The main lesson of the Graham Platner fiasco isn’t that we should never run outsiders for office (the momentum he generated proves the exact opposite), but that they need proper vetting and roots in democratic membership organizations like DSA or a union.
Planter was vetted…
By the Maine state party, it went so far that “vetted” is a poor word choice, they picked him.
Then when he said things about Israel they didn’t think he would, they took their own pick out and replaced him with someone more conservative.
If the Maine state party wasn’t filled with idiots from Florida’s party who have shown they completely incompetent…
A cynic would say they picked Platner with the intent from day one to throw him under a bus after a primary so they can make a candidate.
But if that was actually their plan, they would have fucked it up somehow.
People need to understand now that we’re back to a bottom-up power structure, we really need to work on state parties
People still fall for AOC bs? Same goes for Bernie.
Elaborate?
Look at her rolling back pledges and word salad. Half the time I don’t even know what she’s talking about. She claims she’s progressive but still supports ‘defensive weapons’ for Israel. She claims to be anti-establishment despite being the establishment. She would fold and bend the knee under pressure. I don’t understand why don’t people demand better. Her and Sanders had a chance to prove voters but they keep being a disappointment because they’re not brave enough to stand up to Jeffries and the rest. They claim they’re different because that sounds good and it’s what people want to hear. Those are just words, though. They show with their actions that they would just continue with business as usual. I wish she would be it, but I’m afraid she’s just another disappointment. Somebody fresh and bold who is not afraid to stand up to bullies is desperately needed.
Oh yes, because big unions are symbolic for productivity and lack of corruption.
I’d take a union worker over a business owner any day of the week
How many private jets did large unions own before it became unpopular? Teamsters had 4.
No ones claiming there isn’t corruption in unions. There certainly is. Especially in the trade unions.
But unions in general are better than no unions.
