Sorry, Democrats: You’re doomed
Sorry, Democrats. You’re doomed. I didn’t want to tell you that, but you’re making it so hard for me not to go berserk on you. I want to help you. But darn it, Democrats. Your indifference is a stab in the heart of some of our shared values. What’s wrong with you? Yes, I’m talking to you — the individual — not the Democratic Party. There is plenty to say about the failures of party leaders, but there is already enough finger-pointing, backstabbing and soul-searching among themselves.
It kills me to see Republicans making fun of you, mocking you, heckling you over the recent disappointing losses.
I’m curious. How do you feel, dear Democrat, when you read heckling like this from Arizona Republicans?
“They tried a ‘moderate’ message in Georgia. They tried a banjo-strumming populist in Montana. They called in the cavalry in South Carolina and even tried to run a long-shot candidate in Kansas,” read the blast email from Torunn Sinclair, the state’s GOP spokeswoman.
“Did any of them win? NOPE! Not a single one of their candidates won.” Ugh. She’s right. “It seems like the only thing Democrats seem ‘resistant’ to is winning.” Ugh. Sure seems that way. “While Arizona Democrats brag about their uptick in engagement and registered precinct committeemen, it hasn’t translated to actual results.” Yup, right again. Republicans like Sinclair are dancing their way to the top of the Hill. And what do you do, dear Democrat? You stay home.
You do nothing but complain about party leaders. Tuesday’s heartbreaking defeat of Democrat Jon Ossoff against Republican Karen Handel, in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District, was House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s fault, you say.
Pelosi, as your House leader, isn’t much of an inspiration. And there isn’t a clear message from your leaders, you gripe.
Stop the excuses, for goodness’ sake. It’s nobody’s fault but yours. Sure, party leaders must inspire you, must spend money reaching out to you, must not take you for granted.
But I’ve seen many of your elected officials, the party leaders, volunteers shivering in the cold or dripping in sweat, knocking on doors, registering new voters. They’ve knocked on your door, reminding you to vote.
And what do you do? You complain about your party leaders, who go to Washington to huff and puff because that’s the only thing left for them to do.
Aren’t you tired, dear Democrat, of the Republican heckling?
In her email blast, Sinclair is making fun of you. “We’ll give the Arizona Democrats what they want most: recognition for trying.”
Arizona Democratic Party Participation Award!
Second place in the presidential election, 2016.
Second place in the U.S. Senate race in 2016.
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Second place in every statewide race in 2014.
Second place in precinct committeemen recruits.
Second place in new voter registrations.
Oh, well. She’s making fun of the Democratic Party as an institution, you say. No. It’s not about the party. It’s about you, the individual.
There is too much at stake to brush off the heckling as mere partisan quarrels.
If you haven’t noticed, Republicans in Washington are aggressively doing everything, from overhauling health care to cutting all sorts of programs, that would hurt you.
In Arizona, Republicans pretty much have the green light to do anything they want because they control every branch of government.
So, dear Democrat: Are you going to quit the blame game, face the heckling and fight back?
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