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In reply to the discussion: Why do we keep losing? We are the good guys [View all]Codeine
(25,586 posts)35. Which has nothing to do
with the myriad elections all over the country, especially in midterm elections. Youre focusing on one prize while we let the real goal of gaining control of Congress nd syate houses slide. The executive bench matters, but we need to remember the importance of legislative houses on both state and federal levels.
And if a few thousand more people in each of a handful of states had gotten off their asses and voted then Hillary would be getting shit done and be putting her second nominee on the SC. We got people out in 08 and failed to do so in 16. Our own damned fault.
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we lose because we ARE the good guys - the bad guys are immoral and heartless.
NRaleighLiberal
Oct 2018
#1
We have morals/ethics. We're not liars for the most part. We seek to help people, not cause hur
onecaliberal
Oct 2018
#4
Because we don't fight for what we believe in as ruthlessly as they do.
issuesDemocrats
Oct 2018
#10
PEOPLE. WON'T. VOTE. "We should only lament our future if we lack the will to fight for it."
CousinIT
Oct 2018
#19
the Republican Party is pretty much about White Male Superiority/Privilege while everyone else is
JI7
Oct 2018
#26
speaking for 2016, well that's what happens when one side follows the rules, and the other doesn't
anarch
Oct 2018
#29
The system is still rigged to favor the old slave, now just backward states, and...
SkipG
Oct 2018
#30