Democrats Need to Get More Ruthless
New York Times,
by
David Leonhardt
Original Article
Posted By: Pluperfect,
9/9/2019 5:06:31 AM
How important do Democrats think it is to beat President Trump in 2020?
Obviously, most Democrats would say it’s vitally important. Four more years of the Trump presidency could allow him to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. It would worsen the climate crisis. It could cement his paranoid racism and scorn for democracy as the new American normal.
Given these consequences, you would think that Democrats would be approaching the 2020 campaign with a ruthless sense of purpose. But they’re not, at least not yet. They are not focusing on issues that expose Trump’s many vulnerabilities. They have instead devoted substantial time to wonky subjects that excite
Reply 1 - Posted by:
PChristopher 9/9/2019 5:09:06 AM (No. 175089)
Paywall....Not going there
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
HammerDax56 9/9/2019 5:34:31 AM (No. 175101)
The Slimes. Living up to their name.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Safari Man 9/9/2019 5:38:19 AM (No. 175103)
I hit the paywall too, but I agree with dims being Ruth-less. Less Ruth Bader Ginsberg would be much better.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Highlander 9/9/2019 6:10:31 AM (No. 175117)
Judging from the headline, I wondered how much more ruthless can the Dems be? They have murder in their hearts. You know they do. Hate is equated to murder, according to the Bible. Hate drives almost everything about them.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
jalo1951 9/9/2019 6:19:41 AM (No. 175125)
I got in without a problem and I certainly do not pay for the NYT. He loves the dems but they are not handling "us" correctly. It still boils down to how much power they can get and how much money you will lose. Give you a big "minimum wage" and tax it to death. You will end up with less because we all know nothing is free. The dems are set to tell you exactly how to live your life every second of the day. From what you eat, how you get to work (if you are lucky enough to have a job), heat and cool your home, how much plastic ware you are allowed and do you really need your knee replaced etc. etc.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
chance_232 9/9/2019 6:22:38 AM (No. 175126)
If Ive learned anything in my half century plus, its this: It can always get worse.
But the headine, in my opinion, is a dog whistle for the activists to get violent.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
woodenleg 9/9/2019 6:56:16 AM (No. 175143)
At this point in time, Antifa is merely testing out what they can get away with, what works for them.
If the Democrats control Congress and the Presidency, you will see Antifa in every town and city in the Country and they will get away with amazing amounts of violence.
Keep your powder dry.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
A.I. 9/9/2019 6:57:52 AM (No. 175144)
The NYT's total meltdown. Can't wait to watch the election night results in 2020.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
cThree 9/9/2019 7:11:57 AM (No. 175148)
The NYT headline is click bait in its slippery use of the word "ruthless."
This is a very short blog entry that spins the phrase "ruthless sense of purpose" from what should have been something more like "focused sense of purpose" or "unwavering sense of purpose."
Yours truly was suckered in by the click bait. Turn back, O Man!
It's the New York Times.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 9/9/2019 7:45:38 AM (No. 175166)
In other words, democrats should do what they (and quite a few rinos) always do - stress certain popular ideas that appeal to the masses just to get elected. The ends justify the means.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
TLCary 9/9/2019 9:11:09 AM (No. 175252)
The tried to use the Federal Bureaucracy, the Justice System, The Legal System, and Fraud involving Foreign Agents to overthrow a Democratically Elected President... And, if “We The People” re-elect President Trump it will make Trumps “Scorn for Democracy” a new normal? How an anyone be that deep in denial? Someone lend the guy a mirror.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
cThree 9/9/2019 9:47:47 AM (No. 175286)
re #9 The headline has been changed! The new one is:
Democrats, Stop Helping Trump
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 9/9/2019 9:58:16 AM (No. 175296)
Ruthless... or Ruth-less? Only her hairdresser knows for sure. s/o
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
DVC 9/9/2019 7:01:10 PM (No. 175747)
All lies and garbage propaganda, like all NYT "articles".
Yesterday, outside the Imperial War Museum an old guy started a conversation about the giant naval gun barrels on display. Then he went off on, "do you know what the Americans are doing? They are building nuclear pits. You probably don't know what nuclear pits are."
I told him that I know EXACTLY and precisely what a nuclear pit is, and I doubt that many are being made.
He told me that "well I have it from the New York Times" and rummaged through his bag to show me. I laughed out loud, and told him "That is a completely untrustworthy source, I don't believe anything they write" He seemed shocked. As I walked away, he yelled after me, "So you believe they are liars? You are the liar."
Yeah, whatever, you London nutball.
NYT, never a reliable source.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
WWonky 9/10/2019 1:04:23 AM (No. 175909)
The NYT is written for a very narrow audience of East coast Liberals and they as a group only react emotively and are pretty much top out with rage and this piece is only about keeping them heated up. Their candidates are never going to win unless someone like Bloomberg were to step up. I just hope they keep up their ridiculous rhetoric. The only thing else they are probably relying is voter fraud to make up for their horrible candidates and with many and perhaps a majority of the Secretaries of State being Soros sourced by his SOS project a couple of decades ago, vote counting, roll correcting, poll enforcement, real ID checks, and Liberal poll workers could devastate our chances. I just hope the electoral college works the way it is supposed to. If the Democrats can't win they want to change the rules and if that doesn't work they will cheat their collective butts off. Be vigilant and maybe hang around the polls if possible to see any absentee ballots in the cars parked around back. The Secretaries of State count the votes and certify the elections.
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