It’s quite fascinating that, on the one hand they think everything he tries will fail and he won’t achieve any of the things he promised, and at the same time they also think his policies will destroy New York City and all the business will leave.
Enjoy it while it lasts.
Having lived through 2008 and ‘Hope and Change’, I don’t expect much out of Mamdani. I’d love to be wrong about that.
The big mistake of 2008 was thinking electing Obama was sufficient. He’d go get it all done from there.
Doesn’t work that way. This is a marathon, not a sprint.
The big mistake was believing him at all.
He got plenty of it done, but his policies were oppressive and he fucking lied to us about it.
Yeah, I totally felt oppressed while Obama was president.
/s
Must not have had to pay a mortgage, or interact with cops, or be a brown person in the wrong country, or a kid in a cage, or stuck in a torture chamber in Gitmo, or use health care, etc. etc. etc.
It all happened. You just ignored it, same as with Genocide Joe.
I hope what we take most from this is that 2026, 2028 is NOT “too early” or “too high stakes” for an ACTUAL progressive campaign. The DNC has used that argument 3x with Trump and lost said elections twice (only winning 2020 because Trump bombed w/ Covid-19). I’m certain we’ll hear it again in the next two national elections.
Having a competent populist leftist politician is not a detraction. Quite the opposite. NO to Gruesome Newsom
Just to be very clear, the DNC leadership is antagonistic to our (I assumed) shared goals.
The Democrats are obviously what needs to be supported in a 2 party system, so regardless of the DNC antics, the sacrifice for not choosing them will be more severe, and they know that.
I’m saying this all to say, absolutely support a progressive candidate if you can in the primaries, but when it comes election time, fall in line.
Also, there is a big problem where Mamdani is supremely clever and fast on his feet, having practiced every comeback a million times in the shower, ready to let them rip on command.
At the federal there is no one with that level of natural charisma or wit.
That’s something important to point out.
I’m saying this all to say, absolutely support a progressive candidate if you can in the primaries, but when it comes election time, fall in line.
No.
A candidate campaigns for MY vote.
The Democratic establishment can prove they aren’t an obstacle to progress, me blindly voting for them is no longer a grace I automatically extend to a party hellbent on sabotaging progressives even if it means losing to literal fascists.
Don’t vote to get the best party in. They all suck. Vote to keep the worst party out.
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