(March 14, 2018 at 9:54 am)alpha male Wrote:(March 14, 2018 at 8:48 am)tjakey Wrote: In spite of the ongoing disaster that is the Trump / Republican party, if Lamb wins it will be by only a handful of votes. Nearly half the voters in this country are still happily pushing for the USA to gain shit hole status in the world. That is hardly something to cheer about. When Republicans start going down in double digit losses to real progressive candidates (assuming Democrats actually become a functioning progressive party) or millions of us start taking to the streets, storming offices and tossing servants of the ruling class (and maybe some of the ruling class themselves) out on the street...then, maybe, one can hope for some future.
Until then the downward trajectory to becoming a failed state continues.
If we're on our way to becoming a failed state, that means we're currently a successful state.
If progressive action is still needed, that means such progress hasn't yet happened.
So, we became successful by not being progressive.
Exact opposite. Trump is a right-wing extremist who caters to right-wing extremists; just look at his judicial appointments. A return to Democratic control will, at a minimum, mean the maintaining of the status quo. The election of Lamb in a heavily Republican district is a repudiation of the Tea Party and evangelical Christian fundamentalist political policies, at least by the majority.
