During negotiations with the DNC and the Harris campaign, we were repeatedly told by interlocutors that Harris couldn’t meet any of our basic requests (a policy shift from Biden, a Palestinian speaker at the DNC, a statement distinguishing herself from Trump on Israel, or even a meeting with Michigan families who lost loved ones to Israeli bombs) because of AIPAC-aligned politicians like Fetterman, who might take to TV, rile up suburban white and Jewish voters, and fracture the party’s coalition in a swing state.
That political calculus alienated a key voting bloc, although likely not large enough to have shifted the ultimate election outcomes, that should be part of a durable Democratic majority. But few will ever be held accountable for that choice.
A Fetterman staffer condemning Uncommitted for not advocating for Palestinians ‘the right way’ is like an arsonist scolding the fire department for using the wrong hose.
It is truly sad that the Democratic Party has become this incompetent.
The fact that their candidates can openly taunt their own supposed constituency about having only one alternative to their own candidacy should be more than enough to elucidate how the Democrat establishment sees itself.
–A candidate doesn’t need to be particularly competent to play the role of the controlled opposition.
Iron law of institutions. The entire point of the Democratic party is to fundraise and secure sinecure jobs for its members. Winning elections is a convenient side bonus. So they basically ran on Trump’s first term platform and full support of Israel, since it is more important than winning the election. That’s what the arms manufacturers, and other donors want.
Nope. Harris was going to raise taxes on corporations and the wealthy. The exact opposite of Trump.
None of us who voted for Dems did that in order to do any f*cking personal favors for them. We voted that way to do favors for ourselves and the country. Wealthy politicians are going totally fine no matter who wins. Hillary Clinton benefited from Trump’s gigantic tax cuts for the rich, instead of having to endure her own 5 separate ways of raising taxes on the wealthy. Anybody who thought you were “punishing” Clinton by not voting for her was wrong. You were actually punishing yourself and everybody else like you.
I believe they are competent at doing exactly what they have been doing. The system is working to benefit some people. :-(
I don’t think it’s incompetence. After-all they have successful defended the corporate duopoly for at least 50 years, probably longer. Sure there are some upstarts, but the machinations of the party ensure those people never get to actually threaten the status quo. Plus they make good sound-bytes so that the democrats can talk about how they are “fighting,” in unspecific ways.
Weird that the last 3 Dem presidents all raised taxes on the wealthy and/or corporations.
The DNC is literally composed of the primary delegates elected by the voters every 4 years. So if you don’t like the “machinations”, all you have to do is convince enough voters to vote for progressive delegates.
I mean, it kinda has been for a while.
I wouldn’t think it’d take much to dunk on the current republican party.