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Any Democrat who takes money from AIPAC (Original Post) orangecrush 9 hrs ago OP
It's definitely something to pay attention to. David__77 9 hrs ago #1
Schumer and Jeffries take AIPAC money. Intractable 9 hrs ago #2
Only way I see of countering it orangecrush 9 hrs ago #3
And if they still win their primaries? SocialDemocrat61 9 hrs ago #4
Read the ToS n/t aocommunalpunch 8 hrs ago #5
Why? SocialDemocrat61 8 hrs ago #6
I think aocommunalpunch 8 hrs ago #7
I asked the OP SocialDemocrat61 8 hrs ago #8
OP said nothing about that leftstreet 4 hrs ago #14
I know SocialDemocrat61 4 hrs ago #16
That "blame Democrats first" stance is why Trump and Republicans are in in position to wage war on Iran to begin with. W_HAMILTON 7 hrs ago #9
Nailed it! Thank you! QueerDuck 1 hr ago #20
For my part Rob H. 6 hrs ago #10
Mine either. 3_Limes 5 hrs ago #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity 4 hrs ago #13
What if they win the primary, and their opponent in the general election is RandomNumbers 1 hr ago #19
Why? betsuni 5 hrs ago #12
"Primaried into oblivion?" Please gulliver 4 hrs ago #15
Is there Palestinian version of AIPAC John Farmer 1 hr ago #17
Total BS 💩 QueerDuck 1 hr ago #18

leftstreet

(39,892 posts)
14. OP said nothing about that
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 01:13 PM
4 hrs ago

OP said people who take AIPAC money should be primaried

OP said nothing about what should happen if they still win their primaries

W_HAMILTON

(10,283 posts)
9. That "blame Democrats first" stance is why Trump and Republicans are in in position to wage war on Iran to begin with.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:22 AM
7 hrs ago

QueerDuck

(1,400 posts)
20. Nailed it! Thank you!
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 04:13 PM
1 hr ago

That's the best response to performative attention seeking scolding.

Response to Rob H. (Reply #10)

RandomNumbers

(19,119 posts)
19. What if they win the primary, and their opponent in the general election is
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 04:10 PM
1 hr ago

a) a Republican (of course)
b) a supporter of Likkud (for political advantage only, not that they actually like Jews)
c) a supporter of destroying human rights in AMERICA
d) a supporter of destroying the environment
... and so on with the usual Repuke positions?

Would you throw away your vote between these two candidates, when the main strike against one is support from AIPAC, while the other has about a hundred strikes just as big?

I'm just saying be careful with ultimatums you plan for yourself.

gulliver

(13,885 posts)
15. "Primaried into oblivion?" Please
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 01:15 PM
4 hrs ago

What do you want, a clean sweep of our Dem leaders? The parties great, but it's elected leaders aren't?

These people who say primary everybody all the time seem to think that you can just fire everybody and there will be a mad rush by super qualified, wonderful people to replace them. And those wonderful people will just be dying to work for someone who likes to fire everybody all the time.

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