If *I* got drunk in Croatia, I'd just mispronounce all the street names as I stumbled back to my hotel room. I guess Graham Platner is just built different.
Fetterman already had something of a national profile when he was Mayor of Braddock, and 2022 was his second time running for Senate, after being Lieutenant Governor. He was the front-runner the whole way through.
Tulsi Gabbard was a DNC vice chair (appointed by Debbie Wasserman Schultz). She spoke at the 2012 convention, and the JFK Library gave her a rising-star award. Bernie did not "give" us Tulsi.
ppl forgot the original context of "no purity tests" - campaigns for ppl to sit out GENERAL elections bc the D candidate wasn't pure enough, thus electing the worse R. This PRIMARY IS THE EXACT TIME FOR PURITY TESTING. It's when you decide what kind of candidate you want to run. All issues are on.
Hold on. Bernie did not "give us" Fetterman, he was one of a whole bunch of people who endorsed him. Fetterman already had statewide name recognition and was the wire-to-wire leader in every poll.
This is indeed solid, but I don't think it invalidates criticism of some of his past statements which *have* failed to meet the moment. He's getting better, which I'm happy to see.
It sounds like you're doing the "Would breaking up the banks end racism?" bit from 2016. Of course it wouldn't. Neither would curing cancer, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't do it.
For those of you keeping score, 18-22 year-old students calling for an end to slaughter in Gaza are so racist they need to be expelled or deported, but 24-35 year-olds celebrating Hitler, rape, and, um, racism are just kids being kids so chill.
Also, racism is over so no need for Voting Right Act.
“I object to seeing brown people on my street but I will give up this view if graduate requirements are shortened from two years to 18 months” give me a fucking break.
