Gene Okerlund

@malort.bsky.social

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I won’t vote for Gavin Newsom.

[on the phone, repeated] Yeah, Harry, but can he do the job? I know he can get the job, but can he do the job? I'm not arguing that with you. I'm not arguing that with you. I'm not arguing that with you.
A protest against the government with a model of a drone. Signs read “stop bombing children” and “we are the 99%.”
A poster of politician Scott Wiener that reads: Improving the quality of death The Weiner fascist agendas * remove public benches * criminalize nudity * silence street performers * close recycling center * condo$, condo$ condos!!!
But as the city changed, progressives didn't. Astoundingly, the city's dominant political coalition never developed an effective fundraising apparatus, never engaged in outreach beyond catering to the supporters it already had, and never created the kind of organization needed to run an effective citywide race. For a movement stocked with community organizers, they did remarkably little organizing. Avalos is just the latest progressive mayoral hopeful who "rallied the base" — and lost. But it's not Avalos fault his predecessors didn't build a citywide organization on the way up, which would have made his run so much easier. Now, they're all on the way down. So, yes, progressives fumbled. But their real problem was running only their favorite plays, in front of their own cheerleaders, not realizing they wouldn't win without moving the ball across the entire field.
LA Times headline: In deep-blue California, frustration with Democratic status quo roils governor, L.A. mayor race
A white actor in black face sits eating a watermelon while wearing a stereotypical pimp outfit.
Elaine wearing the Aristotle goose-down tunic.
Far Side comic panel from 1991. An airplane is flying with its flight deck ceiling torn off & its 2 pilots visible. A hat is shown flying away from the plane. One of the pilots says, “Oh, great. Now there goes my hat!”