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It means primary Feinstein from the left. Even if you lose you will have scared her. It means you don't surrender the issue. It means that you use this as an op
by youdontknowtho 10y ago
It means primary Feinstein from the left. Even if you lose you will have scared her. It means you don't surrender the issue. It means that you use this as an opportunity to hit Paul on the issues he's bad on. You thank him for making sense for once and the point out how he's opposed to the voting rights act. I'm not saying that we should be soft on democrats. I'm saying that they are the only party that doesn't actively portray you as a villain to their base. Forcing them left and forcing them to take the correct stand on issues is the only choice.
- Bartweiss 10y ago> I'm saying that they are the only party that doesn't actively portray you as a villain to their base. On surveillance? They do. High-profile Democrats consistently talk about privacy advocates and encryption developers/users as threats to the security of the country. This is my point - surveillance is perhaps the most nastily bipartisan issue going. More broadly: I absolutely support primary challenges from the outside. But I see no particular reason to pretend that Feinstein is any more open to change stance on this issue than your conservative of choice; if anything she's more unapologetically pro-surveillance than Republican moderates like McCain.
- youdontknowtho 10y agoMcCain is not a moderate. Not even remotely. This is my point. You can't judge the republicans on this one issue. He's also opposed to torture. That doesn't make him any less crazy on anything else. If McCain had his way in 08 we would already be at war with Russia. There are more things wrong with American than surveillance. The Republicans are making them all worse.