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Can’t believe the Beltway dingleberry who lit $100 million in donor funds on fire to take a double-digit beating from Lindsey Graham didn’t manage to lead the Democratic National Committee to glory. Glad he’s allowed to resign with dignity instead of being thrown out on his ass though 🫶

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I bet Sarah Gideon or Amy McGrath would have done WAY better!

Seriously, though, I had forgotten how I knew Jaime Harrison. Now I wish I still didn't know.

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I was in SC for it. It was so, so obvious he had no shot. Failed right up to the top of the DNC!

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It's nice to know "failing up" is becoming multi-racial.

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The Democrats threw the working class under the bus when Clinton signed NAFTA and gutted the social safety nets. He reminds me of Reagan🤮

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𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘴’ 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘉𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯. 𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦, 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘖𝘣𝘢𝘮𝘢’𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘶𝘯.

First of all, we love Paul Blest! Great piece! I would argue that the rot started even well before Obama; it feels like everyone in senior leadership of the Democratic Party is still running the Clinton Campaign of the 1990s. Maybe it's because of the Olds at the top of the party leadership (Nancy Pelosi's sell-by date was at least 4 years ago, and if you don't think she still has outsized influence in the party you're dreaming), or maybe it's the PTSD from Bush-Gore 2000 and the inability for anyone involved to move on, but since 2000 the Dems have only won because of Obama's cult of personality and a national desire to move on from Trump 1.0 (so, in essence, a reverse cult of personality). The only new idea this party has had since the turn of the millennium has been for the candidate to go on Call Her Daddy in addition to 60 Minutes. Also:

𝘈 “𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦” 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘹 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵.

Fucking Christ I love you Paul.

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And the only reason Republicans won was because parties rarely get more than 8 years of the presidency and then Trump got the benefit of the same anti-incumbent sentiment that's swept every through every country since the pandemic hit.

It is so dumb to think the "democrats" - AKA the people posting here are all dumb as rocks.

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Also where are you getting 8 years from? Biden had one term between Trump's now-two.

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I didn't say anything about people posting here. I was talking about the party leadership.

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"The Democrats once had an identity of being a party for the working class, and now that identity is defined by hating Donald Trump and protecting institutions that no one feels are particularly effective. One gave them a coalition that lasted decades, while the other appears to have lost every branch of government for the second time in eight years"

Ah yes, the identity of racists which kept the south under democratic rule until decades after the civil rights act was passed. Definitely need to get back to that.

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This is so true, I am scared and concerned what the future is going to look like especially the next 4 years, what damage he’s going to do!

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