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Working with Dems + Friday Odds and Ends

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On January 13, 2017
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A quick thought and some links…

So, here’s the thing: I work with Democrats because Democrats are what I have.

Until a viable (as in able to snag almost a third of the vote) third-party candidate who gives me all the free back rubs and all the artisanal cheese I desire comes along, I’m going to stick with the Democrats. I work with Democrats because Democrats are what I have.

I don’t work with third party candidates like Ralph Nader and Jill Stein because they run campaigns that hinge upon painting the Dems and Republicans as functionally alike when the truth is the two parties have never been more polarized (to piggyback off Scott’s recent posts). If you run a campaign that alleges such a thing, I can’t take you seriously; I can’t work with you. I work with Democrats because Democrats are what I have.

I work with Democrats because during one debate Hillary Clinton talked about abortion in a way that downright transgressive. I work with Democrats because Bernie Sanders (running for the Dem ticket) spoke truth to power. If you think I’m an obnoxious Hillary-loving bitch, please rest assured I would have been just as an abrasive a bitch for Bernie had he won the primary. I would have had t-shirts printed up that said “Bitches for Bernie.” Because Democrats are what I have to work with.

I’m always up for pushing the party left. I take it as given I’ll always have to. I take it as a given that every candidate I support will be flawed. I will work with Bernie Sanders.  I will work with Cory Booker. I will work with Democrats because they’re what I have.

I will work with some of them because I think they are as liberal as I am and I actually earnestly admire them. And I will work with others because people depend upon it, because we’ve seen what happens when the coalition fails. I am open to many of the ideas that excited Bernie supporters and I’m open to pushing the Democratic party to left in support of those ideas. I’m always going to work with Democrats…because Democrats are what I have.

 

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