Comments by "Clint Holmes" (@clintholmes2061) on "Justice Dems Unveil New Primary Challengers. Look To Repeat AOC's Success" video.

  1. Pretty much. But if you are looking for other ways to support them money helps. They aren't funding their campaigns by selling out so it helps if you have the means. That said if you don't have the means... don't. None of these candidates would want you to give money to them you can't afford. But as Peter Cuce correctly states not long before your comment, "(even) $1 to each just to help build up their donor numbers" helps send a message that you support them and their message... just like voting does.
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  2. I literally just got done writing this to someone else. I'm lazy so I'm just copy and pasting it. I seriously do not care about term limits. They are not the problem. The problem is money in politics. If politicians were not selling their soul you wouldn't care if they stick around... like Bernie Sanders. Big money doesn't have a problem with term limits as there are plenty of up and comers willing to sell their soul. Your "solution" only serves to increase the rate the revolving door turns, nothing more. Forget about term limits and focus on getting money out of politics.
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  3.  @mehwhyausername1  Regarding, "basically, we're on the page" I have little doubt of this. Unfortunately I tend to focus on the areas of disagreement I have but don't let that fool you to think I don't think we are the same team. I have no doubt we are. But I am going to nitpick the one are where we aren't on the same page and where we disagree in my opinion. First off I understand why so many progressives like the idea of term limits. They see terrible politicians getting elected over and over and over and they want to do something about it. Term limits seems like a way to address this and so it gains quite a bit of traction in progressive circles. The problem with this to me is first it distracts from the real solution of getting money out of politics. Second it's treating the symptoms of the problem rather then the disease (I feel that Trump would be another example of this to some, more so outside the progressive ring but he too in my opinion is a symptom of our dysfunctional system and isn't the cause. And lastly it has unintended consequences that they don't really think about that are quite detrimental in my opinion. I think term limits only hurts us in the long run because our champions are more important to us and I want them to be able to stick around for as long as they possibly can. The terrible politicians who get to stick around for 30 years aren't special people. They don't get reelected because of anything good they are doing. That means that the next sellout after them is going to have no trouble replicating their success. The powers that be just give their money to a different terrible person who also isn't special and nothing changes. Instead of one terrible politician over 30 years you get several terrible politicians over the same period of time. That's hardly a win because terrible politicians are a dime a dozen. But the truly great progressive champions are rare and when they come around it's important to me they be allowed to stick around. FDR had some major problems and did some highly questionable things (Japanese interment camps is the first thing that comes to mind) but overall he did some really epic great things and there is a good reason why the public didn't want him to go. I'm fine with that. I prefer it actually. I want Bernie Sanders to be able to keep his job as long as he wants. I want one of progressives newest heroes, AOC, who is incredibly young, to be able to keep her seat as long as she wants it and as long as she keeps fighting for all the right things they way I think she is doing now. Term limits hurt us more than it hurts them in my opinion. At best I think it's neutral overall, hurting us as much as it hurts them. Because the real impact in my opinion about term limits is that it affects the incumbency bias. Because being an incumbent helps whoever has it, way more then it should. It does help the terrible candidate whose been in office for a long time. It's just no a game changer to them in my opinion the way it is for us. So that's why I think term limits are actually a bad thing. But more than that I want to focus on the thing I know is game changer. The one thing that I know would revolutionize our government and change things for the better. I want us to focus on getting money out of politics. I know it's kind of our mantra and already talked about quite a bit, but it's preached by our side for good reason. Peace.
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  4. I seriously do not care about term limits. They are not the problem. The problem is money in politics. If politicians were not selling their soul you wouldn't care if they stick around... like Bernie Sanders. Big money doesn't have a problem with term limits as there are plenty of up and comers willing to sell their soul. Your "solution" only serves to increase the rate the revolving door turns, nothing more. Forget about term limits and focus on getting money out of politics.
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  5.  @TurtleTimeVoiceOvers  No. I'm pointing out that the solution you are suggesting isn't actually a solution while the thing you weren't talking about, even if you do care about it, is. Term limits is a terrible no good solution to the problem you ultimately care about addressing. You should be focusing on getting money out of politics and not on term limits which, for the reasons give, isn't an answer. That's great that you care about getting money out of politics. You should. And it should be the focus of your comment. That's my point.
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  6.  @TurtleTimeVoiceOvers  Regarding, "Control freak much?" I find this kind of funny really considering how defensive you have gotten about my offering a dissenting opinion to yours while offering logical reasons for my opinion. Regarding, "rather than what I got out of it which caused me to comment?" Your comment is wrong. The solution you are offering is wrong. It's not a solution. And it is a common talking point in progressive circles as a solution when it's not and that's why I'm trying to address it with you. I'm trying to give you something to think about so that maybe next time you will leave the terrible point out and focus on the real solution. A solution that, while it is repeated constantly, is repeated for good reason. Regarding, "Yourself excluded, if you even are progressive which I highly doubt from the flavor of your bossy sarcastic replies." I don't know if you've noticed but progressives have been getting stomped on for quite a while and as a progressive (whether or not you want to agree with that or not) is pretty fucking tiresome. I live in a world with paid trolls and where politicians like hillary and biden are considered the "left." (at least by many). It's fucking tiresome and I'm exhausted by feeling like I'm living in the movie Idiocracy without the benefit of a superior president and being able to get a handjob at starbucks. I can be a real dick at times and openly admit this. But in all honesty that was absolutely not what I was trying to do with you. But I am warming up to the idea. Regarding, "It was mentioned at least three times in this video how one of the candidate’s opponents had been in Congress 30 years." So what. Get money out of politics and they won't be. There is no way they can win an election without it. Or you can just mindlessly enact term limits which does nothing to address the real problem and they are just replaced by a different corporate shill sooner while they go cash in at corporation early. Meanwhile term limits will force great progressive like sanders out of government early. Was there a problem with FDR sticking around? Cause I'm fine with it. I love long records. It gives me something to look back at and know exactly what I'm getting. I want politicians to be rewarded for good public service and be able to continue if they are doing a good job. And the corporate shills who are getting to stick around so long aren't being rewarded for good work... they (like pelosi and others like her) are being rewarded for selling out to big money. Hopefully I've given you something to think about. And if I've failed at that then, whatever at this point. I've made my point. Hopefully you are receptive enough to at least consider it.
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  7.  @TurtleTimeVoiceOvers  Regarding, "Being a member of Congress for life was not what the forefathers had in mind." One last thing before I go. The "forefathers" included lots of racist slaveowners. Stop implying they were infallible. The best part of the constitution is that it allowed itself to be changed over time because they knew they weren't perfect.
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  8. BULLSHIT! His subscriber count should be far superior to that of the majority report!
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  9. This is how Bernie's political revolution starts.
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