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In reply to the discussion: Hakeem Jeffries on Rachel Maddow - Swing and Miss . [View all]bigtree
(92,087 posts)57. but they are getting out in front of the public, dear alarimer
...it's you who is lacking in awareness of that absolute fact.
It's all around you, but you're selling this Orwellian mindtrick that they're not in a place where there's myriad evidence they certainly are.
It's not working, alarimer. Truth outs.
The Dem you derided as mealy-mouthed just engineered a unanimous opposition vote against the republican budget using his words.
Something about the way he speaks bothers you, but his voice inspired 214 Democrats - the Dem legislators in the House who voted for him to be their leader - to stand together when it counted.
The very same people who voted for him to do the JOB HE JUST DID.
Is that articulate enough for you?
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I just had to laugh at this. The way this site has treated Bernie Saunders...
mucholderthandirt
Feb 2025
#17
Been around since the beginning. I've been all about Bernie, and before that, Nader.
GPV
Feb 2025
#22
"But there are more people in my brother's condo unit than there are in Vermont"
displacedvermoter
Feb 2025
#34
Pelosi and Reid were only "good" with a majority, Hakeem's never had a majority, & Chuck has always been useless
krawhitham
Feb 2025
#31
By and large, this party runs from a triangulating, moderate standpoint. This is where,
GPV
Feb 2025
#7
People know what to do: protest, town hall, volunteer, calls and letters, get active locally, etc.
betsuni
Feb 2025
#9
I would be happy if he just did something, other than trust in his imaginary friend
Autumn
Feb 2025
#20
Mocking religion. Is it all religion, just Christianity, just Baptists, or just something about Jeffries
betsuni
Feb 2025
#45
The angry masses want fire and brimstone from them. Instead we get thoughtful analytics.
GreenWave
Feb 2025
#11
Thoughtful analytics is the Democratic way. Always has been. Where have you guys been, under a rock?
mucholderthandirt
Feb 2025
#18
I'm afraid I have the opinion many of the rest of you have. He's a very good man, but this nightmare calls for
Vinca
Feb 2025
#14
If they are not getting in front of the public, they might as well not be saying anything at all.
alarimer
Feb 2025
#56
"It pains me to point out that he's not the person to lead the Democratic Caucus..."
LudwigPastorius
Feb 2025
#55