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No one is excusing them. But it's worth pointing out that in every aspect of government ethics reform, from campaign financing to insider trading by government

No one is excusing them. But it's worth pointing out that in every aspect of government ethics reform, from campaign financing to insider trading by government officials, the legislation promoted by Democrats is stronger than that promoted by Republicans, who often not only don't promote reform but actively oppose it. For example, the recent lukewarm ban on insider trading was opposed by Democrats on the grounds that it was too weak, excluded the President and VP, and included unrelated voter regulation measures. And the Democrats have been trying to pass legislation to correct Citizens United for years. So while it's a bipartisan issue, one party is much more pro-reform than the other.

abletonlive 28d ago
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shimman 28d ago
That's great if you're talking to a high schooler that has never been politically active, but I'm literally a democratic party operative. I've attend state conventions, state nominating conventions, platform conventions, DNC twice. This is not the democratic party I want to part of and why I'm extremely thankful people-led organizations like WFP and DSA are actively trying to change things for the better. None of what you are describing has any real momentum behind it and for how many decades will you let politicians fails you until you do something in response? Like bro, the democratic party isn't an opposition party. There is a reason why the party has majority unfavorability rating [1] throughout Trump's entire second term. How do you square this? This is a fucking terrible sign and it's why progressive candidates have seen a massive insurgency this cycle and why the corporate do-nothing dems are so scared shitless that they might have to actually answer why they are okay with genocide + corporate welfare programs while doing nothing to help people materially. You say no one is excusing them, then spend your entire comment excusing them. What do you actually do politically? [1] https://fiftyplusone.news/polls/favorability/democratic-party https://fiftyplusone.news/polls/favorability/democratic-part...

abletonlive 28d ago

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shimman 28d ago

That's great if you're talking to a high schooler that has never been politically active, but I'm literally a democratic party operative. I've attend state conventions, state nominating conventions, platform conventions, DNC twice. This is not the democratic party I want to part of and why I'm extremely thankful people-led organizations like WFP and DSA are actively trying to change things for the better. None of what you are describing has any real momentum behind it and for how many decades will you let politicians fails you until you do something in response? Like bro, the democratic party isn't an opposition party. There is a reason why the party has majority unfavorability rating [1] throughout Trump's entire second term. How do you square this? This is a fucking terrible sign and it's why progressive candidates have seen a massive insurgency this cycle and why the corporate do-nothing dems are so scared shitless that they might have to actually answer why they are okay with genocide + corporate welfare programs while doing nothing to help people materially. You say no one is excusing them, then spend your entire comment excusing them. What do you actually do politically? [1] https://fiftyplusone.news/polls/favorability/democratic-party https://fiftyplusone.news/polls/favorability/democratic-part...