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Samantha Bee Is Right Again: John Kelly Is NOT the Adult

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JordanRules11/02/2017 1:28:00 pm PDT

re: #236 Interesting Times

You’re right that the perception exists and my stance has always been that it’s not very accurate for the most part.

I didn’t go digging for receipts like I often do to hopefully get people to reconsider accepting this narrative of feckless or message-less Dems cause I’m not sure what you’re suggesting they should have done. Chances are, whatever was viable, they did it. If there is something specific, I’m happy to look into it and admit any huge procedural failings on our part. Our leadership aren’t really prone to those though.

I hear about no messaging and how we have to state what we are for, not just being against them. And I hear we have to use our limited bully pulpit to indeed call them out and point out all the differences. Guess what? At the convention I watched, I saw both.

Here is one good old piece from 2013 about judicial appointments that is worth a gander to remember the full climate:
“Why Senate Democrats Had To Invoke The ‘Nuclear Option”
thinkprogress.org

I think with Dems we have the exact same problem that we talked about in this thread pertaining to Hillary. They sold this narrative for decades and too many of us bought it too.