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Andrew Coutinho's avatar

Spot on.

It's like the oppressed systems blaming the rebels for failing to protect Alderaan. How about blaming the Empire for blowing it up? More onus needs to be put on the Republicans for NOT voting for widely popular legislation rather than blaming the democrats for "failing to get it passed" (an actual headline). Failed to get it passed?! Piss off.

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David Greenberg's avatar

Brilliant and thorough article. When I was teaching my children to drive I took them to our busiest intersection and explained that even when they had a green light, they had to proceed through the intersection with caution looking in both directions, because even if they had the right of way, if someone t-boned them and killed them, they would still be dead. I guess the parallel I am trying to draw here is that we as Dems and liberals, while we are definitely on the right side, we need to be smart about getting through a dangerous intersection. Patience, fortitude and smarts are needed here, while attacking our own is a sure recipe for failure.

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