2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: "Wall Street Democrats failed us." The establishment Democrats have failed the American people." [View all]lastlib
(24,920 posts)Not saying we don't have to CONSTANTLY remind our allies to continue to be our allies, but we also have to fight the power structure that tRump and repuglicans represent. That is the true enemy, and we set ourselves up for disastrous failure if we don't focus on that. We may have to accept some distasteful alliances on occasion in order to win the greater battle. But let's define our priorities. Schumer votes for our side on most issues, so let's support him when he's on our side, and hold his feet to the fire when he's not. We're in for a rough four years if we don't pick our fights thoughtfully. Repugs are salivating over the chance they have to take this country politically and economically back to the 1890s, and if we start eating our own now because they aren't pure enough, we won't be able to stop the GOPhers on anything. We cannot afford to give the GOPhers ammunition to use against our own allies.