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the candidates make their cases, they should ask voters to look at what
really matters. Purity tests are less useful than proof a rival has the
ability to learn and to grow. Differences in style and emphasis are not
mortal sins.
"The party will have to unite — not superficially, for the duration of the balloon drop at the convention in Milwaukee, but genuinely. So dial back the hissing and spitting, people. It only helps Trump." -- Eugene Robinson in today's Washington Post, who says "Attacking isn't the only way to campaign." Let's keep our attack energies focused on the real existential menace from now until November.
BONUS: Put another way --
This is one of the most brilliant analogies for the 2020 DEM Primary I've seen.— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) February 18, 2020
Yeah, a raft COULD offer more than survival, but let's argue about it AFTER we avoid drowning.
ANY BLUE RAFT WILL DO. pic.twitter.com/7rJ53xvoiu
A necessary reminder. Every one of the Democrats has flaws, some of them major. Warren and sanders are too radical for some. Biden is too bipartisan for some. Buttigieg talks about his religion too much (for my taste) and had issues with racism in his police department. Bloomberg had stop-and-frisk. Several candidates are really too old. (They don't seem to have settled on anything for Klobuchar yet, but they will.) But any of them would be light-years better than Trump, and one of them vs. Trump is the choice we're going to end up with. Holding out for a flawless candidate isn't an option.
ReplyDeleteFrankly Bloomberg is starting to grow on me because he keeps most of his toughest rhetorical fire aimed where it belongs -- at Trump.
It's not that all criticism is taboo, but when criticizing any candidate, we should always stop and think -- "What if this person ends up being the nominee? Is what I'm about to say potentially going to help the enemy?"
Infidel753 -- Well said. We have a good idea of each's policy proposals, enough to choose a favorite. Time for them to focus on the real threat: not each other, but the monster in the Oval Office.
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