Mastodawn

This quote about Republicans is as true today as when Harry Truman said it in 1948:

“They approve of the American farmer — but they are willing to help him go broke. They stand four-square for the American home — but not for housing. They are strong for labor — but they are stronger for restricting labor's rights. They favor a minimum wage — the smaller the minimum the better. They endorse educational opportunity for all — but they won't spend money for teachers or for schools... (1/2)

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Augie Ray Mar 2

…They think modern medical care and hospitals are fine — for people who can afford them... They condemn “cruelly high prices” — but fight to the death every effort to bring them down. They think the American standard of living is a fine thing — so long as it doesn't spread to all the people. And they admire the Government of the United States so much that they would like to buy it. Now, my friends, that is the Wall Street Republican way of life." (2/2)

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Kagan MacTane (he/him)Mar 2

@augieray Wild how this sounds like a pretty scathing condemnation of Republicans, even by modern standards (like, I could see a modern Democratic politician getting this from their speechwriter and saying, "Can you take it down a notch? We don't want to seem too uncivil"), and yet Republicans literally call Dems cannibal Satanic pedophiles and don't GAF.

Reps are showing up to kick ass, while Dems are still going, "Now now, we wouldn't want to untie that other hand from behind our backs." SMH

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Gilbert Pilz Mar 2

@kagan @augieray The purpose of the Democratic Party is to capture left-leaning political energy and channel it into activities that won't upset the status quo. The Dems don't fight back because they don't really want to. Their campaigns are funded by the same set of people and organizations that fund the Republican's campaigns. Their "opposition" is largely cosmetic.

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Number6

Mar 2

@gpilz @kagan @augieray

The Democratic party is a big tent. The problem with a "big tent" is that it is impossible to keep everyone happy.

And unhappy Democrats have a track record of not showing up to vote.

This makes it hard for the Democrats to take the razor-sharp political positions that Trump and the Magattes are able express.

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Gilbert Pilz

@number6 @kagan @augieray The problem with that "big tent" is that it includes unabashed support for genocide and an utter disregard for the actual problems faced by non-rich people.