The Democratic Party’s propping up an obviously declining Joe Biden is one of the greatest political disasters in American history.
It’s almost like their strategy for winning is “If republicans fuck up enough, they’ll have to vote for us”.
Or as George Washington put it:
The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism.
Do they ever learn from any fuck up? No. Our next nominee is probably going to be Nancy Pelosi because we all know how much everyone loves her, and she’s the perfect age to run.
Well, it is her turn.
And then it’ll be “Vote blue no matter who!”
And “don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good”
And then “stupid progressives you make us lose all the time!”
And then we’re thrown into camps by JD Vance’s stormtroopers while elected democrats hold up signs.
Then maybe stay home and not vote harder?
I have voted in every primary and general election for the past 25 years.
Stop lying to me and telling me that’s the way to get shit done.
It’s almost like we’ve been through this all before.
When the country is circling the drain it’s the same shit just faster and faster.
She’ll have to elbow out Diane Feinstein.
Nah, they will just run Harris again but lean even harder into trying to sway Republican voters since it worked out so well.
It’ll be Newsome running on Prosperity Agenda and slightly more humane El-salvadorian black sites.
i’m currently watching them fail to learn in VA elections
If it is, I won’t vote for the first time ever.
I was being hyperbolic and trying to think of the worst Democrat possible to put up, so I really highly doubt they would actually run her, but really, you just never fucking know these days, nothing would shock me. They could run Don Jr. at this point and I’d be like “yeah, sounds about fucking right” while bashing my head into my desk.
Or just write in DemsNeedToListen ToThierVoters. Show them it was an ACTIVE choice not to back a shit candidate, and you were there, willing, and able to vote had they offered better.
You would think this might have been a learning experience. Not for the Democratic establishment, whose members quickly scrambled to blame — what else? — the progressive left for their own failure, spent the months since thinking their comeback lay in posturing as socially conservative or trying to bankroll podcasters, and have been soothing themselves that they will win the 2026 midterms by default, even if they’re loathed by voters.
Schumer believing they already have a majority cinched going into 2026 is insane.
They don’t have anything to learn, none of this is an accident they’re just following orders from their billionaire owners
Umm isn’t the GOP “propping up an obviously declining” wannabe dictator?!? Sure looked that way last time I checked. And didn’t the Dems do the ol’ switcheroo, and run Kamala Harris? I’m really surprised that this is coming from Jacobin. wtf? Did I switch timelines?
It turns out, “Well the other guy is worse,” is not a winning strategy. (See also 2016)
If only the DNC cared enough to champion popular progressive platitudes instead of kneecapping them.
The DNC is complacent with trump because his actions will not negatively impact their lifestyles
The problem (for Democrats) in running on popular progressive platitudes is that some of them might prove so popular that they’d be forced to implement them.
And the rich people who control the Democratic party don’t want progressive policies
Once again. Best president of my lifetimes (comparison is based on actual presidents we had in office. Not ficticious ideal ones). No disaster here to me. kamala was fine mainly because she came out of that decent administration and biden did well partially from his experience in the obama admin (he knew republicans had 0 sincerity). Further kamala’s vp was an awesome pick. Im sorry some idiots voted for trump and others did not vote. I remember all the complaints about gore but wow I still can’t imagine what we would have been like without 911 and a stronger paris accord.
I had the same view (he pulled out of the Afghanistan, he mostly ended drone strikes, passed Chips Act, passed extremely watered-down Build Back Better bill, passed The Inflation Reduction Act, dealt with COVID moderately okay, he lowered some drug prices under Medicare, he passed moderate gun control bill), until he decided to unconditionally support a genocide. That just made him another modern American president that is a war criminal under international law. But even ignoring that, what he achived was barely moving a needle for improving the life for the working class. He failed to deliver full Build Back Better bill, he failed to raise minimum wage, he failed to forgive student loan debt, he failed to negotiate prices for all drugs that US government buys, he failed to lower cost of basic goods. That’s just what he tried and failed to do.
But the story wasn’t even about it. He was a disaster because he was sick, senile old dude that could barely speak and the DNC and their political aparatus protected him at the any cost, including making his brand toxic in the upcoming elections.
He failed because Americans gave him the most razor thin majority and when it came time to support him more they stayed home or voted Republican.
It’s amazing how everyone can blame one single party and not the millions of Americans who did fuck all.
Party is not entitled to votes just because and this attitude is shared by corporate Democrats in charge and is the reason Democrats will continue to lose and lose. Apart from the Trump cult members which is around 25-30% of the US population, the rest of the voters were people who knew Trump was bad (they might have underestimated it), but they wanted to avoid the existing status que and they knew Trump would be anything but status que.
Look at Biden popularity. When he was the most popular? When he delivered cash checks to people during stimulus package. Deliver for working people and they will deliver for you. Continue robbing people blind and supporting corporate overlords and people will continue to not deviler for you.
They’re not entitled.
You and every other American are also not entitled to a decent life, as evidenced.
So do with that what you will. People want to be stupid then they’ll continue getting their just desserts.
Not disputing anything you’ve said, but the reality is also that the winner of pretty much every election at the state and federal level will be won by either the Democratic or Republican nominee. Fewer than 99% of state and federal legislative seats in the country are held by third party or independent (2 out of 535 federally are Independent, none are third party).
https://ballotpedia.org/Current_independent_and_minor_party_federal_and_state_officeholders
Both parties weaponize this, for sure. But the only message not voting sends to those in power is that your opinion doesn’t matter and they don’t have to waste any effort trying to win you over. One of the two will win whether you participate or not. And clearly, there is a real difference with real consequences as to which one it is.
I’m aware. 3rd parties are not viable in the US. I think the only way to change that is to encourage local already established leaders be it advocates, activists, reporters, teachers or other working class people with a fundamental core of values to run for political office under Democratic banner, but who are also willing to criticize and call out corporate slaves of the party. This upcoming election cycle there seems to be a lot of new new faces primaring useless corporate goons that are raising huge amounts of money with a message of working class first.
He did not unconditionally support it. Given the situation he did about as best as any president could have. Which can really be seen by whats happened since trump came in. All pretense in israel evaporated. He certainly was not senile but he was old. It could be seen when he talked in that he could not speak quickly or jump around topics but what he said at least made sense compared to his opponent.
Given the situation he did about as best as any president could have.
By violating US own laws in sending weapons to Israel? I though Democrats cared about laws? Or do you only care about them when it’s convenient?
The laws cited are for particular situations which like it or not does not have the designations to be enforced. This is not a case of blatantly ignoring law.
The same laws were applied to Colombia, Mexico and Cambodia in the past… You are entitled to your own opinion, but facts doesn’t support that position.
It’s not the democrats who need to learn this lesson, it’s voters. We all need to learn that the democrats and the republicans are two parts of one entity, and their priority is to the status quo and the protection of capital. The people’s needs are in direct conflict with the corporations needs to make as much money as possible. Which makes “left” and “right” voters allies, they can’t have that so they divide us with culture war in the hopes that we won’t see this.
We’re not going to vote our way out of this.
This is just BSABSVR.
No, republicans are garbage and liberals are weak. I personally want everyone to go further left.
The way the republicans learned off the first Trump disaster, it is generally high expectations to have to the voters.
The DNC already did…
I dunno why people just ignore the chair election that happened after Biden
Glad we made the right choice and David Hogg is focusing on bringing in young voices to reform the party!
checks notes
ok this shit is just embarassing
walks away
So why is the new Chair doubling down on fascism over supporting cetrists or leftists?
Do you support a conservative DNC?
