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In reply to the discussion: We can do better than Hillary Clinton. [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)they're not off their asses doing any damage "out there"--where elections are actually won!
I guess we'll just have to take the "Consider the source" advice!
This site is, in many ways, a bit left of the real world, that point is very valid. I drive people to the polls as a hobby, and we just had a special primary in MA to replace the Kerry seat. The candidates were Markey (Lily Ledbetter champion, pro-choice/no bullshit, gets an upcheck on most progressive issues) v. Lynch (weasel worder on choice, shopping his union heritage from many decades past, dumped his super-sartorial wardrobe for a "working mans" outfit in his commercials, sounds more GOP than Dem on some days, etc.). Turnout was poor, and that was probably to Markey's benefit. Most of my "clients" are elderly, and some of them liked Lynch because they knew his mother, or some shit. Most of them "couldn't be bothered" to go, because they had something better to do and they "knew" Markey was going to win. Being for Markey, myself, I didn't insist that they vote! When the special election comes around, though, they'll pull the lever for Markey--they are "straight ticket" types, by and large.