Who can make the most outrageous demands re the elimination of ICE, reparations for African Americans, free health care and college education for all, 70+% tax rate, massive decrease in defense budget, elimination of coal and petroleum industries, banning of all hand guns, criminalization of "hate speech," genderless bathrooms everywhere, impeachment of conservative judges, etc. I mean, none of them can afford to look weak on any of these issues. Let the games begin!
They are too busy stimulating the coastal nightime economy of Puerto Rico.
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Many of these issues are bullshit. Sadly many dems want to take extreme positions in order to gain "credibility." They look at new house members who are making a splash, getting publicity and thinking that's the way to go. Like the "radicals" in the Black Power movement years ago they'll say outrageous things in order to be noticed, "Strokely Carmichael, H. Rap Brown? Hell, they're Uncle Toms." Some in the GOP experienced this when, afraid of being outflanked on the Right by the Tea Party, they jumped to the right.
Because SOME dems may champion these positions does not mean they will be planks in the Dem platform.
that some politicians will say ANYTHING to get elected, and that they really don't have any core values of their own.
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