Never Nancy

[Belsnickel]

(11-20-2018, 04:52 PM)Yojimbo Wrote: As much as you say some Dems are buying into right wing talking points, I’d caution you to not buy into the neo-lliberal establishment talking points about Pelosi’s experience or her record as a progressive. Most of us to the left of Pelosi are supporting Barbra Lee as Speaker. She has plenty of experience and better progressive credentials.

Pelosi is further left than the establishment Dems. I'm not saying she's as progressive as myself, a social democrat, but she is more progressive than many people give her credit for just based on her voting record. I've gotta say, though, the idea of Speaker Lee is a wonderful one and she does have more progressive chops than Pelosi. It would be interesting to see, though, if being in that leadership role would result in a more pragmatic approach from Lee on some issues.

(11-20-2018, 04:52 PM)Yojimbo Wrote: Personally, I can’t get behind somebody who’s victory speech is “let’s cave to the other party”. When Republicans won the House under Obama, did they come out and say they want to work with Dems or did they say the voters gave them a mandate to oppose anything Obama wanted done?

But they didn't succeed in making him a one-term president. We should be working with Republicans, but we shouldn't abandon our principles to do so.