Jamie Peck is a freelance writer and a producer/contributor at the political podcast The Majority Report with Sam Seder. She writes regularly for The Guardian, Broadly and her own reader-supported blog.
Posted on 01/23/2018 9:07:46 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Party leaders must learn from the GOP and listen to their base, which skews as progressive as the Republicans’ does reactionary.
Senate Democrats on Monday voted overwhelmingly to end the government shutdown without protections for the DREAMERs - who were protected from deportation and allowed to legally work by the Obama-era DACA policy eliminated by President Trump in 2017.
For the Democratic Party’s progressive base, their capitulation was a disappointing end to a moment in which it seemed like the party might finally take a real stand against abhorrent Republican policies.
The DREAMERs were meant to be an unassailable group of people after whom not even the most craven of elected officials could justify going. And yet, here we are.
Maybe Obama should have pushed for a more significant immigration reform from the start, instead of carving off the most sympathetic group for assistance under DACA, then putting off the rest of immigration reform for President Clinton to deal with on a day that would never come.
It’s time for Democrats to re-evaluate incrementalist tactics like these, based on their actual outcomes.
As 2018 and 2020 approach, Democratic candidates would do well to keep listening to progressive movements and leaders, not Trump voters they hope can be turned at the polls.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
Jamie Peck is a freelance writer and a producer/contributor at the political podcast The Majority Report with Sam Seder. She writes regularly for The Guardian, Broadly and her own reader-supported blog.
At least this one is actually identified as an opinion piece.
Let’s keep fighting about the DACA CACA and meanwhile we’ll deport the rest of ‘em.
The first time in decades the left has lost their fight, and she’s advocating scorched earth politics.
They just make this crapolla up as they go along? None of this is factual.
The Delusional Lying left will never discard their incrementalism and nor will they capitulate. They will continue with their plans to destroy America and bring about Global Totalitarian Government.
They’ve been stopped for now. But they will never give up. They are driven by the spirit of antichrist, so as long as Satan is around, the left will never give up.
“Jamie Peck is a freelance writer based in New York City and a regular Guardian contributor.”
Wouldn’t this make her at least an honorary member of the CPUSA?
Jamie Peck, all tatted up.
I love these opinion pieces where some dingbat encourages the Dems to self-immolate on the holy alter of moonbattery. Yes, listen to the gothy shrew, she is wise.
Please, Dems, keep listening to the far-left wingnutz, instead of stopping to ponder just how untenable their positions are to the strong majority of Americans.
Damn, that’s ugly and I can’t even see all the tattoos.
>>Party leaders must learn from the GOP and listen to their base, which skews as progressive as the Republicans’ does reactionary.
Stupid girl. We can afford to be reactionary because we stand behind the proven morality of freedom. Progressivism only exists in America because the “reactionary” version of Communism (i.e. the Glorious People’s Revolution) is abhorrent to Americans. As Progs, they were able to spend the last century sticking their nose into American life and hiding behind words like “liberal” and “fairness”.
Obama ruined that because he gave them the “Go” signal that the Progressive ruination of freedom was over and the the Glorious People’s Revolution was underway. They overplayed their hand.
If they discard incrementalism now, they will be crushed as Americans realize that we are right and the Progs really ARE Communists!
So, do it, stupid girl. Come out in the streets. Wave your red banners proudly. Organize mobs to arrest, try, and execute the bourgeoisie. Fight our abhorrent policies to keep what we earn and to employ Americans first. We bought a Trillion rounds of ammo during Obama. You bought new smartphones.
Lieberals: “progressive”
Conservatives: “reactionary”
Nope. No bias here.
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Cats and communisim. Sounds like a cool chick.
I think she’s got it right wrongly.
The RATs are into incrementalism. (They just got 6 years of CHIP funding trading off Obamacre taxes kicked a couple of years down the road)
The RATs chip away at gun rights.
They will chip away at DACA\Dreamer crap.
She’s got it wrong to ask the RATs to give that up.
Democratic candidates would do well to keep listening to progressive movements and leaders...
Oh please, please do.
Mz Peck has probably never heard of the Tar baby...
She’d have you kneeling before an open trench if she could.
That’s right you communist party; party of Satan a la Sual Alinsky — listen to your hard core Communist base. They’ll disgust you among real Americans for good.
GMTA
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