Baffled by that 10% who said the democratic party was "too liberal". In what world is the DNC too liberal?!? They are center right, not even a liberal party. Our farthest left congress people would be center/center left in any other nation.
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They're Republicans in denial
AKA, reactionary centrists. You'll find the world is littered with them.
I had an acquaintance complain early in 2025 about how he's fed up with how "both sides are so extreme". I asked for some examples from the left. He started with the litany about trans and "open borders".
I asked for Democratic politicians that are pushing something "too extreme". No real answer. It's just about the caricature of what "the left" is to these types or relying on nut-picking that Faux provides to them of activists/influencers from the left. They are just (temporarily) embarrassed by Republicans like Donvict, really, and will probably never vote Democratic.
Chuck Schumer finally found the Baileys IRL
Baffled by that 10% who said the democratic party was “too liberal”.
Some undecided voters believe MAGA isn't extreme enough.
We don't have a center right. The squad comes closest to center -slightly - right.
The Democrats certainly aren't perfect, but most Democrats aren't genocidal grifter pedophile nazis. So they got that going for them.
They are definitely genocidal with how many openly supported Israel and their "right to defend themselves".
Two things can be bad.
And it's also possible that two things are equally bad, but that seldom happens in real life.
You are delusional.
There are midterms coming up, and the Repuplicans will be sliced to ribbons in a fair and free election.
Whelp, time to crank up the Both Parties Bad rhetoric.
The Democrats are statistically going to win the midterms by a large margin anyways. You can still hate both parties.
Why Trump going make sure that doesn't happen. Material Law will be declared. That after the flase flag attack. Also all ballots that don't favor the GOP will be invalid and toss out by his psycho friends that will be in charge of counting. Hell add in ICE goons at every poll station and No Democrats are not going win by huge numbers.
And there you go, getting in one more repetition of Both Parties Are Bad rhetoric.
Nice work.
The only thing of interest to me, is how many more times you're going to crank out the sentiment.
Also, you're more than welcome to fuck right off with the Relax the Democrats Have This Locked, so allow me to spout voter suppression talk8ng points bullshit.
Relax the Democrats Have This Locked
Go look at the midterm data for the last 100 years. Only twice has the party that controls the White House won.
Data is a lie to make Democrats lose! That's why they ignore it all the time!
Hey, don't leave me out. It's time for me to say some Both Sides stuff.
I vote third party whenever possible. When it is not possible, I vote Democrat.
When it's guy I actually like vs corporate stooge, I vote for the guy I actually like. But if it's shithead vs a piece of shit, I might as well vote for the shitty option. I like filling in the little boxes.
100% this. Don't fall for this psyop or the boomers vs. GenY/Z intragenerational warfare horseshit. Both narratives seem like psyops from where I sit, although lots of people seem to think both are cogent.
Anyone who buys the "bothsides" fallacy is a moron, and I'm not interested in knowing what morons believe, unless it indicates that they're armed and coming for me.
Bothsides abstention is the same as a vote for the MAGAts. Don't let them manipulate you into learned helplessness.
Came here to say this. People still buying into Murc's Law insanity at this point are not really worth listening to.
Not to say there are not legitimate beefs with the Democratic Party, of course there are. If pollsters are not digging deeper, it might be easier to believe that the anger at "both parties" is for similar reasons in all cases. I'm sure it's not, but I'm also sure there are lots of low-info dumbasses and armchair revolutionary types, too, that blame "both sides".
I'm voting democrat. Not because I think they are much better in the realm of health care and social equality. I will vote for them because they are not the fucking nazis.
I'd also vote Democrat if I was in the Untied States but it is very sad that the bar is so low now that just not being a nazi is enough. The democrats should be striving for better
#bothSides again. Trends show that's an ideal voting environment for the conservatives.
Are both parties captured by the Epstein Class? Yes.
Can we pump the brakes by voting Democrats in? Probably, so I'll vote for that.
Can Democrats win actual enthusiasm and a genuine popular mandate by listening to their voters for a change? Yes, but they won't.
Voting is important, yes. But it is still politics for casuals when we need serious change.
Just voting Democrat in the midterms isn’t enough, we need to support progressive candidates in the primaries to see real change. Here’s some references that I’ve been using:
I agree. No more fucking centrist bullshit. Real progressives are needed.
In theory, there ought to be enough people to let a third party win some seats, but most won't be confident enough to vote third party. This is why I think there should be ranked choice voting
Both parties = Corporate Party
Which flavor of corrupt corporate oligarchy will you vote for?
I vote for the side that doesn’t raise an army of lawless unaccountable masked gunmen raiding homes without warrants and executing people in the streets.
But the two parties are just the same!
You just prefer that they do it in secret and feed you a different pack of lies.
Go do some research on the “War on Drugs” and see how many South American governments we took down while financing drug smugglers and counter revolutionaries thanks to the CIA.
Obama was the first president to extrajudicially execute a USA citizen with a drone.