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29. "We have to be as ruthless as our opposition,"

Tue May 19, 2026, 10:27 PM

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No truer words have been said about Democratic politics since FDR said he welcomed their hatred (monied interests.) We need to stop being professor prissy pants singing kumbaya. Who they hell ever thought that would work in a country like ours? To borrow from Sherman, politics is a nasty business and you cannot refine it. Governing is where statesmanship and fairness lives. But you don't get to do the governing part until you do politics proficiently. We've not been proficient for some time now. More tone deaf and disconnected. That's got to stop.

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Bringing a gun to a gun fight instead of cookies would be a welcome change. NoMoreRepugs 18 hrs ago #1

I am sick an tired of the weak kneed responses to corruption UpInArms 18 hrs ago #2

Demonstrating moral strength and conviction is NOT "adopting" the felon's " playbook. pat_k 15 hrs ago #30

repukes lied their way into a war and we were told we needed to "look forward" Skittles 15 hrs ago #31

Yes! BlueSpot 14 hrs ago #33

It set a terrible precedent fujiyamasan 13 hrs ago #36

all in favor of ditching 'we go high' raise your hand nt msongs 17 hrs ago #3

Nope! TurboDem 17 hrs ago #9

Deleted duplicate pat_k 15 hrs ago #26

No. What we ditch is "Can't win so won't fight." pat_k 15 hrs ago #27

its about time samsingh 17 hrs ago #4

It should have started as soon as Reagan got elected. ananda 15 hrs ago #23

Speaker Tip O'Neil was buddy-buddy with Reagan RazorbackExpat 7 hrs ago #43

Democrats are unfairly held to a different standard. chowder66 17 hrs ago #5

This is true mcar 17 hrs ago #7

The tsk tsk will happen, no matter what we do or don't do. slightlv 16 hrs ago #16

This message was self-deleted by its author fujiyamasan 13 hrs ago #37

If those morons already think it's both sides BaronChocula 17 hrs ago #8

There are those that lean and we could lose and those that don't lean but unfortunately could lose. chowder66 17 hrs ago #11

100%-- the media will not let Dems get away with this sort of thing unlike what they do with Rethugs LymphocyteLover 15 hrs ago #28

Now is the time to do it. republianmushroom 17 hrs ago #6

We really did try! BidenRocks 17 hrs ago #10

This is why Aviation Pro 16 hrs ago #12

THIS!!! calimary 16 hrs ago #13

Pipe hitters with... RetiredParatrooper 15 hrs ago #17

Getting medieval Aviation Pro 15 hrs ago #24

Joe Biden was the right person at the time. At the time, he was able to restore LoisB 16 hrs ago #14

I defend him all the time to my family and I also ask them ALBliberal 15 hrs ago #20

I feel the same way. LoisB 13 hrs ago #34

Ruthlessly "re-engineering" government to ensure... pat_k 15 hrs ago #21

Yes. LoisB 13 hrs ago #35

Oh please Trump's playbook is to cheat. Botany 16 hrs ago #15

Yep. Especially the owning the media part. progressoid 15 hrs ago #19

"They" own the media and the narrative. Botany 15 hrs ago #22

Not the cheating part. The ruthless part. paleotn 14 hrs ago #32

Stupid interpretation. pat_k 15 hrs ago #18

Restoration is a bad strategy regardless of style Renew Deal 15 hrs ago #25

"We have to be as ruthless as our opposition," paleotn 15 hrs ago #29

Saying that they're trying to be like Trump is misleading oldmanlynn 13 hrs ago #38

The traditional media's reach has been in decline fujiyamasan 13 hrs ago #39

Good! Been saying for a long time, that there time's we have to hit hard verbally! electric_blue68 12 hrs ago #40

We should BE the Radical Left and not apologize for it. thought crime 12 hrs ago #41

Amen! Deminpenn 10 hrs ago #42

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