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Democrats: The Less Bad Party
The “liberal” party bends over backward for Republicans yet demands the Left align.
Vote for the Democrats because the other party is batshit crazy and “Vote Blue No Matter Who.” Democrats don’t sell themselves, they sell the abhorrent Republican Party, and when they don’t win it’s never their fault. The much-needed self-reflection following the 2016 election never came, and again in 2020 when the blue wave never peaked the Democrats blamed everyone but themselves.
We’re expected to declare undying loyalty because the other party is worse, and apparently criticizing the Democrats encourages the Right. Democrats are as narrow-minded as Republicans, but they’re on the good side of self-righteousness; “I vote blue and support BLM so I’m a good person.”
Democrats have a base because the Republican Party is off its rocker, and as long as one party is completely demented the other can sit back. The DNC doesn’t bother attracting the voters on the Left because they foolishly believe the Progressives don’t have any other options.
The DNC can’t or won’t see faithful devotion to a political party is how we got in this mess. As easy as it is and as therapeutic as it would be to point out the numerous reasons more than half of Americans detest the party, let’s focus on the…
