Progressives can't let tactical differences cause defeat: The Beto O'Rourke example

[egbertowillies]

Progressive organizations are at an impasse for the 2018 election and beyond. If they do not get their act together, they will all continue to fail with all their good intentions.

https://egbertowillies.com/2018/07/19/progressives-tactical-differences/

[beachbum bob]

1. 2016 was a lesson learned, and progressives don't support those running

AGAINST republicans, we deserve what comes next and those same progressives will own it.

[peggysue2]

2. I agree

Read your article. You make solid, cogent points about the need to be strategic in this election and beyond. Doesn't mean abandoning principle but it does mean being rational in our choices. Beto O'Rourke (who is kicking ass in Texas) is a perfect example of cutting off your nose to spite your face with the purity criteria of the Abolish Ice Movement.

O'Rourke is a damn good candidate who is running a competitive race against a viper, and from what I've read he's been very vocal and active regarding the immigration debacle. He deserves our support rather than hurling pot shots because he doesn't sufficiently tick off every progressive box.

Good intentions really can lead to Hell. We must win in November to turn the Ship of State around. Anything making that harder is a minus, not a plus.

Good piece!

[McCamy Taylor]

3. Left wing splitters are at least as old as 1972 and Pat Buchanan's plan to play dirty

tricks on the Democrats. And "progressive" journalists are just as easy to buy or flatter or intimidate as any other. Anyone who tells me Beto "panders" deserves to spend eternity in Hell with Ted Cruz.