Democrats need to embrace politicians like Nina Turner who don't toe the party line: Lucas M. Blower
AKRON, Ohio -- Politicians are unpopular in the United States. and uniquely so, because they are almost universally unpopular. We agree on virtually nothing in this country. We disagree on social issues, racial issues, gender issues, class issues — indeed, 85% of registered voters described Americans as deeply divided on their values in a poll taken at the end of 2020.
Despite all this disagreement, though, we find common ground in reviling our politicians. The last time Congress had a break-even approval rating, according to Gallup, was in 2003. At the end of 2020, that approval rating had sunk to 15%. Given this persistently low approval rating, we celebrate small victories. Early this year, when a round of stimulus checks pushed Congress’ approval rating to the low 30s, it was being hailed as a success in the press — never mind that over 60% of Americans were still united in their distaste of Congress.
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The GOP regularly fields candidates who rail against the system. It’s been a winning strategy. And one that the GOP establishment quickly embraced. It’s created some awkwardness, for sure, as a party full of politician-hating politicians is not exactly a coherent governing coalition. Yet this oxymoronic party controls the federal judiciary, holds an effective veto over any action in the Senate, and has a better-than-decent chance of recapturing the House in 2022.
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There is a lesson here for Democrats. While the GOP establishment has embraced its fiery new members, the Democratic leadership is largely insisting that its members stick to the party line. The consequence of this enforced orthodoxy is that the Democratic party has ceded the votes of political skeptics to the GOP. And the results have been disastrous for Ohio Democrats.
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https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2021/07/democrats-need-to-embrace-politicians-like-nina-turner-who-dont-toe-the-party-line-lucas-m-blower.html
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Mahalo Me!
aloha, nice to see you. And frankly it sure takes a lot of nerve for that woman to run as a DEm and think she should have our support.
... she doesn't even want the embraces.
and refused to endorse our presidential nominees in 2016 and 2020.
Democrats don't "need" to embrace anyone who both supports third party candidates and who is trying to start her own third party.
It's Turner who needs to take responsibility and apologize for her role in helping Trump get to the White House.
He also raised money for her. Funny how Nina didn't mention that during her interview,
https://www.news-herald.com/news/ohio/bill-clinton-backs-nina-turner-for-secretary-of-state/article_a7c2b899-5d9a-5243-b397-3e358c268240.html
Not those caught in some bizarre "Only the perfect. Everything else is a bowl of shit." mentality. That single, grossly irrational statement disqualifies Turner from ever holding any public office. Her judgement and grip on reality are faulty at best.
https://news.yahoo.com/sanders-campaign-co-chair-compares-192803568.html
The authors idea boils down to the GQP is pulling the nation apart from the far right. But, hey! That resonates with some people. So lets do the same from the far left!!! Why? Because Americans revile their politicians!!! Yea, since like 1796. 
also gad-fly, 1620s, "fly which bites cattle," probably from gad (n.) "goad, metal rod," here in the sense of "stinger;" but the sense is entangled with gad (v.) "rove about" (on the notion, perhaps, of the insect's power of flight or of the restlessness of animals plagued by them), and another early meaning of gadfly was "someone who likes to go about, often stopping here and there" (1610s). Sense of "one who irritates another" is from 1640s (equivalent of Latin oestrus; see estrus). "In strictness, only the females are gadflies, the males being smaller and quite inoffensive, living on juices of plants" [Century Dictionary]. Earlier bot-fly, from bot "skin parasite" (late 15c.).
https://www.etymonline.com/word/gadfly#etymonline_v_1207
- Any dipterous insect of the family Oestridae, commonly known as botflies.
- A horsefly: any of various species of fly, of the family Tabanidae, noted for buzzing about animals and sucking their blood.
-(figuratively) One who upsets the status quo by posing upsetting or novel questions, or attempts to stimulate innovation by proving an irritant.
- (derogatory) One who merely irritates without making useful suggestions.
- (derogatory, slang) A bloodsucker; a person who takes without giving back.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gadfly
Thank you, Sir! 
Worse than that, though, the accusation is unnecessarily divisive. Democrats need to come together around popular, progressive policies, not polarizing personalities.
Indeed, no less a figure than President Joe Biden himself recognizes that the Democratic Party must adopt progressive policies — championed for years by Turner —if it wants to maintain its majorities in Washington, D.C. In his first 100 days, he aggressively pushed a progressive agenda aimed at getting relief to working people. Now, there is still much to do. But the fact that Biden’s team, when in power, aspires to govern like progressives is proof that candidates like Turner are pushing the party in the right direction.
For her efforts, Turner deserves better than being falsely accused of working against fellow Democrats. Turner is working to make the party better. Implying that she’s working for the other side is not just false, it’s self-defeating.
https://amp.beaconjournal.com/amp/7728935002
And accusing the party of forcing the Republican Party off the cliff! Everything's Democrats' fault!
Thanks for the post Uncle Joe.