Gotta love how all it took was a guy getting shot in his car to take the Maine race all the way from “100% going to win” to “100% going to lose” and then to “maybe Schumer’s homophobic, Bibi-approved replacement candidate can win.” Truly gripping politics
Jackson is not how you describe him. He is endorsed by DSA and Bernie as well. If Schumer and the DNC had it their way they’d have a rabid zionist up there libsplaining why the jewish identity trumps all civil rights of all arabs because the holocaust or some stupid shit, even though his version of Jewish identity is a racist caricature which just boils down to a jewish supremacist zionazi.
You’re right, he’s just homophobic. He said that the drone murder of a Palestinian child was “unconscionable.” Zero call for the dissolution of the Israeli state, Band-Aid on a bullet hole. There’s no doubt in my mind what Schumer’s pick will actually be voting for
take the Maine race all the way from “100% going to win” to “100% going to lose”
It didn’t happen within six weeks of the election, so there’s a good chance all this news gets flushed down the memory hole by election day. Every election cycle we play this game. It’s six months of horrific headlines, a one-month lull, and then a sudden gusher of October Surprise Fascist Friendly media.
I do think that Dems in Maine are enjoying something like a 5-10 pt polling advantage, in no small part thanks to the aggressive GOTV and organizing the state’s progressive movement has embarked upon. So I don’t want to be a doomer and say this is Collins’s race to lose. It’s a Blue Year in what is shaping up to be a Blue State.
But people have been swinging and missing on Collins for over 20 years. She’s a snake and you can’t count her out until inauguration day.
Gotta love how all it took was a guy getting shot in his car to take the Maine race all the way from “100% going to win” to “100% going to lose” and then to “maybe Schumer’s homophobic, Bibi-approved replacement candidate can win.” Truly gripping politics
Jackson is not how you describe him. He is endorsed by DSA and Bernie as well. If Schumer and the DNC had it their way they’d have a rabid zionist up there libsplaining why the jewish identity trumps all civil rights of all arabs because the holocaust or some stupid shit, even though his version of Jewish identity is a racist caricature which just boils down to a jewish supremacist zionazi.
I don’t like Jackson and I hate the way this went down…
But he’s not “pro-Israel”.
He hasn’t been outspoken against them, but he hasn’t really held an office where his opinion on it is relevant.
And he did sign “the peoples pledge” when he was running for Governor.
You’re right, he’s just homophobic. He said that the drone murder of a Palestinian child was “unconscionable.” Zero call for the dissolution of the Israeli state, Band-Aid on a bullet hole. There’s no doubt in my mind what Schumer’s pick will actually be voting for
It didn’t happen within six weeks of the election, so there’s a good chance all this news gets flushed down the memory hole by election day. Every election cycle we play this game. It’s six months of horrific headlines, a one-month lull, and then a sudden gusher of October Surprise Fascist Friendly media.
I do think that Dems in Maine are enjoying something like a 5-10 pt polling advantage, in no small part thanks to the aggressive GOTV and organizing the state’s progressive movement has embarked upon. So I don’t want to be a doomer and say this is Collins’s race to lose. It’s a Blue Year in what is shaping up to be a Blue State.
But people have been swinging and missing on Collins for over 20 years. She’s a snake and you can’t count her out until inauguration day.