Excellent takedown of Velshi's "WTF are the Dems!!11" rant yesterday

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137. I appreciate your response, but I'm a bit confused

The party base sees our party taking on 1% issues and dying on hills that never even need to be defended.

Why does your party base see our party only taking on 1% issues? Were they asleep during Biden's term and Harris's campaign? Are they somehow unaware of what Biden/Harris did for the middle class/working class? Who in our party is only taking on 1% issues? I'm afraid I see that as misinformation pushed by the far left.

And simply expressing a sentiment, that leadership isn't doing enough, isn't "Dem Bashing" but an expressing of a personal truth. To me, they AREN'T doing enough; I find Schumer lackluster and uninspiring at best. Pelosi, for all her love here on DU, I find a worthy ally but a tired one with little real power. AOC is leading a charge but she's not "leadership", and Newsom is just playing "Neener Neener" with Trump, none of which does anything to advance the Democratic cause outside of feel-good "Yeah, make fun of them!" playground nonsense

Expressing your opinion that leadership isn't doing enough is not Dem bashing - of course. My problem is that many who express that, a la Velshi, have no idea what our leadership is actually doing. How many Trump judges have been confirmed since January? I believe the answer is 0. That's due to Schumer's leadership. Pelosi was the best SoH, at least in modern history, if not US history. We have the ACA because of her. That is inarguable.

But, neither Schumer nor Pelosi are what anyone would call orators. It's not their job, to be honest. They both know how the wheels of the government works. They are statespeople, older and tired, to be sure, but one cannot ignore their accomplishments just because they're not out there on a soapbox (and let's be realistic, if they were, some would complain that they need to shut up and get to work).

Newsom is just playing Neener Neener? But I thought that's what the complainants wanted - someone who is seen as "fighting." See, nothing any Dem does is good enough.

I have no problem with actual constructive criticism of elected Democrats. But we need constructive along with criticism. Saying our leaders aren't doing enough doesn't really mean anything. What should they do? How can they do it?

You talk about messaging. I agree, the messaging could and should be better. How can that be accomplished, when even MSNBC, with some exceptions, embraces Republican framing? It's a conundrum.