Attention Liberals: You have a Left Wing Tea Party; it’s known as CPUSA or the US Communist Party.
A left wing tea party? There are a few... Socialists, Marxists and Communists...
Ummm.
Pick one, they exist.
The American communist party, as supported by revcom.
The green party also comes to mind.
Ridiculous.
Didn’t they try that already? The Coffee Party was about as effective as Air America, and for much the same reason.
They tried that. The “Coffee Party” failed miserably.
“Warren represents the anti-compromise—the strong-on-every-issue true believer who is such a star now among political progressives in large part because she’s so damn rare. Perhaps as a left we should spend less time condemning each other for failing to hew to our particular litmus tests, behavior that at the least amounts to a counter-productive circular firing squad and at worst suggests that, say, economic populism is more of a “true progressive” issue than reproductive freedom. Instead, the various parts of the progressive electoral infrastructure should criticize each other less and collaborate more—pooling criteria and cash to back more Warren types who score well on all our issues, ultimately forcing politics and politicians to yield to our agenda rather than all-too-often the other way around.”
The above paragraph caught my eye as some talk about the Pubbies’ circular firing squad. I think it could be changed to:
Cruz represents the anti-compromise—the strong-on-every-issue true believer who is such a star now among political conservatives in large part because he’s so damn rare. Perhaps as a right we should spend less time condemning each other for failing to hew to our particular litmus tests, behavior that at the least amounts to a counter-productive circular firing squad and at worst suggests that, say, economic stability and freedom is more of a “true conservative” issue than pro-life freedom, illegal immigration and/or gun rights [add - IMHO they’re all important]. Instead, the various parts of the GOPe electoral infrastructure should criticize each other and conservatives and TEA Party types less and collaborate more—pooling criteria and cash to back more Cruz, Lee and Sessions types who score well on all our issues, ultimately forcing politics and politicians to yield to our agenda rather than all-too-often the other way around.