The Rude Pundit: Goddamnit, Just Knock It Off About 2016

[babylonsister]

http://rudepundit.blogspot.ca/2017/11/goddamnit-just-knock-it-off-about-2016.html

The Rude Pundit

Proudly lowering the level of political discourse
11/03/2017
Goddamnit, Just Knock It Off About 2016


Let's put this as simply as possible regarding Donna Brazile's "revelations" about the operation of the DNC:

We. Have. More. Important. Shit. To. Do. Than. Constantly. Fighting. About. The. 2016. Democratic. Nominating. Process.

I know some of you immediately wanna say, "I can be angry about more than one thing," as if you're somehow offering a compelling counterargument instead of sounding like a confused child. But you can't do something about everything because there are only so many fucking hours in a fucking day.

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I know you wanna say this shit because many of you have said this shit to me. And I get it. I totally fucking get it. But the fights that you want to have are the fights you have when you're not facing a fucking existential crisis.

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It's not as fun out here in Left Blogsylvania as it was pre-Twitter. And it's absolutely a waste of fucking time to be arguing this shit when the barbarians aren't at the gate anymore. They are sacking the joint.

By making something out of this genuine nothing, you have given Donald Trump and the GOP and the right-wing media monster enough fuel to last for months. By jumping into the fray on this, by decrying Clinton and DNC, you have allowed the narrative on the corruption of the Trump administration to be watered down. You are giving anyone who was on the fence a reason to cling to Trump.

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Giving the right a way to help sow discord in the Democrats is like giving crack to a weasel. You thought it was bad before? You just wait.

As someone who has never attacked "Bernie Bros" or whatever, as someone who was intensely anti-Hillary in 2008, I say to Democrats, all Democrats, knock it the fuck off. Go back to your states and support your candidates. Get through 2018. Unite behind Democrats who are ready to fight Trump and the GOP.

Or the Night King will turn us all into the army of the dead.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Absolutely right.

Donna Brazile's book is just a shiny object and we shouldn't be hypnotized by it. She's entitled to her interpretation of the events, of course; and she's entitled to write a book about it if she wants. But we have much, much bigger fish to fry - Trump and his orcs - and dissecting it and bitching about it and fussing over what the DNC did is a waste of energy. Maybe what she said was true - maybe the DNC did have its thumb on the scales in Hillary's favor, and maybe it was managed incompetently. Or maybe DB misinterpreted the events, or maybe she just wants to sell books. It doesn't matter. Hillary almost certainly would have won the nomination anyhow. She lost the election for a bunch of reasons which I am certainly not going to rehash now. The problem at hand is Trump, not Donna Brazile or the DNC or Hillary or Bernie. The Russian trolls and the RW (and Chuck Todd) are having too much fun with this, so let's not help them.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. So friggin true!!!

Brazile had your fifteen minutes,now move along.

[joshcryer]

3. The Rude Pundit is failing to recognize that this is actually the beginning.

By 2020 the Russians will have placed another pro-Russian puppet at the top of both parties.

[Scurrilous]

4. K&R

[Cryptoad]

5. Russians stirring the ole Shitpot!,,,,,

[Kajun Gal]

6. Really!

Quit dwelling on the past and how Debbie Wasserman Schultz screwed up. Move forward!

[Vidal]

7. Let's Move On

Brazile has hurt Democrats in order to sell books.

[Kajun Gal]

13. Very true!

[SergeStorms]

8. +100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

I thinks that's enough kicks from me. Someone else take over, OK?

[DonCoquixote]

9. skinner

Can you make this a permanent sticky? People need reminders of this,.

[TomSlick]

10. Sweet Jesus - enough!

I have long been a big fan of both Donna Brazile and Sen. Warren. Both are way-on too smart to not know that what they are doing exactly what Trump wants. My conclusion is that Donna was more interested in making a quick buck than the effect of her book on the Virginia election. Sen. Warren appears to be setting up a presidential run. I am not pleased.

Come on people! Focus! The future of our democratic republic is being threatened by a would-be tin-pot dictator.

[SunSeeker]

11. K & R

[mjvpi]

12. Correct! If there is need for substantive debate on issues within the left, lets do it.

I’m ready to start a 12 step group after the vitriol I’ve been witnessing at DU.

[left-of-center2012]

14. Like a dog and a bone ...

... some won't let go of 2016.

We need to focus on the elections of 2018 and 2020,
and stop the circular firing squad.

All this infighting is killing us.

[smirkymonkey]

15. Absolutely!

I am so tired of this shit. It should have it's own forum so that we can ignore it.

[left-of-center2012]

16. We could name it ...

The "I hate ____" forum.

[Maeve]

17. Kick! eom

[Heartstrings]

18. Yes!

Enough already! Move on! Midterms, Midterms, Midterms!