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Dem State Leaders Think Obama’s New Organizing Army is ‘Grade A bullshite'
Posted on 2/17/17 at 9:20 pm
Posted on 2/17/17 at 9:20 pm
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Organizing for Action was supposed to complement the Democratic National Committee. Instead, Democratic leaders say, it nearly killed the Democrats.
It is difficult to overstate just how enraged state Democratic activists and leaders are with Organizing for Action (OFA), the political and community-organizing army that grew out of Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns.
The nonprofit, which functions as a sort of parallel-Democratic National Committee, was founded to mobilize Democratic voters and supporters in defense of President Obama’s, and the Democratic Party’s, agenda. Instead, the organization has drawn the intense ire, both public and private, of grassroots organizers and state parties that are convinced that OFA inadvertently helped decimate Democrats at the state and local level, while Republicans cemented historic levels of power and Donald J. Trump actually became leader of the free world.
These intra-party tensions aren’t going away, especially now that OFA “relaunched” itself last week to protect the Affordable Care Act, boost turnout at congressional townhalls, and train grassroots organizers gearing up for the Trump era.
“This is some GRADE A bullshite right here,” Stephen Handwerk, executive director of the Louisiana Democratic Party, wrote in a private Democratic-listserv email obtained by The Daily Beast. Handwerk was reacting to news of OFA’s post-election retooling, which was shared “without comment” to the group of state-level Dems by Crystal Kay Perkins, executive director for Texas Democrats.
“It also to me seems TONE DEAF—we have lost over 1,000 seats in the past 8 years… all because of this crap,” Handwerk continued. “Let’s get through the next two weeks—but then we gotta figure this out and keep the pressure on. WOW.”
Others on the thread shared these sentiments.
This post was edited on 2/17/17 at 9:26 pm
Posted on 2/17/17 at 9:41 pm to cajunangelle
Stephen Handwerk executive director of the Louisiana Democratic Party.
Refreshing truth...
Race baiting, cultural warfare is not good for your party or America.
Refreshing truth...
Race baiting, cultural warfare is not good for your party or America.
Posted on 2/17/17 at 9:50 pm to cajunangelle
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“It also to me seems TONE DEAF—we have lost over 1,000 seats in the past 8 years… all because of this crap,”
Well, really it boils down to identity politics. The message of Democrats makes zero sense now to any unbiased individual. Who would have thought 10 years ago that removing illegal aliens from the country would be taboo? Or that Democrats would champion men using the women's restroom?
This post was edited on 2/17/17 at 9:51 pm
Posted on 2/17/17 at 9:53 pm to AUbagman
They could always go back to their saner policies: socialism and gun confiscation.
Posted on 2/17/17 at 9:58 pm to cajunangelle
oFA was the propaganda arm of the Obama administration
This mobilized the SJW and put the Dems on the path they are today
This mobilized the SJW and put the Dems on the path they are today
This post was edited on 2/17/17 at 10:00 pm
Posted on 2/17/17 at 10:03 pm to Stingray
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They could always go back to their saner policies: socialism and gun confiscation.
I mean I can understand their hopeless romanticism with socialism, and even the people that truly care about disenfranchised groups. Do I think their tactics and policies work/worked? Not at all, inner cities are proof enough, but I understand where they're coming from. They believe more government solves issues, most conservatives don't. It's a simple, yet profound difference, and I'm positive the most powerful and wealthy are quite pleased they duped them into believing government is the answer.
It's just ironic, they are against large corporate power, yet corporations are a creation of government and grow more powerful with the expansion of government. If they were for helping the common man and lessening the influence of corporations, that'd logically be less government.
This post was edited on 2/17/17 at 10:04 pm
Posted on 2/17/17 at 11:03 pm to cajunangelle
quote:and help muslims hijack the party and its message.
The nonprofit, which functions as a sort of parallel-Democratic National Committee, was founded to mobilize Democratic voters and supporters in defense of President Obama’s, and the Democratic Party’s, agenda
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