The view from the back row + The Real Obama

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Journalist and photographer Chris Arnade discusses a country divided by meaning, morality, education, and economics.

In 2016, pundits speculated endlessly on that mysterious place called Trump Country. To many in the Beltway, much of America was a foreign country, to be analyzed statistically rather than in person. Chris Arnade, on the other hand

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Those quotes are from the article I linked to in the previous comment, however in the first comment is the most important info, this second comment is only if people wanted to or are interested in knowing more after reading my first comment. This article is not something I have ever posted, however it does talk about very similar things (which is why I decided not to post it lol).

It's fine if you aren't interested in defending your position! I was just explaining mine. I agree it's a subjective opinion. My only reason in posting the Obama article was to look at what went wrong in the democratic party, what lessons can be learned etc., so we never have to deal with a Trump situation again. There are different ways of going about this however, which may be where you and I disagree!

Nomiki Konst is a progressive who is asking the hard questions and trying to rebuild the democratic party, here she is speaking at the DNC Unity conference:

Nomi just SCHOOLED that entire room!! Love it!! Go Nomi! @People4Bernie on #Periscope (DNC Unity Conference) https://t.co/at2REHURCv
- Liz 🌹 (@ElizaJBooth) May 6, 2017

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Good, I'm glad you're cool with my not engaging further. Some people get pissed if you disagree with them and don't write a long screed explaining why, lol. I can and have done that if I'm of a mind to, but this just isn’t one of those times.

I'm not saying it's wrong to criticize Omaha or the DNC, and I'm not saying some of those criticisms aren't valid. That’s just not my priority right now. There’s a constitutional crisis brewing in Washington, for one thing, and that has my full attention at the moment. That, and getting ready to protest my congressweasel Peter Roskam's support of Trumpcare (and his Trump ass-kissing in general) in a neighboring town tomorrow. It's certainly important to analyze what went wrong last fall and figure out how to avoid making the same mistakes, but in the meantime, 2018 is only a year and a half away, and I'm going to be very busy between now and then. In my district, we have a pos congressman who needs to get voted out, and my state's pos governor is also coming up for reelection. I'm actually about as pumped for the 2018 election as I usually get in a presidential election year! I imagine there are similar scenarios playing out in other states, but not in all of them, and I don't know your location. If I lived in a place where the stakes in 2018 weren't so critically high, I'd probably be a lot more interested in strategizing for 2020. ☺

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Yep, I don't mind at all! With Trump as president, a lot of people are having a rough time so it's best to go easy online. :)

I think a lot of the political change will happen at the grassroots level, doing what you are doing, protesting and voting. I fully support that and I hope that things work out and change for the better!