I dont agree with the premise of this article at all. The party absolutely does have a base, and the base wants social justice and economic opportunity. Thats universal and obvious. Thats more than enough right there create a platform around without reaching to the fringes like pro lifers, gun nuts and zionists. Josh Marshall who runs that blog is a zionist so maybe thats what he is talking about. He wants to pretend there is no unifying philsophy amongst Dem voters, so theres room for "centrist’ nuttery in the party, and room for tacit war crimes supporting nuts like himself. There is not, because of our strong base drive toward social justice.
Exactly. Its utterly fucking ridiculous to suggest that there isn’t a Democratic base. Its just that the base has been at odds with party leadership for 10 years.
Not only does the Democratic Party have a base, its base is larger and more loyal than those of almost any other party in the world, even in other two-party systems. Voter loyalty in general is extremely high in the US, which is one of the major issues that has led to the current constitutional crisis.
I disagree with the premise of the article also, but for different reasons. The Democratic Party does have a base, a large one. But, much of that base is indifferent to politics. They simply don’t care, because they think they’re screwed no matter who’s in charge. (Of course, your average poster here is an exception, but let’s face it, I can count every single one of us if I take off my shoes and use my toes along with my fingers).
Couple this with our system that partitions off the country into safe, gerrymandered seats (where the primary election that hardly anyone votes in is the critical one), and you get a system where a minority of attentive people can win elections against a majority of apathetic people. And if there’s is one thing the Conservative Cinematic Universe does well, it’s holding their people’s attention by spreading attractive, convenient lies on the TV.
Ultimately, the problem with today’s Democrats is that they value truth, and sometimes the truth isn’t all that interesting. They will always be at a disadvantage when the other side can lie with impunity, and their voters not only dont mind, but ask for more lies because they validate their worldview.
I dont agree with the premise of this article at all. The party absolutely does have a base, and the base wants social justice and economic opportunity. Thats universal and obvious. Thats more than enough right there create a platform around without reaching to the fringes like pro lifers, gun nuts and zionists. Josh Marshall who runs that blog is a zionist so maybe thats what he is talking about. He wants to pretend there is no unifying philsophy amongst Dem voters, so theres room for "centrist’ nuttery in the party, and room for tacit war crimes supporting nuts like himself. There is not, because of our strong base drive toward social justice.
Exactly. Its utterly fucking ridiculous to suggest that there isn’t a Democratic base. Its just that the base has been at odds with party leadership for 10 years.
Not only does the Democratic Party have a base, its base is larger and more loyal than those of almost any other party in the world, even in other two-party systems. Voter loyalty in general is extremely high in the US, which is one of the major issues that has led to the current constitutional crisis.
I disagree with the premise of the article also, but for different reasons. The Democratic Party does have a base, a large one. But, much of that base is indifferent to politics. They simply don’t care, because they think they’re screwed no matter who’s in charge. (Of course, your average poster here is an exception, but let’s face it, I can count every single one of us if I take off my shoes and use my toes along with my fingers).
Couple this with our system that partitions off the country into safe, gerrymandered seats (where the primary election that hardly anyone votes in is the critical one), and you get a system where a minority of attentive people can win elections against a majority of apathetic people. And if there’s is one thing the Conservative Cinematic Universe does well, it’s holding their people’s attention by spreading attractive, convenient lies on the TV.
Ultimately, the problem with today’s Democrats is that they value truth, and sometimes the truth isn’t all that interesting. They will always be at a disadvantage when the other side can lie with impunity, and their voters not only dont mind, but ask for more lies because they validate their worldview.