"Calling it for what it is" unusual these days...

[pbmus]

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Democrats called incoming Trump press secretary Sean Spicer a "shill" for Putin after he claimed there was "zero evidence" Russia interfered with the 2016 presidential election.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/312398-dems-trump-spokesman-a-shill-for-putin

[dhol82]

1. Too little, too late.

[CrispyQ]

2. Oh gee, they called someone a shill.

Let's see how they hold up when McConnell/Ryan start slashing the safety net.

[Binkie The Clown]

3. I'll believe that when I see it.

We keep losing because the Dems in charge are wimps and cowards.

[Dustlawyer]

14. They are no less ambitious than Republicans.

When they keep silent or cave to Republicans it is because their Donors told them to. Calling them weak only plays into the scam.

We need to fight and push them to attacking the root problem, campaign contributions/bribes. Until we do we will keep coming up short. Our legislators spend all their time raising money instead of working on our problems.

[PDittie]

19. MoveToAmend.org

"We, the People of the United States of America, reject the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling and other related cases, and move to amend our Constitution to firmly establish that money is not speech, and that human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional rights."

https://movetoamend.org/

It's headed up by the guy who helped Jill Stein organize the recounts (and was also the Green Party's 2004 nominee), David Cobb. But another board member, Egberto Willies, is a member of DU and a Clinton Democrat in 2016. So there's some multi-partisanship going on..

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Oh, goodness, a sterny worded statement.

[Demsrule86]

15. And what should they do?

Sad to see Democrats bashed on Democratic underground.

[TheCowsCameHome]

21. That's what they wonder, unfortunately.

[MFM008]

5. oh my

If this is what we can expect things dont look promising.

[Demsrule86]

16. The GOP have all three branches of government and will soon have the courts...

The day Trump won the election was a dark day for the progressive movement...we took a giant step backward...and there is little the Democratic elected can do. I am sure criticising them will really help our cause...really.

[hibbing]

6. Wow, calling out a press secretary!

That certainly is showing some backbone! See how many Democrats vote for even lower tax rates for the ruling class.


Peace

[Demsrule86]

17. I guess if we really wanted liberal policy...

we should have turned out and voted for Hillary.

[oasis]

23. Bingo! nt

[kcdoug1]

32. WHEN excatly

was Hilliary ever a liberal?

[Demsrule86]

43. Always...

She had a liberal voting record in the Senate too...and she was the only liberal candidate running in the general election...and spare me lamentations about Sanders...you have to win the primary to be the nominee...and his refusal to concede and endorse in a timely fashion was horrifying.

[Bill USA]

7. ah! the death of unilateral "post-partisan" political prostration? Can't come too soon!

Let the unilateral practice of "Post Partisan" politics (i.e. prostrating yourself in hopes of gaining a deminimis of cooperation) die in with the passage of the current administration. People are confused when Democrats don't commit themselves to democratic objectives and fight for them. THis had a definite impact on the last presidential election.


With the arrival of 2017, let Democrats act and speak like Democrats.

[elmac]

8. Where is our FDR?

[jalan48]

9. He lost in the Primary.

[uponit7771]

11. really?! This shit again?! Yaw out yah selves constantly

[jalan48]

13. Shit yeah!

[portlander23]

26. Yep

Sanders on billionaire class: ‘I welcome their hatred’
Kevin Hardy
The Des Moines Register
Aug 15, 2015

Sanders, an independent, is seeking the Democratic nomination for president. On Saturday, the second day of a three-day Iowa swing, he pointed out how FDR called the wealthy protectors of the status quo “economic royalists.”

“He said, ‘They hate my guts. Never have they hated someone as much as they hate me. And I welcome their hatred,’ ” Sanders said.

“And let me echo that today: If the Koch brothers and the billionaire class hate my guts, I welcome their hatred. Because I am going to stand with working families.”

[niyad]

10. and why is it that the implication of male genitalia is the byword for courage?

[jg10003]

31. This is what gives political correctness a bad name.

[niyad]

33. really?? asking a question about ingrained and thoughtless sexism is pc?

pointing these things out is pc? wow. . . .just. . . .wow.

[jg10003]

39. What is political correctness?

Some words are clearly offensive and are meant to denigrate women and minorities and must not be tolerated. However, when someone uses an expression such as “it takes a lot of balls to…” they are not trying to be sexist or denigrate women. This is simply a common, albeit crude, expression for saying that a person has a lot of audacity. Any sexist connotations that the expression may have had originally have long since faded from the public consciousness. What gives political correctness a bad name is equating that which is truly offensive and that which is simply common language used by people who have no intention of being offensive.

[DLevine]

42. I think it's a good thing to point out sexism in the words we choose.

A brave person has balls. A coward is a p***y. Just because an expression has become commonplace, doesn't mean it isn't sexist. Pointing out the sexism in that expression is not "giving political correctness a bad name".

[Skittles]

12. what's next, will Obama tell them to cut it out?

and by the way, male body parts are not required for courage

enough of that sexist expression

[awoke_in_2003]

20. Spine would be much better

and it's gender neutral.

[niyad]

34. shhhh, don't you know that pointing this out is what gives political correctness a bad name?????

[fantase56]

18. a pair of what????

[Maru Kitteh]

22. Let this be the beginning of a trend. nt

[Cha]

24. I really don't like broadbrushing Dems with "finally growing a pair"..

They are plenty of brave Dems.

[pbmus]

25. Where did you say they have been hiding...

[Cha]

27. There you go again.. who says they're "hiding"? I am sick of all

this damn Dem bashing.

[pbmus]

28. Ok, we are listening right now to the Big Con and his ties

To an Indonesian business..definitely a conflict of interest ... Are there any democratic statements on this or literally 50 other hill reports. Please point them out to me..

[Cha]

29. Just because the media doesn't report it.. doesn't mean DEMS

aren't working to fight trump.

[pbmus]

30. OMG...Cha, they should be screaming there lungs out....

Grab a reporter and make a statement for the people...I see Bernie , Elizabeth , and Nancy , where are the rest of them?

[NCTraveler]

35. If you are going to talk "pair" in this manner.

Clinton has a big brass pair with a lifetime of accomplishments and fighting the right wing to back her pair up.

Then again, I think equating toughness with the sensitive little jigglies of men is nothing more than a bunch of crap.

This is small potatoes.

[pbmus]

36. Ok, I will try to become more politically correct...but

When the WSJ says they will not call lies, lies...I believe we are sliding down a very slippery slope.

When our reps do not call out lies and misinformation, we are more than sliding, we are colluding.

[NCTraveler]

37. I agree with this.

"When the WSJ says they will not call lies, lies...I believe we are sliding down a very slippery slope.

When our reps do not call out lies and misinformation, we are more than sliding, we are colluding."

I disagree that I am asking you to be PC by requesting you not use a phrase that insinuates the soft little jigglies of men as a portrayal of societal toughness. I'm requesting you not be sexist. It has nothing to do with political correctness.

Thank you for the edit.

[pbmus]

38. Understood, And that is why I changed the title of the op...thank you for your input.

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[triron]

40. wimpy

[pbmus]

41. Agreed..shill is all we get, WTF

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