Unruffled [they/them]@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to The Democratic National Convention™ of Libjerk@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 days agoDefinition of rulesanitylemmy.worldimagemessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up1191arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareblitzenlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 days agoI welcome Harris running in the primary. In fact, I suspect had we had a primary in 2024 Trump wouldn’t be president now.
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down2·2 days agoLike the last time she primaried and didn’t even make it to the first day of voting? Crazy that they expected that candidate to win.
minus-squareblitzenlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down4·2 days ago4 years is a long time, and what is true one cycle isn’t necessarily so the next. I’m not saying Harris is my preference for a democrat, only that a primary can sort it out.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down2·edit-22 days ago a primary can sort it out No. The DNC run the primaries. They’ll just manufacture seeming consent for Harris or another Neoliberal stooge with policy positions far to the right of the people they’re supposed to represent. To the DNC, it’s still 1992 and it always will be.
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 day agoClinton as the response to Reagan really did break the party.
I welcome Harris running in the primary. In fact, I suspect had we had a primary in 2024 Trump wouldn’t be president now.
Like the last time she primaried and didn’t even make it to the first day of voting? Crazy that they expected that candidate to win.
4 years is a long time, and what is true one cycle isn’t necessarily so the next.
I’m not saying Harris is my preference for a democrat, only that a primary can sort it out.
No. The DNC run the primaries. They’ll just manufacture seeming consent for Harris or another Neoliberal stooge with policy positions far to the right of the people they’re supposed to represent.
To the DNC, it’s still 1992 and it always will be.
Clinton as the response to Reagan really did break the party.