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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJoy Reid urges voters to sit out the election if the DNC puts up someone who doesn't share Platner's ideology
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It's getting clearer and clearer that the progressives would rather Republicans keep getting elected, than vote for "moderate" Democrats.
AIPAC seems to be a huge issue for them too.
No wonder Trump is the President and the Republicans have control of the Senate and the House.
eShirl
(20,635 posts)get real Joy
rampartd
(5,832 posts)i'm sorry about platner.
but maybe politics is something you need to get into slowly enough that the worst (and we all have a few little skeletons in their closet.) comes out before millions of people invest their contributions and hopes.
Vinca
(54,631 posts)This is one of the stupidest things Joy has ever suggested. She's not stupid. She should know better. Unless, of course, she's now on the RNC payroll.
Cha
(321,777 posts)can you get! Has she learned nothing from PEDO's first and second terms?
31j20b3
(235 posts)Why not just stay quiet with the unsolicited advice and give the Maine democratic party a chance to select a new candidate?
agingdem
(9,072 posts)A pathological liar/a rage fueled racist psychopath/a corrupt bribery-taking extortionist/a sexual predator rapist/a convicted felon traitor is sleeping in a chair behind the Resolute Desk because media mouthpieces instructed their audiences to stay home on Election Day..
bottomofthehill
(9,472 posts)The DNC. Where is the DNC in this at all. There are enough problems in Maine already. Dont make additional shit up. The Maine Democratic Party is doing the best it can with the burning bag of shit it has been handed. Joy aint helping.
Demnation
(447 posts)videohead5
(3,049 posts)We need to block Trump and need to take back the senate. If Democrats all believed like her you could kiss democracy bye.
SocialDemocrat61
(8,503 posts)not sure if she hit her head or she's just trying to get attention for her podcast.
MIButterfly
(3,652 posts)This is not the time to sit out the election. In fact, I would argue there's never a time to sit out any election EVER, but especially this one. We are fighting for our lives here. Republicans must be defeated at every level if we are to survive as a country.
Kindly shut your pie hole, Joy Reid.
And for what it's worth, this Progressive most definitely would NOT rather Republicans keep getting elected than vote for a "moderate" Democrat. I haven't missed an election since I first voted in 1972 and I have always voted for the Democratic candidate in every general election. Please don't paint us all with the same brush.
Autumn
(49,066 posts)Johonny
(26,902 posts)TVguyCards
(136 posts)Most, from what I can gather, are saying Maine voters voted for the platform and policies of Graham Platner. Replacing him with a centrist moderate is not what voters in the state want. I think that's rather Captain Obvious stuff but it's also very valid. I think he'll likely be replaced by someone who is very close in policy.
SocialDemocrat61
(8,503 posts)actual Maine voters?
tritsofme
(19,959 posts)Raftergirl
(2,011 posts)Mush for brains.