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In reply to the discussion: Democrat's Response (Connolly) To The NLRB Hacking Is Pathetic [View all]
Hieronymus Phact
(716 posts)37. get real
Money talks. Leadership positions usually go to the biggest fundraisers, who then share the wealth, and generate loyal networks of recipients. That's how they get the votes. Schumer, McConnell, Pelosi, Gephardt, O'neill, all prodigious fundraisers. If AOC raised and distributed the type of money they did, then she can command more votes for her leadership bid. It's that simple.
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Those were different times. FDR had the spine to face down Wall Street and the wealthy to create the
PatrickforB
Apr 2025
#21
See my post below. We are all groaning under the weight of the raw greed and lust for temporal power on the part
PatrickforB
Apr 2025
#34
One of the people who pushed FDR for internment was the governor of California
dflprincess
Apr 2025
#27
I'll go with that. The institutionalists are allowing billionaires courtesy of the 2025 plan, drafted at the behest of
PatrickforB
Apr 2025
#33
Chuck Schumer especially and Jefferies for the shear fact that he allowed Pelosi to undermine him with Connolly
Galraedia
Apr 2025
#80
this did my (and so many other Democrats I know in real life) head in at multiple levels:
Celerity
Apr 2025
#87
He's busy kicking back and relaxing in his new position he never should have been given.
Autumn
Apr 2025
#5
You convince your colleagues you are the best person for the job. That's how the process works. AOC didn't do that.
tritsofme
Apr 2025
#10
That is exactly how it works. If you are unable to win the support of your Democratic colleagues
tritsofme
Apr 2025
#18
You are incorrect, it was not an appointment. There was a secret ballot vote, and she lost.
tritsofme
Apr 2025
#30
Oh my goodness what a scandal! Nancy Pelosi, who has joined the backbenches, had the audacity to have an opinion
tritsofme
Apr 2025
#44
Again, she is entitled to have an opinion and be an advocate for that opinion.
tritsofme
Apr 2025
#58
It is essentially a free vote, that's a big reason it is done by secret ballot.
tritsofme
Apr 2025
#68
If you really think leadership has so much power in this day and age, I would make a similar offer.
tritsofme
Apr 2025
#72
It's so weird that the Daily Beast writer uses words like "schemed" and "plotted" regarding Nancy Pelosi.
lapucelle
Apr 2025
#94
Correct, she lost the vote 131-84, she failed to convince enough of her colleagues to support her.
tritsofme
Apr 2025
#63
I am just making sure to reject the false narrative that there was something illegitimate or untoward about her loss.
tritsofme
Apr 2025
#74
Imagine posting a video of some Youtube rando calling Nancy Pelosi a "garbage person"
lapucelle
Apr 2025
#121
No kidding, these attacks on Pelosi are disgusting. Time is valuable, no point in wasting it on that buffoonery.
tritsofme
Apr 2025
#122
He said as the reason why he was entitled to be the ranking member of the Oversight Committee was that he had
Celerity
Apr 2025
#86
he's actually fighting cancer... this negativity about Dems is not helpful
LymphocyteLover
Apr 2025
#106
A 74 year old man fighting cancer doesn't need to be in leadership, he shpuld be fighting that fight.
Autumn
Apr 2025
#107
He'll announce the formation of a subcommittee that will report back to him in six months.
jalan48
Apr 2025
#13
Every one of your links confirms that Connolly overwhelmingly won the the secret ballot vote
lapucelle
Apr 2025
#105
What are you talking about? An asshole on Youtube calling Nancy Pelosi a "garbage person"
lapucelle
Apr 2025
#114
I'm surprised that anyone in this day and age doesn't know what a publicity tour is.
lapucelle
Apr 2025
#116
Sorry, but stalling tactics are not going to work. Class has been dismissed for the day.
lapucelle
Apr 2025
#118
Your list keeps getting longer: Incessantly referring to a Democratic congresswoman as a "loser" (check).
lapucelle
Apr 2025
#124
AOC is doing far more for the country on the Fighting Oligarchy tour with Bernie
Gaugamela
Apr 2025
#28
Rachel Maddow's coverage of this has been haunting me since last night. Musk's theft of data makes Rump's squirreling
LaMouffette
Apr 2025
#43
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Leads Chuck Schumer in Hypothetical 2028 Matchup by 19 Points
Celerity
Apr 2025
#90
It's doubtful that Chuck Schumer will run for another term. My money is on Dan Goldman
lapucelle
Apr 2025
#126
What's wrong with a with a formal letter calling for the IG to report to Congress
lapucelle
Apr 2025
#88