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angrychair

(12,446 posts)
20. So they were just to bend the knee?
Sun May 3, 2026, 06:28 PM
Sunday

Or be burned in dragon fire? Hell of a take. Harris was running around the country, literally holding hands with Republicans. Totally fine. Did she do a single event with a progressive? She dismissed universal healthcare. Dismissed any changes in policy on Palestine. Literally had Republicans speaking at the national convention but completely shut out progressives or any discussion on our policy on Israel and Palestine.

Yet here we are in 2026, two years later and it is one of the dominant themes in this election. Most Democrats are now reevaluating their positions on AIPAC and the funding Israel with billions on dollars in military hardware while they use that hardware to murder innocent civilians in Palestine and Lebanon. People are talking about universal healthcare. People are finally waking up to the realization that billionaires are the real enemy.

We are sending billions of dollars to a country that gives universal healthcare and free university to its people while we are told here in the US that we can't afford it.

Progressive ideals are what the electorate wants in 2028 and it was what the electorate wanted in 2024. It was ignored because they thought they could get enough votes from shifting right to court moderate Republicans.

Now they know, there is no such thing as a moderate Republican.

You can ridicule progressive Democrats all you want but it's their ideals that people are embracing, here in the US and around the world.

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On compassion for Republicans [View all] angrychair Sunday OP
And yet... Fiendish Thingy Sunday #1
"Republicans will vote for a Democrat" angrychair Sunday #2
I'm not suggesting Dems "court" Republicans Fiendish Thingy Sunday #6
I think people want to believe that angrychair Sunday #9
You are correct. murielm99 Sunday #11
And yet I know some who voted for Obama in 2008. Not only a Dem, but a black Dem. paleotn Sunday #16
You're defining Republicans in a nice, neat little box. paleotn Sunday #15
So they were just to bend the knee? angrychair Sunday #20
I'm not ridiculing you. Just looking at things rationally. Interesting how that's your take. paleotn Sunday #22
Not ridiculing progressives? angrychair Sunday #24
So all those Never Trump Republicans are lying? Fiendish Thingy Sunday #21
Point taken angrychair Sunday #25
9 million fewer voters cost us that election Fiendish Thingy Sunday #27
On that we agree angrychair Sunday #28
these people will NOT be voting for democrats in november or ever. rampartd Sunday #5
You are wrong - they already are. Fiendish Thingy Sunday #7
Dick and Liz Cheney, Adam Kitzinger, Christie Todd Whitman mr715 Sunday #10
Is this the flip side of Republicans worried that Obama was building FEMA camps for them? paleotn Sunday #18
they absolutely DISGUST me Skittles Sunday #3
I do the same with trump... Wounded Bear Sunday #4
My compassion is reserved for their victims ck4829 Sunday #8
Not all Republicans are the same. Some are evil, and some are just plain stupid. I have compassion for the stupid ones. Fil1957 Sunday #12
they root for the party of xenophobia, misogyny, homophobia, etc. Skittles Sunday #14
I agree Keepthesoulalive Sunday #17
Cannot agree Wifes husband Sunday #23
Amen Joinfortmill Sunday #13
Two words. Personal responsibility. paleotn Sunday #19
Bootstraps- I love that for them biophile Sunday #26
Compassion and republicans are antonyms kimbutgar Sunday #29
I asked a question here several years ago if..fish..had..wings Sunday #30
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