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gab13by13

(32,751 posts)
8. It needs input from unwashed Democrats
Fri May 8, 2026, 12:29 PM
May 8

Look how Indivisible has organized millions of people by getting out into the heartland, by getting ordinary Democrats to mobilize and organize at grass roots levels.

Make a donation to or join Indivisible, we the people are going to have to save ourselves, it is up to us to throw out the billionaire traitors.

Doing polls and pumping money at the election is not enough, Democrats need a platform to run on, say we are going to try to expand the Supreme Court, say you are going to try to fight Citizens United and get big money out of politics. Make republicans defend money in politics.

Nominate a non-politician for president in 2028, a person who unites both progressives and moderates.

I like Miles Taylor, he speaks with fire and Malcolm Nance for VP. Someone like Sally Yeats.

Democrats need to start thinking outside the box, times have changed. We need a president who will nominate the best person as AG to hold Magats accountable. If he/she can't get confirmed make him/her acting AG.

We cannot just move on.

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They damn sure need better messaging and strategy. They don't use power well. CousinIT May 8 #1
We need a basic simple message to run on: Ars Longa May 8 #36
I have posted about the disappearance of the party between elections while the GOP hate mill keeps on spewing nonstop. usonian May 8 #2
+1 leftstreet May 8 #6
Wow Keepthesoulalive May 8 #12
You pointed out something I left out (and will edit in) usonian May 8 #15
We've waited 300 years Keepthesoulalive May 8 #26
And rewrite history as well. usonian May 8 #28
I understand what you are saying Keepthesoulalive May 8 #30
It was a digression. usonian May 8 #33
I am aware of corporate and government complicity in the holocaust Keepthesoulalive May 8 #35
Project 2029 yankee87 May 8 #3
I am fiercely on board with that. gab13by13 May 8 #9
Nothing happens without court expansion Fiendish Thingy May 8 #19
They need a second think tank bucolic_frolic May 8 #4
I don't want any talk of understanding, compassion, reconciliation. dalton99a May 8 #5
That's not a platform TheProle May 8 #18
I think it has to be both... kentuck May 8 #22
Yep that's what I was saying. TheProle May 8 #29
IMV we need a bona fide platform Prairie_Seagull May 8 #7
See my reply #2 usonian May 8 #10
When I started my post there was only Prairie_Seagull May 8 #13
One has to type quickly here. usonian May 8 #14
Bruce was/is one of my heros Prairie_Seagull May 8 #20
Share, if it offends people! usonian May 8 #21
It needs input from unwashed Democrats gab13by13 May 8 #8
Ugh. Can we not say "unwashed?" n/t leftstreet May 8 #11
My use of the word unwashed is a literary word gab13by13 May 8 #16
NO! Fiendish Thingy May 8 #17
project management rampartd May 8 #23
Progressive Policy Institute? Center for American Progress? Third Way? Roosevelt Institute? Brookings? WhiskeyGrinder May 8 #24
Headed by Obamas!!!! ALBliberal May 8 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author awesomerwb1 May 8 #27
Set aside current management of the DNC... ultralite001 May 8 #31
It would be WAY easier if we could get 67 votes in the Senate jmowreader May 8 #32
No. We just need to stop attacking each other to protect individual causes - haele May 8 #34
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