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In reply to the discussion: Democrats Sold Their Soul for a Senate Seat [View all]Abolishinist
(3,126 posts)132. Exactly.
This whole thing about Dems catering to the "angry white male" bullshit needs to go away, and fast.
Full disclosure: I am a white male. And from time to time I feel angry.
"Democrats have a choice. They can be a party that actually stands for something, or they can keep chasing the approval of white men who resent everything the party claims to defend. They can build power with the voters who have been loyal to them, or they can keep insulting those voters while begging for the attention of people who would rather vote for Republicans anyway.
Graham Platner is not just one candidate. He is a warning. He is what happens when a party gets so desperate to win white men back that it forgets who kept it alive. Graham Platner was never the answer to MAGA. He was proof that some Democrats are willing to become what they claim to oppose, as long as they think it might help them win. And if Democrats ignore that warning, they deserve every bit of hell coming their way."
Graham Platner is not just one candidate. He is a warning. He is what happens when a party gets so desperate to win white men back that it forgets who kept it alive. Graham Platner was never the answer to MAGA. He was proof that some Democrats are willing to become what they claim to oppose, as long as they think it might help them win. And if Democrats ignore that warning, they deserve every bit of hell coming their way."
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The responsibility for the "piss-poor vetting" goes to Morris Katz, the same guy who brought us Fetterman.
lapucelle
Yesterday
#9
Platner had big, big boosters in the media. They shut down each and every discussion.
lapucelle
Yesterday
#25
I don't think that Fetterman was bad until he was hospitalized after being elected
question everything
Yesterday
#54
Rebecca Katz served as a senior adviser and chief political strategist for John Fetterman's 2022 Senate campaign.
lapucelle
Yesterday
#57
And yet, he posted the photos of all the Israeli hostages outside his office
question everything
Yesterday
#61
Indeed he did. Fetterman was on the record as a strong supporter of Israel before his stroke.
lapucelle
Yesterday
#63
Really weird about wanting to use his own penis in a puberty book, and then including that statement in the book
MichMan
Yesterday
#71
Katz's publisher had to talk him out of using photos of his own penis in a children's book.
lapucelle
Yesterday
#72
So GPV doesn't stand for "Green Party Voter", and you didn't vote for a Republican?
lapucelle
Yesterday
#24
I sat in for three classes of life science per day this year, but next year we swing
GPV
19 hrs ago
#124
The sentiments expressed are what I have been observing in Democratic politics
Ms. Toad
Yesterday
#41
but the people who were doing that weren't associated with the 'Pod Saves America' left
bigtree
Yesterday
#43
I included that to emphasize that Platner's support didn't come from the people the author claims
bigtree
Yesterday
#48
Retrumplicans sold their souls for misogyny, racism, fascism, white supremacy and hatred
maxrandb
Yesterday
#45
Instead of getting upset with who Maine Democratic voters chose as their senate candidate...
biocube
Yesterday
#64
Yeah, let's just keep doing what we've been doing since it's working out SO well for us. SMDH
beaglelover
Yesterday
#67
Voters get to make their own choice. IMO there's a better approach to pursue...
31j20b3
Yesterday
#73
I first heard of "blue no matter who" during the 2020 primary and it was mostly centrists that were stating that
AZProgressive
21 hrs ago
#109
Stopping MAGA and Project 2025, and holding the GOP, Fox, and Heritage responsible should be our #1 priority.
Initech
20 hrs ago
#121
Bullshit. The dynamics are so much more complicated that this bullshit narrative.
pat_k
15 hrs ago
#131
So I'm supposed to feel guilty about Maine voters nominating Platner? NOPE
Vogon_Glory
14 hrs ago
#133