Someone Needs To Ask...

Why does the left seem so lost?


Why does the left always appear to be in a constant flux?


Why cant the left get shit done?


Here is my answer...


You don't lack a message, you lack members and representatives that agree with it!


Yup I said it, someone needed to say this. The "tent" of the left has always earned the description of "big and open", has anyone ever looked at the members and ask why be under a tent that is big and open if you are the owner of a small and narrow scope?
I have looked at the left and at times I just want to get up and shout to the heavens, but I always stop short of trying to do something that will gain me nothing other than an emotional release.


Someone blasted the left today in a group with a McCarthy like question. I thought that their approach was wrong and divisive and I still do, but then I realized that's the issue. The issues that matter never do matter and as long as there are just two political parties the issues that don't matter will be wedge issues that makes the left either show their true colors by withdrawing their support or walk away from the tent that they never stood under.


When you have members that can walk away to become a "Reagan Democrat", they are not a progressive. If you have members that don't want the New Deal to continue, they are not a progressive. If you have members that claim they are for civil rights but don't want to EVER discuss or see a nuance of racism, they are not a progressive. If you have black members that still have intense hatred of gay people and gay rights, they are not a progressive. If you have members that can use anecdotal "shit smearing" stories about the Latino community while there is a discussion about them losing rights as Americans, they are not a progressive. If you have members that believe in a strong middle class, but think unions hurt the middle class, they are not a progressive. If you have members that wanted Obama over Hillary because they aren't sure if a woman can lead, they are not a progressive. When you have members that say they are pro-business when they have never owned a damn business, they are not a progressive. When you have a member that is broke and jobless claiming they are for pro-global capitalism, they are not a progressive.

Shouldn't the issues be simply this...


Every human has a right, yes a damn right to an education, a job with a living wage, a place to call home, a neighborhood that you wont be afraid to walk the streets, civil rights to every man, every woman, every race, every religion, every sexual orientation, every American, a retirement without fear, health care that they can afford, a trust worthy media, politics that serve and represent you.


As long as you continue to accept anyone with a (D) at the end of their name while robbing you of your rights, what will be under your tent is a circus of wedge issues.
In the end, there are thieves in the temple of your fundamental beliefs, platform, and goals. As long as you constantly say hey we have a big tent, but many don't even endorse the politics under the tent, all you have is a bunch of clowns representing themselves and I just laugh at the audience that continues to buy the tickets for the members that performs the show from under a red tent.