xc2215xKatie Porter's meltdown proves candidates can't be shamed into quitting anymore
amniotic druidRemember when David Hogg wanted to raise money within the Democratic party specifically to primary these unpopular bad actors out of the party and how he was unanimously stripped of all authority by party leaders for the idea?
Baron Von JBut like, she was not only a member of the Progressive Caucus in Congress, she was at one time a vice-chair of the Caucus, and she is primarying against Newsom. She used to be quite popular among the left when she was in the House for her no-bullshit attitude during committee hearings and doesn’t currently hold office. I’ve never really followed her directly, just saw those sound bites and haven’t heard anything since she lost the Senate primary to Schiff. Guess I’ve missed a bit. Would Hogg be funding her as a progressive primary challenger?
skepticaliforniashe is primarying against Newsom
What? Newsom is term limited she’s primarying against other Dems who will/are running for CA governor.
Oh, sorry. Clearly I didn’t research that enough.
I will not reject Porter because she’s a bad boss. I’ll reject her because of her support for Israel, its apartheid and genocide.
theneverfoxI do reject her because she’s a bad boss
I think we need to change how we look at politicians. If they’re abusive to their staff, why would they care about the people? Why would they care about Palestinians? Why would they care about anything other than getting more power for the sake of having it?
The measure of a (wo)man is how they treat the people under them or something
Curious CanidShame and hypocrisy are both obsolete in American politics. Voters mostly assume that no one is honest and that everyone does terrible things. Neither is actually true, but truth is another thing that voters no longer demand or expect.
The saddest part is that those changes in attitude are why shame, hypocrisy, and truth are no longer considered important in elections. We have a president who now lies nearly every time he opens his mouth, is often called on it, but whose voters simply do not care.
Bad faith arguments about false equivalency have had a huge role in undermining our democracy. Yes, there are a lot of terrible people in politics. No, it is not universal. And the choosing the lesser of two evils is still important.
We need to get back to recognizing that while no one is perfect, some flaws are much greater than others.
We also need to push for genuinely good candidates in primaries. They exist, but they are frequently pushed off-stage early in the process by the mainstream party hacks.
CharlesDarwinSounds like more of Murc’s Law here.
I’d say it was interesting that MSNBC is apparently wringing their hands and being Tone Police over a Democrat, but the fact of the matter is that it’s not that interesting at all.
The corporate media just never got the fuck over Bill Clinton getting a beej, did they? By the old rules, he should have immediately resigned or something. I notice that they don’t really try to apply this “standard” to Republicans.
Um… it’s not really much of a meltdown… this whole thing is pretty dumb. The reporter asked two stupid questions, she got frustrated and cancelled the interview and was rather polite.
Beats the living shit out of Trump and his daily bullshit with the press… every single day of the week.
Get fucking real.