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Rita Parker's avatar

Life is not fair. It has never been fair. I didn't go to college. My husband did but costs were reasonable fifty years ago. Our son earned a four year degree fifteen years ago, but he also worked and we paid tuition. There were no loans, but costs had not yet skyrocketed. I agree loan forgiveness is a stupid idea pushed by Progressives but it won't stop us from voting Democrat. Republicans are an authoritarian party hellbent on destroying democracy. Nineteen ten year olds were massacred in Uvalde, but R's always choose guns over dead children. As for the elitist tag, it's always wealthy white guys using it to criticize the other side. We're not Democrats, but we know they're the only party that isn't racist, xenophobic or authoritarian.

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Moderates in the Democratic party gave Biden the nomination, not Sanders or Warren. Moderates from all parties elected Biden precisely because he is considered a moderate. At a time when our nation can least afford it (in any number of ways), Biden is letting the Progressive wing of the party dictate too much.

18-25 yo's do NOT reliably show up to vote, especially in non-presidential years. Suburban women reliably do.

Has anyone ever noticed that it's always the Progressives - the 18-25 yo's, the far-left, Black women, the activists - they ALWAYS threaten to stay home if the Party does not give them what they want. Why is that? Of course the Democrats can't win without any one of those demographics, but Progressives can't win without moderate voters either. And we don't threaten to stay home to get our way.

If there wasn't so much at stake, I'd be tempted to say, let them - let them learn the hard way (again) just how much further from their goals they are when trumpism prevails... because that is going to be the outcome of Biden capitulating to them yet again.

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