Former President Obama exhorted House Democrats to celebrate their accomplishments on the campaign trail, rather than dwell on the setbacks they’ve faced, as they try to defend their slim majority in the midterm elections this year.
Obama, the featured keynote speaker during the caucus’ virtual messaging summit Thursday, told lawmakers to “take the wins you can get” and it “doesn’t help to whine about the stuff you can’t change,” according to two sources familiar with the conversation. He argued that they have a more compelling message in selling what their legislative successes mean to voters, rather than campaigning from a defensive crouch, one source said.The only thing worse in politics than failing the American public, is a refusal to accept that you failed the American public. Following Obama's advice, Democrats should approach the midterms explaining to the general public how well they have performed and ask that public to let them continue to be the ones in charge. We did great. Let's have two more years of this?
Of course, when you have failed as miserably as Democrats have since they took charge, it's kind of hard to find the right shade of lipstick for that pig. But that appears to be the strategy that Obama is suggesting. Perhaps that is why Republicans picked up 6 Senate seats and 63 House seats in Obama's first midterm election.
The reality is that they have sucked. Failure to accept that makes you look like a someone who both sucks and is completely out of touch with both the voters and reality. I would offer that if voters truly believed that Democrats were trying, that they actually understood the pain of the general public, and were really wanting to make things better that they might stand a chance of not being clobbered quite so bad. But if they approach this under the false pretense that they have had a successful go of things since Biden took office, then the American public will punish them. Probably quite badly.
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You know, we DO have quite some time until the midterms. So until then we should only whine?
Obama is right.
Russia Russia Russia is not dead!!!!!!!
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/revealed-mueller-rejected-charging-donald-trump-jr-and-roger-stone-with-computer-crimes
AND MAYBE THERE ARE THINGS MORE IMPORTANT THAN DOMESTIC POLITICS
U.S. Sending 3,000 More Troops to Poland
February 11, 2022 at 4:38 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 75 Comments
“The United States will be sending 3,000 additional troops to Poland in the coming days to try and help reassure NATO allies, as Russia held military exercises in Belarus and the Black Sea following the buildup of its forces near Ukraine,” Reuters reports.
U.S. Expects Russian Invasion of Ukraine Next Week
February 11, 2022 at 2:16 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 486 Comments
The U.S. believes Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to invade Ukraine and has communicated that decision to the Russian military, PBS Newshour reports.
The invasion is expected to begin next week and U.S. officials anticipate “a horrific, bloody campaign that begins with two days or aerial bombardment and electronic warfare, followed by an invasion, with the possible goal of regime change.”
CNBC reports the White House instructed any Americans still in Ukraine should leave “immediately.”
You guys realize that if Putin invades Ukraine that this will probably be the biggest foreign policy failure of Biden's Presidency so far! And that is saying quite a bit all things considered.
Of course last time we had a Democrat in Office Putin annexed a country. So why not try it again now that the old feckless fart is pretending to be in charge.
Scott doesn't believe in affirmative action because,
People like him don't support affirmative action because he actually believes that they are inferior to him, and racial bias is false because liberal Democrat use it to get people to vote for Democrats. And give them free food
Wow Roger...
What a smart thing to say! Keep up the genius work.
btw... just because you feel inferior to me, doesn't imply that I believe minorities are inferior to me. Not sure where you got that. Your own inferiority is yours to own!
Roger, James and Bwwwwww
Are against the Truckers, Tow truck companies and Farmers in Canada.🇨🇦
Who is going to enforce the injunction.
What level of physical force are you willing to see used?
Scott, do you remember Roger talking about moving to Washington State, before you moved there?
Nope... Roger decided to move to Bonney Lake (less than 30 miles from where I live) shortly after I moved to South Seattle.
Or so that was his hope!
I have a great future with a very beautiful woman. If I visit my daughter Charlee and the family, I would like our families meet.
I have always thought I was superior than you. I'm not a cultist.
Mike Lee [REPUBLICAN] Blocks Internment Camp Designation
February 11, 2022 at 5:12 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 268 Comments
“On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the forced internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans at the onset of World War II, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) is getting backlash for holding up the creation of a national historic site at a former internment camp in rural Colorado,” the AP reports.
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APPARENTLY A LOT OF REPUBLICANS DON'T WANT US TO BE TEACHING OUR CHILDREN HOW BADLY WE TREATED AMERICAN CITIZENS OF JAPANESE DESCENT.
TEACHING THAT WOULD BE TEACHING SOMETHING CRITICAL OF RACISM.
WE MUSTN'T TEACH OUR CHILDREN A CRITICAL RACISM THEORY THAT RACISM IS WRONG AND LED TO THE HORRIBLE MISTREATMENT EVEN OF THE PARENTS OF NUMEROUS YOUNG JAPANESE MEN WHO AS PART OF OUR ARMED FORCES FOUGHT AGAINST THE ITALIAN FACSCISTS AND THE GERMAN NAZIS IN EUROPE AND RETURNED TO AMERICA ON FURLOUGH TO VISIT THEIR PARENTS IN INTERNMENT CAMPS AND LATER LIVED WITH THE FACT THAT ALL THEIR LAND AND POSSESSIONS HAD BEEN ILLEGALLY TAKEN FROM THEM.
NO, LET'S NEITHER ADMIT NOR TEACH THAT, FOR THAT COULD BE "CRITICAL RACE THEORY," BETTER DESIGNATED "CRITICAL RACISM THEORY."
RACE IS NOT SOMETHING WE CHOOSE, BUT INHERIT. WE DO NOT CHOOSE WHAT RACE WE ARE BORN INTO.
RACISM IS SOMETHING WE CHOOSE TO IMPOSE ON OTHERS WHEN WE DECIDE TO BE PART OF IT AND SUPPORT IT.
Blogger Honest, decent, truth telling Reverend said...
You know, we DO have quite some time until the midterms. So until then we should only whine?
As Yogi Bear once said; "it's getting late early."
Opposing CRT isn't advocating for the elimination of history bring taught. It's ensuring that it's taught factually, objectively and accurately. Not through the predetermined lenses that all whites are racist oppressors regardless of how much we disagree.
“On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the forced internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans at the onset of World War II, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) is getting backlash for holding up the creation of a national historic site at a former internment camp in rural Colorado,” the AP reports.
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APPARENTLY A LOT OF REPUBLICANS DON'T WANT US TO BE TEACHING OUR CHILDREN HOW BADLY WE TREATED AMERICAN CITIZENS OF JAPANESE DESCENT.
TEACHING THAT WOULD BE TEACHING SOMETHING CRITICAL OF RACISM
It could be that no one wants an historic site. Again another pet-project of the left as they write social welfare legislation around the historic site bill.
Typical liberal trick to put feel-good legislation in with a liberal wish-list spending bill.
Opposing Critical Race Theory implies there is something wrong with race.
Opposing Critical Racism Theory implies there is nothing wrong with racism.
APPARENTLY A LOT OF REPUBLICANS DON'T WANT US TO BE TEACHING OUR CHILDREN HOW BADLY WE TREATED AMERICAN CITIZENS OF JAPANESE DESCENT.
TEACHING THAT WOULD BE TEACHING SOMETHING CRITICAL OF RACISM.
WE MUSTN'T TEACH OUR CHILDREN A CRITICAL RACISM THEORY THAT RACISM IS WRONG AND LED TO THE HORRIBLE MISTREATMENT EVEN OF THE PARENTS OF NUMEROUS YOUNG JAPANESE MEN WHO AS PART OF OUR ARMED FORCES FOUGHT AGAINST THE ITALIAN FACSCISTS AND THE GERMAN NAZIS IN EUROPE AND RETURNED TO AMERICA ON FURLOUGH TO VISIT THEIR PARENTS IN INTERNMENT CAMPS AND LATER LIVED WITH THE FACT THAT ALL THEIR LAND AND POSSESSIONS HAD BEEN ILLEGALLY TAKEN FROM THEM.
NO, LET'S NEITHER ADMIT NOR TEACH THAT, FOR THAT COULD BE "CRITICAL RACE THEORY," BETTER DESIGNATED "CRITICAL RACISM THEORY."
RACE IS NOT SOMETHING WE CHOOSE, BUT INHERIT. WE DO NOT CHOOSE WHAT RACE WE ARE BORN INTO.
RACISM IS SOMETHING WE CHOOSE TO IMPOSE ON OTHERS WHEN WE DECIDE TO BE PART OF IT AND SUPPORT IT.
I am opposed to Critical Race Theory.
I strongly support Critical Racism Theory.
But if they approach this under the false pretense that they have had a successful go of things since Biden took office, then the American public will punish them. Probably quite badly.
Not only will they be arrogant enough to declare their rule a smashing success, they'll declare that they had a mandate all along to do what they did.
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