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Joe Biden is Running – Probs going to announce on March 16th
Having good TV pictures of the announcement with tons of enthusiastic fans is an important part of the game these days. So there is this: Dear Delaware Democrat, As promised, I have some very exciting news about our March 16 dinner at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino. I am so grateful to share with you […]
Highlands Bunker – BONUS EPISODE – “Throwing Stones” at Mike Purzycki
…in which the battle for the future of Wilmington is joined (rhetorically speaking). Josh Whittaker and Coby Owens join RE Vanella in the bunker to read through the latest News Journal op-ed on the unfair treatment of Mayor Mike Purzycki and comment on the “Wilmington Renaissance.” A love letter to Wilmington, not so much […]
Owning the Libs Isn’t Everything, It’s the Only Thing
The question “How did Trump win?” has various answers. One of the most compelling, because its truth is on display daily, is that Republican voters don’t care a fig about supply side economics, they just want to Own the Libs. It’s no accident that the eventual winner of the GOP candidate scrum was the one […]
Biden Is Running, Isn’t He?
Jason’s prediction is looking more likely by the day, as the Associated Press released a big story about how Joe Biden’s vast foreign policy experience makes him unique in the crowded Democratic field for 2020. Never mind that foreign policy plays little role in voters’ choice in elections, particularly for Democrats; Trump’s visit to Viet […]
Song of the Day 2/24: Marc Martel, “Bohemian Rhapsody”
Not being a movie person, I have no opinion about who should win anything at tonight’s Academy Awards. But I did see “Bohemian Rhapsody,” and while the movie has been criticized for downplaying Freddie Mercury’s gayness, Rami Malek’s performance is riveting and IMO Oscar-worthy. But while producers have said the soundtrack features a blend of […]
Brother vs Brother War Fantasies
Wingnuts sure have been carrying on about how they are ready for an all-out civil war with the libtards. “We have all the guns!” they squeal. It isn’t true, but they love to think it. Do you know what they do have in disproportionate numbers? Obesity and diabetes. If Mississippi attacks, the Rascal […]
NOT BREAKING: Elderly Patrician Democrat is a Horrible Human
Dianne Feinstein is a bad person. She always has been. WASHINGTON – Sen. Dianne Feinstein is under fire after video shows her arguing with children who visited her office in hopes of swaying her vote on climate change legislation. The children were with the Sunrise Movement, a climate advocacy organization, and approached Feinstein in hopes she would support […]
Operation “Divide the Left” has already started – Don’t be a patsy
By Grabthar’s Hammer,I will not allow this blog to become a cog in a Russian machine designed to divide, disrupt and disempower the Democratic Party. Support your candidate, make your case and vow to not be a Russian patsy.
Highlands Bunker – E04 – The Illustrious Career of Governor John Carney
I finally got around to listening to this Keri Harris episode. Great stuff. Another “must listen” contribution. On a personal note – I now feel like I have to go on with REV to discuss the Keri Harris get together at his house. That meeting is becoming a recurrent feature in which everyone gives their perspective of what happened in a way that is somewhat akin to one of those ‘Gilligan’s Island’ plots in which all the castaways recount their idiosyncratic version of some event.
Republicans cannot be reasoned with nor compromised with. Period
If you haven’t, read this post by Alby. It is the most important post of the year so far. The anecdote is stunning.
The notion that Republicans cannot be reasoned with nor compromised with is not new to DL readers, but we need a broader awakening. We still have many elected officials who think that there is trying to find “the middle” when dealing with these zealots is a virtue. It is not a virtue. It is a suicide pact.
Republicans have dung in. They have fixed themselves on a platform of easily disproven lies. If the DEGOP says “2+2=6” They are wrong. And when Democrats like John Carney and Lisa Blunt Rochester want to meet Republicans halfway and claim that 2+2 equals 5, they are not less wrong. They are simply wrong.
Similarly, when Republicans and Democrats like John Carney and Lisa Blunt Rochester say that dealing with climate change must accommodate the needs of the fossil fuel industry, they are simply wrong.
Progressive Democrats need to defeat Republicans while taking on accommodationist Democrats.
The upcoming elections are vital. We must seek and support candidates who understand that compromise is out of the question. We must not waste time and energy trying to persuade the unpersuadable.
Support Democrats who are loud & proud at all times. Support Democrats who press an unequivocal Democratic message at all times. Anything less is surrender.
Dying of Whiteness
I came across this anecdote in an interview with physician and social scientist Jonathan M. Metzl, whose book, “Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America’s Heartland,” was recently released. The book is about how rural whites came to embrace policies that are quite literally killing them, and this anecdote sums […]
Joe Biden is Running
You may remain in suspense if you want, but Biden is running. I’m calling it. Furthermore, he is going to be the next President of the United States, in all likelihood.
Check my math:
Song of the Day 2/22: The Monkees, “For Pete’s Sake”
Peter Tork of the Monkees died yesterday at age 77. Tork was 24 and playing folk music in Greenwich Village when his friend Stephen Stills urged him to audition for this TV show that was looking for musicians, as Stills had. (Imagine the alternate-universe possibilities). Derided as the Prefab Four because their first two albums […]
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