03-05-2025, 07:01 PM
bfd wrote:
Al Green was the only Democrat with the spine to stand up…. The rest? Spineless blobs. All can be recalled at the next possible election and no one will ever know the difference.
You are forgetting the ones who walked out and the ones who boycotted it. The problem, as always with Democrats, is that getting them to all agree on something is like herding cats. I think the "Lies" sign could have been effective if ALL of them held it up whenever he lied, but that didn't happen. All of them walking out one by one would have pleased me, but that didn't happen. After googling for a bit, it seems that the media is refusing to give a headcount on who stayed away and who walked out.
So, I think it's wrong to dismiss all the Democrats like that. Lay the blame on Schumer and Jeffries, who are still refusing to understand that these are not normal times. This puts Democrats in the awkward position of risking "Dems in disarray" headlines if they begin to strike out on their own, while if they do not, they are accused of being stiffs. Lose/lose as the saying goes.
What the ones who understand the assignment need to do is to form a caucus, try to make it huuuuge, and that way they can act in union to force the leaders to admit that pretending things are normal is not what the public is looking for. Then it's not Dems in disarray, it's Dems at a crossroads or some other such stupid but not as bad cliche.
The other problem is that we spent four years denigrating Republicans who disrupted Presidential speeches. Once again, hoist on our own petard. We sent a message that the public doesn't like it when congresspeople act up and act out, so this probably had an unfortunate effect upon leadership's point of view as they are not adept at keeping up with the national mood.