Critics like Barker and Teixeira should be seen as what they are. They have brands to promote (self-loathing Democrats), narratives to tell (Democrats are bad) and right-wing audiences to please. They're not ever going to acknowledge any improvement because they'd lose their audience and relevance. I hadn't heard of Barker until recently, but Teixeira has been doing his bit for years. Neither of them are arguing in good faith and both should be ignored.
You're doing great work at Searchlight just like you did for Matt. I subscribed to Searchlight the second I found out what it was and have been a fan of what it puts out. Keep fighting the good fight.
Texeira may not be completely wrong. Have any Democratic candidates actually expressed criticism of affirmative action or diversity mandates, or are they just quietly not making a big deal out of them?
Critics like Barker and Teixeira should be seen as what they are. They have brands to promote (self-loathing Democrats), narratives to tell (Democrats are bad) and right-wing audiences to please. They're not ever going to acknowledge any improvement because they'd lose their audience and relevance. I hadn't heard of Barker until recently, but Teixeira has been doing his bit for years. Neither of them are arguing in good faith and both should be ignored.
You're doing great work at Searchlight just like you did for Matt. I subscribed to Searchlight the second I found out what it was and have been a fan of what it puts out. Keep fighting the good fight.
Thanks dude!
This is what I want in a candidate How to be a “We the People” politician in 5 easy steps:
1. Get out and talk to the people (grassroots boots on the ground), listen and find out what their
needs are.
(Include: working and middle class in rural, suburban and urban communities.)
2. Shape policy around the people’s needs
3. Avoid billionaire and corporate donations.
(You report to the people; therefore you will not be owned by the billionaires/corporations)
4. Activate a vast number of volunteers all year long - every year
(We the People want to be involved. Find & organize things we can to do)
5. Repeat - all year long - every year. An ongoing process
Texeira may not be completely wrong. Have any Democratic candidates actually expressed criticism of affirmative action or diversity mandates, or are they just quietly not making a big deal out of them?
Nice chart and basically OK as a taxonomy of Democratic errors. The problem is not looking at the opportunity cost of the greater Republican errors.