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Jack Valentino

(4,135 posts)
76. No matter how 'moderate' the candidate is, the GQP will label them "socialist communist fascist radical left
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 09:30 PM
9 hrs ago

anti-christian trans pedophile extremist Democrat"---


We still lost that election by eight points--- so I can't see that being perceived by some
as 'more moderate' would have won that district as it is layed out--
especially since the GQP would still spend all that money trying to label
the Democratic candidate as I have described.

Frankly, Democrats need to start labeling Republicans as pro-pedophile,
over and over and over and over and over and over!
and refer voters to any websites which list all of the sex crimes by Republican politicians and activists!

Some might call that *dirty politics* but we would have the TRUTH on our side!

Back to the Tennessee seat, all the media until the very end of the campaign
that I had read stressed how the candidate talked MOSTLY about 'affordability'!

Kinda thought she WAS a 'moderate'---
in the same way that anyone to the left of Adolf Hitler or Genghis Khan
can be described as a 'moderate' ! (and maybe a progressive)

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Im pretty sure Boo1 15 hrs ago #1
Wow. senseandsensibility 15 hrs ago #4
I agree LetMyPeopleVote 15 hrs ago #28
Agree and its the same with Tennessee aeromanKC 15 hrs ago #2
I actually confused TN with KY in my OP at first senseandsensibility 15 hrs ago #6
Everyone makes mistakes MustLoveBeagles 14 hrs ago #42
Thanks senseandsensibility 14 hrs ago #50
It was Tennessee and she won a primary against 3 other Democrats Just_Vote_Dem 15 hrs ago #3
Fixed it senseandsensibility 15 hrs ago #7
Good! n/t Just_Vote_Dem 15 hrs ago #8
Progressive Democrats should definetly run ... PBC_Democrat 14 hrs ago #37
Gillum didn't lose because he was a progressive. carpetbagger 14 hrs ago #54
Aftyn Behn won 78.8% of the Nashville vote on Tuesday. Tanuki 14 hrs ago #59
I agree that Graham would have beaten DeathSantis LetMyPeopleVote 13 hrs ago #69
That narrative is what gets me in trouble with Democrats. gab13by13 15 hrs ago #5
I'm personally for the most liberal candidate in almost all situations senseandsensibility 15 hrs ago #10
Give me one example where the DNC said gab13by13 15 hrs ago #16
I'm guessing that there are Bettie 15 hrs ago #31
I don't really care what the DNC thinks senseandsensibility 15 hrs ago #32
i saw them tank a progressive for a moderate. they lost. we got roscum. mopinko 14 hrs ago #65
I'm with you gab Docreed2003 14 hrs ago #48
I kind of doubt it. yardwork 15 hrs ago #9
Yes, I agree that the more progressive senseandsensibility 15 hrs ago #11
I think that's what we need. yardwork 15 hrs ago #13
Agree 👍 anciano 15 hrs ago #12
Wresting power from the Republican party Alsteen 15 hrs ago #14
No n/t leftstreet 15 hrs ago #15
You just said what I was trying to say. gab13by13 15 hrs ago #18
NO... 2naSalit 15 hrs ago #17
So a candidate that ran a Bernie type campaign Emile 15 hrs ago #19
My whole OP was a question senseandsensibility 15 hrs ago #20
You should ask Jason Kanew n/t leftstreet 15 hrs ago #21
Passive aggressives use questions to push a point. Bobstandard 14 hrs ago #62
So you're calling me passive aggressive without actually doing so? senseandsensibility 14 hrs ago #64
Thicker skin. Shorter fuse. Bobstandard 14 hrs ago #66
I think you answered your own question.... getagrip_already 15 hrs ago #26
I'm sorry, but the only ones doing a purity test Emile 15 hrs ago #30
how so? getagrip_already 14 hrs ago #40
So the only ones that do purity tests are progressives. Emile 14 hrs ago #49
She won the primary. returnee 15 hrs ago #34
that is very true, but a primary, especially in a special, is a very progressive race... getagrip_already 14 hrs ago #38
Probably correct. It's hard to make predictions based upon a special election with significantly lower turnout Silent Type 15 hrs ago #22
Probably not. It wasn't a winnable district Jose Garcia 15 hrs ago #23
Good question: Aftyn Behn would have done better or won, Ars Longa 15 hrs ago #24
I didn't hear about the country music thing until the day after the election senseandsensibility 15 hrs ago #27
I love country music. returnee 15 hrs ago #35
Old country was OK- Modern "Bro Country" sounds like has been Ars Longa 14 hrs ago #43
Yes, give me Willie and Waylon and Johnny Cash and Dolly senseandsensibility 14 hrs ago #47
I go back to Appalachian folk ballads and fiddle tunes... returnee 12 hrs ago #72
Merle Haggard? Liberal? returnee 12 hrs ago #73
By "these days" I take it you mean the last quarter century? johnp3907 7 hrs ago #84
I really doubt it mvd 15 hrs ago #25
Republican-lite always loses to a real Republican Fiendish Thingy 15 hrs ago #29
Harry Truman Emile 14 hrs ago #63
Exactly correct Deminpenn 13 hrs ago #67
Seems a bit irrelevant... EarlG 15 hrs ago #33
You nailed it MustLoveBeagles 14 hrs ago #45
It's true that rehashing would have been could have been scenarios senseandsensibility 14 hrs ago #53
"...old markodochartaigh 14 hrs ago #57
Plenty of red state moderate incumbents have lost to MAGA Republicans over the years IronLionZion 15 hrs ago #36
What are the actual examples of progressive winning in deep red states? RoeVWade 14 hrs ago #39
Was the lack of voter turnout an issue? czarjak 14 hrs ago #41
No. They said the same things about the moderate dem candidates here. 2 Meow Momma 14 hrs ago #44
No...absolutely not Docreed2003 14 hrs ago #46
This +1 Emile 14 hrs ago #52
Her message was very mainstream. Bluetus 14 hrs ago #60
I never said that she was "too progressive" Docreed2003 13 hrs ago #71
My apologies. You are correct. I replied to the wrong post Bluetus 9 hrs ago #78
It didn't help that she was female. Beshear is liberal, but he is a white man and he wins everywhere in KY Wanderlust988 14 hrs ago #51
Sadly, I'm sure that was a factor. senseandsensibility 14 hrs ago #56
It was highly highly unlikely that we were going to win it ibegurpard 14 hrs ago #55
No. Nashville/Davidson County's rock solid Democratic congressional district Tanuki 14 hrs ago #58
Thanks senseandsensibility 14 hrs ago #61
The election in a deep red district, and the outcome, is scaring the hell out of the white supremacy Tr**plicans. NNadir 13 hrs ago #68
We've been running to the center for 45 years. Gore1FL 13 hrs ago #70
There have been many moderate southern Dems over the past few decades. Wanderlust988 9 hrs ago #74
Never heard of Jasmine Crockett? Emile 9 hrs ago #77
She's in a very Democratic district Wanderlust988 8 hrs ago #81
Used to be a very democratic district. Emile 8 hrs ago #82
I want what you are smoking. Even Jasmine knows this and will likely run for the Senate Wanderlust988 7 hrs ago #85
Maybe we should try; I remember similar arguments regarding what was possible in 2008. Gore1FL 7 hrs ago #83
Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock won in Georgia...but they are male Wanderlust988 9 hrs ago #75
No matter how 'moderate' the candidate is, the GQP will label them "socialist communist fascist radical left Jack Valentino 9 hrs ago #76
Done better perhaps, but not won Justice Brandeis 8 hrs ago #79
There are different meanings of "progressive" and "moderate". MervinFerd 8 hrs ago #80
What does "moderate" even mean in this context? Crunchy Frog 7 hrs ago #86
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