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Oh boy cant wait for him to go zionazi along with El-Sayed, just as Obamdani did!
There's literally El-Sayed's DNC AIPAC opponent shooting herself in the face with 30 million dollars of Israeli funds but you're really gonna be out here about to post a 4 paragraph long copypasta about the success of Mao Zedong's superior socialist China, even though it was really Deng Xiaoping that created the success that is modern day China.
This is why people stop taking ml users seriously.
So far left you'd rather have a right-winger win. The fact that Texas is even in play is remarkable but I've heard that too many times regarding Texas. Ill believe it when I see it.
As for you. You might need some help
Just block it and move on. Another .ml user trying to convince everyone to give up.
Fortunately for us, they're really bad at it.
Some leftists are just addicted to losing.
Win for Talarico ain’t a win for leftists. Yall libs are on a different planet. Also in no way did this person say “I’d rather the right winger win”. I’ll believe the “blue wave” stuff when I see it, and if it does happen then I’d like to see what Dems do with it.
How is a Talarico not a win for leftists? That would imply that Paxton is an equally good or better option for leftists.
Even if Talarico comes in and passes one liberal policy or even none, that is still an improvement over Paxton. Do you think that as a senator that Talarico wouldn't vote with the Democratic party on most if not all policies? Having a dog voted in as senator would be a win to the left because it would mean it's not Paxton.
It takes some real mental gymnastics to come to the conclusion that he's not a win for the left.
No. But it's not a loss either. It's called knowing your audience and hoping for the best
If you don’t mind me asking, what do you mean “knowing your audience?” In regards to Talarico and Texas? Are you saying appealing to conservative voters because they’re Texan? Or Zionists? I’m confused
I mean red Texas isn't automatically going to go with a far left person . Hopefully talarico wins, then hopefully you get some policies that benefit or win over more voters.
Baby steps.
I think the reason he even has a chance is because Paxton is fkn awful.
Really hope Texas gets just a taste of governance that is trying to do a good job. So many Republicans are kakistocratic grifters that they have to gerrymander and suppress turnout while also lying about everything just to make sure their base never gets a taste of what competent leadership even feels like.
So you mean his audience is conservatives? I’m still confused, sorry, my question being what exactly is his audience?
Are you saying Texas = Conservatives so conservative is the audience? Or you’re saying his audience is Zionists?
I think their point is that a leftist candidate would never win in Texas, so Talarico is preferable to Paxton even though his politics aren't ideal. Perfect is the enemy of good, and will simply slide us into a worse and worse situation. We need to make incremental improvements and organize on the local level, because the revolution isn't happening tomorrow.
Fair enough, I only hope that time spent organizing means on volunteer services like food kitchens or parties that can help with organizing unions or rent strikes etc and not just for the democrats.
I don’t necessarily agree with his reach across the aisle style but if he does flip Texas blue I’d be impressed at least. I’m pretty far from Texas and in fact in a very blue state so I’ll admit voting is a little dif in my county, and I wouldn’t advocate against voting. I just hope it would be an incremental change. Talarico should go DSA if he wins!
That's exactly what I mean. I don't give a damn about the Democratic party. Organizing on the local level is for mutual aid, labor protections, etc. Local leftist (not Dems, leftists) organizations do a lot.