now, and yet somehow they manage to occasionally dig a tunnel underneath so they can fail to meet them. I constantly hope that I’m wrong, but I’m generally not. I genuinely don’t believe meaningful political opposition will materialize until Schumer and Jeffries are out, and someone far more combative and staunchly opposed to fascism is in those leadership spots. I furthermore think that this demonstration of utter and consistent ineptitude and capitulation by Schumer and Jeffries (and Harris, tbh - after losing a winnable election to a fascist, anytime she says something recently, it’s just absolute 🤦♂️) - and the DNC establishment and consultant class in general - may in fact be the death knell of the Democratic Party - or at the very least, its current incarnation. And in my book, that’s a good thing, considering how anti-progressive the are, and how neoliberal and corporatist they’ve become.
Democrats have the gold medal in seizing defeat from the jaws of victory, and you’re not paying attention if you think anyone who says that is a troll.
Idk about the other poster, but I’m not Russian. I can’t stand vodka.