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Bettie

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43. So, would you prefer a polite and timid

Fri Jan 31, 2025, 02:53 PM

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response to the fuckery the R's are choosing to unleash on our nation, as opposed to fighting tooth and nail?

For Dems to talk to the academics and the well-off and ignore the working class?

I don't think she was saying ignore everyone in favor of the working class, BUT they are the people Dems seem to be not quite reaching and they require a different type of message than some other groups.

Our family is comfortable at this point, but I remember having to count pennies and take a calculator to the grocery store, to decide weather gas, food, or heat was the priority until next paycheck. I still think that advocating for the working class will help everyone.

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I realize I may get some flack for this, but here goes. [View all] yellow dahlia Wednesday OP

It appears to me gab13by13 Wednesday #1

I totally disagree! tableturner Wednesday #2

A. I did not say I think Dems aren't doing enough. yellow dahlia Wednesday #13

you're right in a lot of what you say here. stopdiggin Wednesday #3

What "brawler" means in AOC's context.... tableturner Wednesday #7

I understand your point. yellow dahlia Wednesday #15

Did you see my correction on my OP? yellow dahlia Wednesday #27

and I agree with about 95% of what you had to say stopdiggin Wednesday #34

The word choice is probably intended to evoke commitment. Frasier Balzov Wednesday #4

IMHO, you missed her point. Phoenix61 Wednesday #5

I agree...SCREW decorum! That's how the GOP kicks our asses! tableturner Wednesday #10

I think the push back regarding the EO's in the past couple of days yellow dahlia Wednesday #16

I needed to make a correction in my OP. yellow dahlia Wednesday #18

I believe you might be wrongly hung up on the "middle class" thing. Think. Again. Wednesday #6

"Ocasio-Cortez said, we need to be a party of brawlers for the working class." yellow dahlia Wednesday #8

Cut and pasted from your OP above... Think. Again. Wednesday #11

Your OP states it differently. Sailingfish Wednesday #14

I have since realized that it wa indeed the phrase - "working class". yellow dahlia Wednesday #20

Thanks. No apologies needed at all. Sailingfish Wednesday #25

Thank you for your gracious reply. yellow dahlia Wednesday #31

Cheers Sailingfish Thursday #38

Thanks for clearing that up! Sorry about the confusion. Think. Again. Wednesday #35

My apologies. There was a typo in my OP. yellow dahlia Wednesday #19

My take SilasSouleII Wednesday #9

I'll agree. The word "brawlers" means a lot of things n I'm not getting hung up on a word. Her intent is more important Deuxcents Wednesday #12

The phrase used by AOC was actually "working class. yellow dahlia Wednesday #23

the middle class made this country? try again. NoRethugFriends Wednesday #37

The Revolutionary War ... Xoan Wednesday #17

Freedom riders. CoopersDad Wednesday #22

Here is a more full transcript of the exchange. Context matters. CoopersDad Wednesday #21

She used that phrase in more than one interview. yellow dahlia Wednesday #24

and that is actually WAY more disappointing stopdiggin Wednesday #36

How I'm reading it Lulu KC Wednesday #26

Thank you for your input and thoughts. yellow dahlia Wednesday #29

The notion that Democrats need to be brawlers is spot on, gab13by13 Wednesday #28

I think the push back regarding the EO's in the past couple of days yellow dahlia Wednesday #30

I like anyone that names themselves after a flower. Brogrizzly Wednesday #32

Thank you. yellow dahlia Wednesday #33

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. yellow dahlia Friday #47

Working class for populists means rural white men in swing states who used to have good union manufacturing jobs betsuni Thursday #39

Right. The Biden/Harris administration implemented policies yellow dahlia Friday #48

I don't know. Elessar Zappa Thursday #40

What if we are all of the above (or many of the above) - TBF Thursday #41

I think you may not understand the purpose of my post. yellow dahlia Thursday #42

So, would you prefer a polite and timid Bettie Friday #43

I never said anything about polite and timid response. And I never said yellow dahlia Friday #44

I feel like your concerns have some merit, however I wouldn't fret over attention to the working class emphasis.so long msfiddlestix Friday #45

I agree with you that Democrats shouldn't be narrowing their representation to particular groups. Paladin Friday #46