Blake Gendebien has to take the gloves off. The hope he has of winning a special election is to draw a straight line between all of Trump’s “policies” and the worsening misery in the North Country. There will be so many issues- your children lost healthcare? It’s because CHIP is Medicaid and your 7 year old was seen as a fraudster. That summer job your teen had at an ice cream store? Evaporated because Canadian tourists
aren’t coming this summer. That car you wanted to buy is 30% more expensive than it was on January 20? Understand how tariffs work now? The post office in your village is only open 10 hours a week? Bringing mail and packages to rural America is a waste of money and FedEx, DHL and UPS won’t take up the slack because it’s not profitable enough.
When the American economy gets a cold, the North Country gets pneumonia. And this time around, we won’t have healthcare for most of our people.
Thanks for all your logic.. well provided ... well received. in a fog of voices, yours brings clarity joe and i'm grateful. but what next? leave? fight? pray for a racist hateful sc justice to find jesus and set it all right? or james carville it... do nothing for now... let them f it up but good and then what? less than 60 days in ... their playbook was at the ready and we never really thought it would happen did we? i didn't. what are we left when they are done?
Part of me agrees with Carville's advice to sit back and let the lawyers do the work in court. We have had some good success so far in court, esp. this week. On the other hand, Republicans are hearing our voices; they have been advised not to hold town hall meetings because of the inevitable spectacles that they stir up. That has to be sinking in. People are REALLY upset, not just Democrats. I still think the markets will be the catalyst to move Republicans. Money talks.
You’re right again, Joe. I’m frustrated that my occasional meager donations aren’t enough to really make a difference. My conscience forces me to make them anyway but I know that we need the DNC to prioritize NY 21 and send some $ our way. How do we make that happen?
And I agree, it’s time to be clear about who and what are endangering the well/being of NY 21 residents
The left has lost its way, and its connection to the “common folk”, “working class” or whatever you want to call most of us these days. The leadership has fallen for the trap set by the right: the smokescreen of the culture wars, which was always a distraction from the looting of the nation and the destruction of the regulatory state to maximize corporate profit and power.
Everyday life has continued to get more difficult for most Americans not in the top tier of earners. Pocketbook issues that motivate most voters. The left continually fails to effectively connect on economics in a way that compels voters.
Blake Gendebien has to take the gloves off. The hope he has of winning a special election is to draw a straight line between all of Trump’s “policies” and the worsening misery in the North Country. There will be so many issues- your children lost healthcare? It’s because CHIP is Medicaid and your 7 year old was seen as a fraudster. That summer job your teen had at an ice cream store? Evaporated because Canadian tourists
aren’t coming this summer. That car you wanted to buy is 30% more expensive than it was on January 20? Understand how tariffs work now? The post office in your village is only open 10 hours a week? Bringing mail and packages to rural America is a waste of money and FedEx, DHL and UPS won’t take up the slack because it’s not profitable enough.
When the American economy gets a cold, the North Country gets pneumonia. And this time around, we won’t have healthcare for most of our people.
Exactly!
Thanks for all your logic.. well provided ... well received. in a fog of voices, yours brings clarity joe and i'm grateful. but what next? leave? fight? pray for a racist hateful sc justice to find jesus and set it all right? or james carville it... do nothing for now... let them f it up but good and then what? less than 60 days in ... their playbook was at the ready and we never really thought it would happen did we? i didn't. what are we left when they are done?
Part of me agrees with Carville's advice to sit back and let the lawyers do the work in court. We have had some good success so far in court, esp. this week. On the other hand, Republicans are hearing our voices; they have been advised not to hold town hall meetings because of the inevitable spectacles that they stir up. That has to be sinking in. People are REALLY upset, not just Democrats. I still think the markets will be the catalyst to move Republicans. Money talks.
You’re right again, Joe. I’m frustrated that my occasional meager donations aren’t enough to really make a difference. My conscience forces me to make them anyway but I know that we need the DNC to prioritize NY 21 and send some $ our way. How do we make that happen?
And I agree, it’s time to be clear about who and what are endangering the well/being of NY 21 residents
We all feel your pain.
The left has lost its way, and its connection to the “common folk”, “working class” or whatever you want to call most of us these days. The leadership has fallen for the trap set by the right: the smokescreen of the culture wars, which was always a distraction from the looting of the nation and the destruction of the regulatory state to maximize corporate profit and power.
Everyday life has continued to get more difficult for most Americans not in the top tier of earners. Pocketbook issues that motivate most voters. The left continually fails to effectively connect on economics in a way that compels voters.
Hopefully the Democrats can welcome Republicans and Independents and move Blake’s campaign forward.