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Showing Original Post only (View all)Did Sen. Cory Booker blow his chance to win the 2020 Prez nomination? [View all]
Atrios thinks he could have if we pay attention to his Joe Lieberman type votes...
The Good Old Days Are Back
...We spent the aughts trying to get horrible Democrats to not be quite as horrible, and the media covering the whole thing to not be so horrible. If we couldn't stop the horrible things we could maybe at least stop the Democrats from owning all of them. Saving them (and us) from themselves was a big part of it. I didn't know if we could stop Republicans from privatizing Social Security (we did! yay us!) but we had to do our best to make sure it wasn't all bipartisany. It's the usual "if everyone is to blame, then no one is" combined with the Democrats' love of running on the slogan, "Not quite as evil as the other guys!"
... basically last night 13 Democrats in the Senate voted against allowing cheaper drug imports from The People's Republic of Canadia. Some hope you don't notice, and some don't care if you notice. Some do care. I bet Cory Booker, who took some time off rescuing pets in front of TV cameras and posting inspirational quotes on the website twitter dot com to show how woke he is to help to make sure you have to pay more for lifesaving drugs, cares quite a bit if you notice. Someone's gotta be the Dem candidate for president in 2020, after all.
His DC office number is:
(202) 224-3224
His Newark office number is:
(973) 639-8700
They care a lot more if they get calls from people they represent generally. People who have worked in Congressional offices always say this and mostly they're right. But when the phone lines are jammed because so many people are calling they don't have time to care about who is calling, they just want it to stop.
So call, call ,call.
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Did Sen. Cory Booker blow his chance to win the 2020 Prez nomination? [View all]
Larkspur
Jan 2017
OP
Thank you. No doubt people here haven't bothered to read yesterday's amendment.
George II
Jan 2017
#71
Yes, you can vote against the Brady Bill 5 times while taking money from the NRA
ehrnst
Jan 2017
#85
True, this. It seems to be the only test of whether you are 'progressive" or 'Scum' (nt)
ehrnst
Jan 2017
#86
It wasn't a vote on gun safety legislation, so it proves he's bought and paid for, right?
ehrnst
Jan 2017
#87
Interesting fact, thanks. Considering that Booker is from a MUCH bigger state and ran a very.....
George II
Jan 2017
#91
DID YOU READ HIS EXPLANATION OF WHY HE VOTED THE WAY HE DID YESTERDAY??????????????
George II
Jan 2017
#73
That's too complicated and too much trouble. It's the headlines that are important! Many...
George II
Jan 2017
#75
Lord knows the Vermont senator NEVER voted against public safety to represent his voters
ehrnst
Jan 2017
#90
People posted similar stuff about other candidates, still not realizing the campaign finance laws...
George II
Jan 2017
#69
When have these so called progressives ever passed up the chance to try and sink a Dem?
SaschaHM
Jan 2017
#23
Purity is for women and POC mostly. Old white guys get a pass on taking "big pharma" money.
Maru Kitteh
Jan 2017
#31
Enough with the slight of hand. Sander's ammendmemt would havd passed with those 13 Democratic votes
CentralMass
Jan 2017
#41
Slight of hand? Maybe you should read up on how it went down. Read up on the rules.
SaschaHM
Jan 2017
#57
To be honest, I breathed a BIG sigh of relief when HRC didn't get the nomination in '08.
Buckeye_Democrat
Jan 2017
#40
Already we're bashing Cory within days of admiring him for standing up to Sessions..
JHan
Jan 2017
#81
Well, Elizabeth Warren got a burning at the stake when she endorsed Hillary and not Bernie
ehrnst
Jan 2017
#83