So, Vaush went over the Slotkin response to the state of the union and it was so bad it even broke HIM. Even he's considering refusing to vote for a democrat. Why? Because Slotkin is basically a neocon and what used to be a republican. She literally invoked Reagan in her speech and yeah, it makes him want to retch.
Honestly? This is how I felt since 2016. I KNEW this was the future of the dems back then. Because I knew what Clinton was for. "For every working class voter we lose, we'll pick up two moderate republicans." That's their strategy. They want to merge the republican and democratic party and become a uniparty while the GOP just goes fascist. And honestly? People might wonder if I regret voting for stein in 2016 and if i shouldve supported clinton. I mean you can make a damage reduction argument, but even if trump was gone, 2020 would almost certainly be a decisive republican victory, and they'd be trying to do much of what they're trying to do now. As long as the GOP is free to run further right, and the dems keep trying to run right to meet the GOP half way, this is inevitable. It's like we're in a flushing toilet going round and round the outside of the swirl. We're gonna go down, it isn't a matter of if, it's a matter of when.
And knowing that, I was fine defying the party a decade ago. Because again, I'm a student of history. I'm a student of political science. I know how this works. No party is gonna hold the presidency indefinitely. 8 years is common, 12 is rare, more than that only happens when one party has a massive mandate. And even if the dems won that third time, clinton HAD no mandate. SHe wouldve just ridden obama's coat tails and squandered her time in office, just like Biden ended up doing. And then we would be here anyway. I knew it could happen. That's why i felt like it was important to defy and oppose the dems early on.
But the dems decided to keep doing their same BS strategy and here we are. It's no surprise we ended up here. I do feel like given trump, it made the process more volatile as HE is more volatile, but honestly, we'd be getting some iteration of this no matter what. Because poop swirls. We're the turd at the edge of the toilet going around and around.
All vaush's damage reduction was doing was delaying the inevitable. It wasn't ever gonna save us. Because the only way that we can avoid this fate is if the left pushes back in a BIG way. In some ways, losing 2024 is radicalizing the libs. The party itself is just as useless, but many of the blue no matter who voices are starting to get where i was 8-10 years ago, wondering wtf the dems were doing and pushing for them to do things, to take action, and to actually fight back against the GOP and their radical agenda. I feel like bruce willis when the body landed on al's car. "Welcome to the party pal."
Anyway, we're starting to agree that the dems need to change. So are we actually gonna hold them accountable this time? Or will we just wimp out and vote for them AGAIN, as they push the equivalent of a 1980s-2000s era neocon for their 2028 nominee?
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