NP but somehow very P. BE? or AtD and more. Anyway, goes out for Morris and N.O. Brown, sorta. And Joseph too.

[David Morris]

You want to win elections?  That sounds suspiciously quasi-imperialistic to
me…

https://nomoremister.blogspot.com/2022/01/were-well-on-our-way-to-big-strong.html?m=1

WE'RE WELL ON OUR WAY TO "A BIG, STRONG REPUBLICAN PARTY," NANCY

[insert alarming “trending pole” on “US party identification and leaning”
showing  **dramatic** shift over the course of 2021, from a
nine-percentage-point Democratic advantage in the first quarter to a *rare
five-point Republican edge in the fourth quarter*.]

“Americans are unhappy about inflation, supply-chain problems, and the
persistence of COVID -- BUT:

*1). Americans don't see **Democrats defending themselves*, or criticizing
Republicans apart from Trump (and occasionally Marjorie Taylor Greene).

2) *Americans DO see* Democrats *defending*  Republicans  -  Yes, Nancy
Pelosi is arguing [in this clip] that the GOP has been hijacked, but she's
also implying that good, decent Republicans could take the party back if
they had the will, because they [good decent Republicans] are really the
majority of the party.  [They aren’t].

When every story about the January 6 committee focuses on Brave Republican
Liz Cheney, rather than on the Democrats who make up the committee's
majority, it sends the message that Democratic beliefs are invalid unless
they're validated by a member of the GOP.


Democrats AREN’T asserting that Democrats have better ideas.   But
Republicans ARE asserting that Democrats are maniacal freedom-hating
extremists.


Democrats root for Republicans. Republicans root for themselves.


This would be a tough moment for Democrats no matter what -- high gas
prices, Omicron -- but they're not helping themselves. They're helping the
other guys.


On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 7:31 PM Richard Romeo <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Too bad they can’t win elections. I have nothing against the sentiment per
> se, it’s just we have 1000 people spouting the same. It’s the current
> equivalent of adding another pithy comment to a NY Times article with
> hundreds of them
>