The top of the Texas Democratic ticket makes it a winner if we choose to take it.
Beto O'Rourke and Mike Collier will make winners with two different but compatible styles.
I want to be very frank. I am very upset at our Democrats. Before rank & file, Democrats stop reading, DON’T. I will be voting for every single Democrat I have the opportunity to vote for because the Republican politicians led by an ideology that kills and impoverished is a clear and present danger to us all Democrat, Independent, Republican, and otherwise.
The bottom 80% of Americans needed at minimum the scaled back Build Back Better (BBB) that finally came close to form. We cannot solely blame Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema for the failure. It was an orchestrated assault by the “Unbreakable Nine” that forced the decoupling of the infrastructure bill from the “social infrastructure” bill. Thankfully, many of those middle-class traitors are losing their primaries. But that is water under the bridge.
We must continue to live to fight another day. Fascism is a one-way valve that once installed we can only dislodge with a revolution nobody is ever prepared for at any time. So again, I will hold my nose and vote for many that do not deserve my vote. Most importantly I will work feverishly to elect them. Just as feverishly I will work to get more progressives who put the middle-class first in 2024. You see, one cannot sit back in any election cycle. One must continue to engage, educate, encourage, and empower those who we want to vote for our causes every single day of every single week of every single month of every single year.
And to Democratic and Progressive candidates. High-priced consultants and an inordinate amount of television ads are a waste of your (our) money. Invest in local communities that have flesh-to-flesh contact with the constituents and potential constituents. Invest in and support independent media that can message more directly. Those who would thwart your (our) message have no influence on them.
I have been concerned that I have not seen good messaging nor a fighting spirit in Texas Democrats or Democrats around the country. Watching Beto O’Rourke and Mike Collier this last week gave me hope. This cycle Texas is blessed to have two warriors at the top of the ticket who battle differently but effectively. Neither of these candidates is as progressive as I am, but they are immediately electable in Texas. We have a lot more mind-changing to do before we can elect more progressive candidates at the top or before candidates are able to expose their inner progressiveness. This is a reality shared throughout our country.
Mike Collier never leaves ambiguities as demonstrated in this recent interview he did with Chris Hayes. We need candidates with that ability because our media tend to malign Democrats. Collier stuck it to both Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick even as Chris Hayes played devil’s advocate.
And then there is Beto O’Rouke. He took it to Greg Abbott directly at the press conference understanding that he would then get a trail of reporters to make his case to Texans. And that news cycle lives on for all to learn, see, and activate.
We can decide to penalize Democrats because they did not fulfill all of the promises they had the power to fulfill or we can understand the political game and work to kick out those who obstruct now in 2024 and replace them with those who unabashedly support the middle class. I choose the latter. I understand that Democrats have the power to pass any legislation if ALL of them really wanted to do so. But that is not the case. We must methodically work to unelect appropriately. But it requires consistency and dedication and the ability to move beyond our frustrations. Why? Those who do not have any interest in improving our lives have all the time in the world if they know we will eventually give up and leave the game. I won’t nor should you.
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