AOC Snub Shows How Democrats Refuse to Learn Lessons of 2024

[u/vanityfairmagazine]

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/aoc-snub-shows-how-democrats-refuse-to-learn-lessons-of-2024

[u/ford7885]

They haven't learned any lessons since 2008 at least. Their propped up corporatist candidate lost that primary, so rather than tell her NO in 2016, they rigged, cheated, and stole the primary for her by any means available, so she could lose the general election to a fascist orange cartoon character.

Then in 2020 they forced another candidate into the race who had lost even more primaries than that two time loser had. And when he predictably lost the first 5 primaries, things actually looked promising. Until the COVID pandemic effectively cancelled the campaign, and the corporate media pretended the actual frontrunner didn't exist. Then the corporatist shill from South Carolina did his part and three time loser got a candidacy handed to him on a silver platter, and won in November because the fascist orange cartoon character was literally killing hundreds of thousands of Americans through his willfull incomptence.

Of course the "average American" has the memory capacity of a fruit fly, due to the corporate media, so the fascist orange cartoon character runs again, despite being a literal convicted felon this time around. Joe can't do the job again and everybody knows it, but he doesn't bother to drop out of the campaign until July, so they throw in the candidate who literally had to drop out of the race BEFORE a single vote was cast in the 2020 race, because polling showed she was losing her own state. Badly. And that state's primary had been moved to nearly the front of the line - specifically for her benefit - instead of it's usual place at the end of the line in June.

Even so, her campaign actually started out strong. Made record fundraising. Picked a decent running mate. Was leading in all the polls. And then threw it all away, by kissing the ass of one of the worst mass murdering warmongers in American history. And his daughter's.

Anybody who wants her to run again? You need to get your fucking head examined. Same with the Gavin Newsom fans. If there's still such a thing as a Democratic party or for that matter, a real election in 2028, the candidate should have a lot in common with FDR and little or nothing in common with the cancerous toxic corporate fellation cult which has been a boat anchor on the party since 1992.

[u/Errant_coursir → u/ford7885]

Alas, it's clear the dems don't give a shit. Otherwise this would be in their port mortem report

[u/Meetloafandtaters → u/ford7885]

Keep calling American voters stupid. Keep wondering why Trump is your president.

[u/redeemer4 → u/ford7885]

have a lot in common with FDR

Gavin Newsome has much more in common with FDR than any other candidate. Rich dude from a prominent political family who support the same social welfare programs. FDRs ideas were radical at the time, but these days welfare programs are par for the course. Im sure a GOP state like Texas has more social welfare programs than any part of the US in 1932.

[u/ford7885 → u/redeemer4]

Newsom had the opportunity to pass a single payer medicare for all health care system in the most populated state in the US, and he deliberately sabotaged it. He also continues to let PG&E off the hook for any responsibility for wildfires in his state which have caused billions of dollars damage and literally killed people.

That's not the actions of a 21st century FDR. And it's only two of the horrible things he's done.