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31. Those believing CTs about Status Quo Elite Establishment rigging primaries think Hogg is correct and

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu Apr 24, 2025, 07:08 AM

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will be upset and touchy and probably busy making new CTs right now about how everybody's out to get them.

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DNC gives David Hogg an ultimatum [View all] RandySF 12 hrs ago OP

This shouldn't be necessary DFW 11 hrs ago #1

Good to hear. sheshe2 11 hrs ago #2

Agreed, She! SheltieLover 10 hrs ago #9

The DNC must have poor judgment...Take Tulsi Gabbard as Vice Chair for example. lostnfound 8 hrs ago #27

Go David jaymac 5 hrs ago #39

You can have no one but brilliant candidates wryter2000 2 hrs ago #52

...and if he was assisting red dog candidates over progressives? LudwigPastorius 19 min ago #76

Member of the DNC should NOT be taking sides in primaries LetMyPeopleVote 4 hrs ago #48

I am with Martin on this. I understand how Hogg feels True Blue American 11 hrs ago #3

business as ususal for Democrats will be disastrous too Skittles 10 hrs ago #14

I believe that all incumbents should be challenged ... aggiesal 11 hrs ago #4

That's a good way of shooting ourselves in the foot. Challenging a good incumbent makes the R's work in the general pnwmom 10 hrs ago #10

Really? AOC challenged a (D) incumbent when she first ran and defeated him. Was that shooting our foot? ... aggiesal 1 hr ago #73

Incumbents don't automatically receive the nomination. W_HAMILTON 10 hrs ago #13

No they don't, and candidates do challenge them in every election. JohnSJ 10 hrs ago #16

That is not true whopis01 5 hrs ago #42

Are you saying that third party candidates don't challenge incumbents, because JohnSJ 4 hrs ago #46

No - I am not sure what you misread to give you that impression whopis01 2 hrs ago #62

AOC wryter2000 2 hrs ago #53

Did she have the support Mossfern 2 hrs ago #59

I don't believe so wryter2000 24 min ago #75

I did not say it did not happen. whopis01 2 hrs ago #63

In many cases they do whopis01 5 hrs ago #44

When the (D) party at the local level tell any challenging candidate ... aggiesal 4 hrs ago #47

They are doing his career a good service by saving him from his Nixie 11 hrs ago #5

So it was fine to be biased before LostOne4Ever 11 hrs ago #6

Biased before? RandySF 10 hrs ago #8

From the excerpt: LostOne4Ever 10 hrs ago #11

I thought the rule change proposal came about because this is the first time a DNC official has stated that he intends WDLAL 5 hrs ago #37

When is the last time you donated to the DNC? W_HAMILTON 10 hrs ago #15

Back in 2024 LostOne4Ever 10 hrs ago #17

I have never done phone banking for a primary, only for the general election, and I never had to say JohnSJ 10 hrs ago #19

The phone banking I did was the general election LostOne4Ever 10 hrs ago #20

Were you calling from a list of people who were registered as Democrats from the previous JohnSJ 10 hrs ago #21

I think it was a combination LostOne4Ever 10 hrs ago #22

That was a challenging task for you then. We also left voice mails. I think the biggest problem with JohnSJ 10 hrs ago #23

I have thought the same thing LostOne4Ever 9 hrs ago #24

My hats off to you for your perseverance JohnSJ 2 hrs ago #68

That's been my experience Mossfern 2 hrs ago #64

I have the same feeling Moss JohnSJ 2 hrs ago #69

Good. I remember when David Hogg pushing for gun legislation played the "both sides game", when JohnSJ 10 hrs ago #7

+1. Most people survived sudden traumatic events (e.g. shootings, accidents) because of sheer luck. dalton99a 5 hrs ago #38

Indeed, those are his only "credentials" Oopsie Daisy 2 hrs ago #50

Why doesn't Hogg run for office himself ? JI7 10 hrs ago #12

Exactly. Go beat a Republican before he lectures actual Nixie 10 hrs ago #18

Because that will take a lot of work. Patton French 7 hrs ago #33

He was too young to run for anything meaningful Polybius 1 hr ago #74

It's a shame to see the firing squad approach on the Dem side flor-de-jasmim 9 hrs ago #25

Great phrase: "fertilizing a green lawn". yorkster 2 hrs ago #55

The party of the people allow people to decide. bucolic_frolic 8 hrs ago #26

Excellent Patton French 8 hrs ago #28

Good, I hope it works 😁 Meowmee 7 hrs ago #29

David Hogg is correct. Blue Full Moon 7 hrs ago #30

Those believing CTs about Status Quo Elite Establishment rigging primaries think Hogg is correct and betsuni 7 hrs ago #31

Here we go again. Learning nothing. Rewarding status quo and not vision or boldness. Nanjeanne 7 hrs ago #32

"Safe blue seats" is the key phrase to me. Phoenix61 6 hrs ago #34

We could do more if we instead focused on getting a majority and gaining control, no? Oopsie Daisy 1 hr ago #72

The DNC will never get any money from me alarimer 6 hrs ago #35

Democrats don't rig elections, are not corrupted by corporations, lobbyists, donors. betsuni 4 hrs ago #45

I'm all for primaries, and in fact they are an essential feature of our Democracy. But I'm not for Hogg Scrivener7 6 hrs ago #36

Good. Oopsie Daisy 5 hrs ago #40

The wisdom of time, age and experience I reckon GusBob 5 hrs ago #41

Yes. I want the DNC to find and field viable candidates in Republican-held districts. IL Dem 5 hrs ago #43

'David Hogg Has to Decide': Irate Democrats Want Hogg to End His Primary Gambit -- Or They Want Him Gone LetMyPeopleVote 4 hrs ago #49

Good. n/t wryter2000 2 hrs ago #51

So dumb ibegurpard 2 hrs ago #54

Dissent is necessary in a democracy. Ping Tung 2 hrs ago #56

Hogg is being paid a salary by his pac LetMyPeopleVote 2 hrs ago #57

Yep I noticed that when I looked it up last week Meowmee 2 hrs ago #61

It wouldn't be the DNC if it wasn't doubling down on punching left nt Rob H. 2 hrs ago #58

Yep. Sky Jewels 2 hrs ago #66

If they were so unbiased themselves, we would have been talking about Senator Jeff Jackson's re election campaign ms liberty 2 hrs ago #60

Oh, FFS ... Sky Jewels 2 hrs ago #65

I totally support David Hogg... FarPoint 2 hrs ago #67

I think David Hogg should run for a congressional seat. MineralMan 1 hr ago #70

Then we will continue to lose. Passages 1 hr ago #71