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In reply to the discussion: I love the new meme: FDR Democrats are hurting the 99% by focusing on Snowden [View all]JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)I'll explain.
In my local races, I'll be looking for democratic candidates who can beat the right wing nut that they will certainly face here. The key issues in the general elections will be jobs, women's reproductive rights, education funding, and infrastructure investments. As it turns out, these issues are also important nationally.
Among the list of critical issues, Snowden will be way, way down the list. Any candidate spending lots of time on that topic will be wasting their time.
As will anyone running on the "anti-plutocrat" platform.
Now, you (and the other disgruntled folks) can spend all of your time complaining about the bad democrats, but that's not an effective strategy for winning elections and getting anything done (or preventing the GOP from doing really terrible things).
Let's skip 2014 ... think about 2016 ... with all the complaining about Hillary, some of these disgruntled folks should be getting busy trying to build up an "acceptably liberal" alternative.
But look around DU ... the OPs are 20 complaining about existing Dems to maybe 1 or 2 putting forward the alternative the disgruntled would support in 2016.
Rather than focusing on what to do to actually get a candidate you'd prefer, you are going to spending your time complaining about those you don't like.
So you better get busy ... 2016 will be here very soon, and Hillary will win (if she runs) unless the alternative is very strong.
And you'll be here on DU complaining about the plutocrats.