I'm gonna say something that I know will be pretty controversial and that is when are we going to hold the electorate aka ourselves responsible for the predicament we're in? In this case, I especially mean Democratic voters who vote for GOP-leaning "Democrats" in the primaries let alone in general elections. If the electorate is too complacent or just automatically voting for useless incumbents, doesn't that fall on us as much as the politicians?
I know people are busy and overwhelmed, but at some point we have to admit this mess is a collective failure. I've heard from way too many people for too long about "how there's no difference between Democrats and Republicans, all politicians are the same, etc., etc.". I frankly see that mindset as a copout against being informed and proactive about elections and elected officials. Many of the same people who say this stuff know exactly what their favorite sports teams and celebrities are up to, but just can't find the time or energy to care about the government and the political process.
I'm probably just an old fart who's ranting at the clouds out of frustration. That said, I was a Boy Scout a long time ago, and I remember vividly the Scout Handbook emphasizing that being a citizen constitutes rights AND responsibilities. If we're not willing to handle address the basic needs of being a citizen in a democratic republic, then that's just as much our fault as the politicians we despise.
This is exactly what frustrates me about the democratic party in general. The thinking that the conservative-lite strategy will work and will get their mythical “republican voters” all these idiots need to be primaried and removed from office and i swear if Kendall doesnt make an effort to primary them and recruit candidates i will be so pissed. There is no point preaching a new dawn or progressives gaining power when you see shit like this.
I’m sooo disappointed to see how some Bexar County Democratic Party Senators voted.
I keep sharing with my Democratic Party friends. “When my Senators and Texas Representatives vote with Republicans, I get upset, but they are Republicans. Do you realize that you are working to get your Democratic’s elected because they are Democrats and they are voting with Republicans, they are voting against you! That is shameful!” 🤦🏽♀️ shared your article. Praying they at least ask them. WTF! 🤬
This is litrally why this trash party has an all time approval rating of 29% i apologize if it seem like i am ranting but i cannot express how incredibly frustated and defeated i feel after reading your substacks. This proves Texas had the capability to change the democratic party fortunes but it is shit, nonsense and quite frankly incompetence by an older generation of democrats who simply cannot accept that this is not 2011 or 2010 where it is just business as usual.
This is precisely why i left in 2023 and registered with the working families party i cannot in good conscious continue to support this garbage democratic party if they still think running conservative lite is the solution. All it does it legitimatize the far right power and justify their actions which i cannot tolerate.
keep that anger and energy inside the Dem party.....3rd parties can't win, won't win and simply hand the election to the bad guys....thanks H. Ross Peeroot........or the greeen party gal and Hilary.
You saw that David Hogg of March for Our Lives fame is trying to get new blood into the national party? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/us/politics/david-hogg-dnc-leaders-we-deserve.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AE8.mKt9.AT21hqyGaZTQ&smid=url-share. We need that in TX
I did see that, and I’m all for it.
I'm gonna say something that I know will be pretty controversial and that is when are we going to hold the electorate aka ourselves responsible for the predicament we're in? In this case, I especially mean Democratic voters who vote for GOP-leaning "Democrats" in the primaries let alone in general elections. If the electorate is too complacent or just automatically voting for useless incumbents, doesn't that fall on us as much as the politicians?
I know people are busy and overwhelmed, but at some point we have to admit this mess is a collective failure. I've heard from way too many people for too long about "how there's no difference between Democrats and Republicans, all politicians are the same, etc., etc.". I frankly see that mindset as a copout against being informed and proactive about elections and elected officials. Many of the same people who say this stuff know exactly what their favorite sports teams and celebrities are up to, but just can't find the time or energy to care about the government and the political process.
I'm probably just an old fart who's ranting at the clouds out of frustration. That said, I was a Boy Scout a long time ago, and I remember vividly the Scout Handbook emphasizing that being a citizen constitutes rights AND responsibilities. If we're not willing to handle address the basic needs of being a citizen in a democratic republic, then that's just as much our fault as the politicians we despise.
This is exactly what frustrates me about the democratic party in general. The thinking that the conservative-lite strategy will work and will get their mythical “republican voters” all these idiots need to be primaried and removed from office and i swear if Kendall doesnt make an effort to primary them and recruit candidates i will be so pissed. There is no point preaching a new dawn or progressives gaining power when you see shit like this.
Luckily, these “conservative dems” are a minority in Texas.
I’m sooo disappointed to see how some Bexar County Democratic Party Senators voted.
I keep sharing with my Democratic Party friends. “When my Senators and Texas Representatives vote with Republicans, I get upset, but they are Republicans. Do you realize that you are working to get your Democratic’s elected because they are Democrats and they are voting with Republicans, they are voting against you! That is shameful!” 🤦🏽♀️ shared your article. Praying they at least ask them. WTF! 🤬
This is litrally why this trash party has an all time approval rating of 29% i apologize if it seem like i am ranting but i cannot express how incredibly frustated and defeated i feel after reading your substacks. This proves Texas had the capability to change the democratic party fortunes but it is shit, nonsense and quite frankly incompetence by an older generation of democrats who simply cannot accept that this is not 2011 or 2010 where it is just business as usual.
Complacency is a hell of a thing.
It is. And because of that complacency we are in this mess.
This is precisely why i left in 2023 and registered with the working families party i cannot in good conscious continue to support this garbage democratic party if they still think running conservative lite is the solution. All it does it legitimatize the far right power and justify their actions which i cannot tolerate.
keep that anger and energy inside the Dem party.....3rd parties can't win, won't win and simply hand the election to the bad guys....thanks H. Ross Peeroot........or the greeen party gal and Hilary.