As a citizen of NY, Iâve always felt the IDC was a mockery of the democratic process (apparently not enough of my fellow NYers felt the same - until now). So itâs excellent news that the most of the IDC has been defeated. They couldnât have been trusted going forward, regardless of the âdeal brokeredâ by Cuomo and they obviously werenât actually Democrats.
Too bad Cuomo himself didnât follow them into defeat.
Thatâs a lot of baggage to accumulate before turning 30.
This is unfortunate. Salazar obviously has some serious issues with the truth and her presence in any governing body is likely to harm both itâs reputation and effectiveness.
⌠yeah âŚno doubt that the conservatives did a deep deep dive to put out a grand buffet of dirt ⌠but at the same time - if there is a momentary pause of objectivity - some of this does raise an eyebrowâŚ
- we all were disgusted when the GOP candidate in Florida falsely claimed a degree from Miami University of Ohio ⌠and nobody bought any of her lame explanations âŚ
- we are continuously revolted when uber-wealthy GOP candidates attempt to spin a tale of struggling up from modest humble beginnings - when they in fact were born with a platinum spoon knife & fork in their mouth.
hope Salazar lives up to all of the hopes that others have for her.
Dilan, 67, was not among the renegade Senate Democrats, but he represented a district that has gone through major changes, with longtime residents being pushed out by rising rents and an influx of mostly white, wealthier newcomers.
Salazar built a grassroots campaign to unseat him on the grounds that he hadnât done enough to help the poor or stop gentrification.
I donât live in this district but, not for nothing, there isnât a lot that Dilan would have been able to do about the hyper gentrification thatâs happening in Bklyn. Itâs like a freight train with no brake system. While I donât know what his response was to the low income people in his area, it certainly doesnât matter now as the residents who live there now (younger White people with money) have no interest in dealing with what he used to represent.
When are we going to stop using loaded terms like âleftistâ for folks who arenât corporate shills?
While I am thrilled about the defeat of the IDC traitors, Salazarâs victory is very discouraging. Simply labeling yourself a âprogressiveâ should not create an exemption from basic standards of truth and integrity. Someone who lies about where they were born and whether they graduated from a college is prima facie* unfit for office.
so Democrats in NY are being âpunishedâ for being too tolerant of Republicans,
and, Republicans in the âheartlandâ are being punished for not backing Trump.
1860 comes to mind.
When are we going to stop using loaded terms like âcorporate shillsâ for folks who arenât leftists?
She sounds like a doozy of a candidate. Hope she grows up fast. My only beef with this article is the line that â[Salazar] join[s] the ranks of leftist insurgents nationwide who have knocked out mainstream Democrats.â Seems like leftist insurgents fared pretty badly this primary season. Low turnout primaries (Ben Jealous, Ocasio-Cortez) and complex ballots (the double vote in Detroit that led to Jonesâ victory till January and Tlaibâs for the next session of Congress) contributed to a handful of victories. It would be hard to call candidates like Stacey Abrams, Andrew Gillum, and Ayanna Pressley insurgents as they have a long history in the party or what you might call the establishment.
The IDC were not âtolerantâ of Republicans. Nor are they the first generation of Democrats to effectively vote with the Republicans in Albany to give the Republicans in the Senate enough votes to have a majority on most issues.
I am personally pleased that in Jackson Heights, we voted out incumbent Senator Jose Peralta. Peralta replaced another Democrat gone scandalously bad, former NYPD officer Hiram Monserrate.
But donât delude yourself into thinking this was some purity litmus test issue or that the IDC fat cats were some bipartisan heroes.
But still, better than a colluding fake dem.
I saw that, also, ironically, collusional Dems are âmainstream Democratsâ, lol. Accidental truth.
Cuomoâs got an equal mix of baggage and cachet just from his name. Ultimately, while Nixon did pull the race to the left, she just didnât have enough experience to get enough votes.
All in all, though, Iâm pretty happy about the results of the primaries.
Whatâs wrong with âleftistâ? Iâm left of center. In some respects, Iâm pretty damned far to the left. Iâm a leftist. Iâm also left-handed. So sign me up for the Sinister Society.
Republicans, in case you didnât notice in 2016, arenât about issues. Theyâre about dominance politics. So if they want to make being a leftist a ding? Own it. Celebrate it. Mock them for being afraid of it. Show them for the impotent little shits they are, and their supporters will abandon them. Even if they never support us, even if the best we can hope for is that they remain no-shows⌠Iâll take it.
The problem here is not that Republican are calling anybody leftist, itâs that supposed main-stream Democrats are calling these challengers to the DNC machine leftists and they are absolutely using it as a pejorative meant to conjure up images of Molotov Cocktail throwing radicals and third-world guerillas that many of us were taught to despise while growing up in the 50âs and 60âs.
And theyâre not trying to frighten you or me. Theyâre after the same crowd of sheep that stampeded in 2016.
About the same time they stop calling radical reactionaries conservatives.
And you fight it the same way. You own it, and you dare them to engage. You stand up and say âThatâs right, Iâm a leftist. Iâm a liberal. I believe in a government that has an obligation to actually do the things the Constitution says itâs supposed to do: provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. Whatâs your problem with that? You think Iâm over-reaching? Great, letâs discuss our policies and our intentions. Letâs discuss things like being aspirational vs being risk-averse. Letâs talk about the difference between recognizing when something is going to play into our opponentsâ hands, and when itâs just about being a coward because you care more about keeping your job than doing it. Letâs have that talk.â
And the ones who can come back to that and engage? Theyâre the ones you work with, build relations with, listen to (even if you donât do what they think you should, all the time) and screw the rest of them.
âOvercoming Scrutiny Of Private Lifeâ should read âDespite Repeated Lies About Her Backroundâ