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Opinion: Democrats have learned nothing from their election loss
 
For the better part of two years, Democrats told voters that their country was on the precipice of disaster. Winning in November was imperative, party leaders insisted. Failure would bring catastrophe, not only for America’s democratic institutions but for the economy and working-class people as well. 
 
In normal circumstances, a party that fell short of preventing a crisis like that would be expected to engage in real introspection about what went wrong. Leadership changes would be expected. Like Republicans in the aftermath of 1960 or even 2008, the party would radically re-evaluate the decisions that led to this moment.

Not so in this Democratic Party, where long-time leaders are trudging forward as if nothing happened. From former Harris campaign staffers dissociating in the press to Capitol Hill leadership elections that reject even the premise that anything should change, Democrats are choosing to close their eyes to structural problems at the top of their party. Accountability, it seems, is for other people.

That won’t fix anything.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/opinion-democrats-have-learned-nothing-from-their-election-loss/ar-AA1w5LwS?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=0618ac5235344c27beb4b2bf33195eb7&ei=147
The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee that, from different causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth.  George Washington - Farewell Address

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Re: Opinion: Democrats have learned nothing from their election loss
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2024, 07:14:41 am »
What's to learn when, by virtue of being elected as a democrat to congress, you've become an intellectual elite whose wisdom is above reproach. :whistle:
« Last Edit: December 19, 2024, 07:15:31 am by rangerrebew »
The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee that, from different causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth.  George Washington - Farewell Address