How long will the left pretend that this huge pile of shit doesn’t stink? It’s almost impossible to overstate the damage that will ensue from the conservative coup of the Supreme Court. This is something that will sting for a generation or more and it won’t be remedied easily by winning Congress in November or the White House in 2020.
We can blame the right-wingers for been cunning and ruthless, but that’s nothing new. They’ve been like that since time immemorial. The left’s failure to learn valuable lessons and adapt to a cunning opposition is the real tragedy. For this reason, most of my anger is directed towards a group of people I like to call the “Naderite Liberals.”
Who are the Naderite Liberals?
Naderites are a peculiar group of left-wing ideologues who are notorious for sabotaging the Democratic Party in critical elections — thereby accomplishing the absolute opposite of what they advocate by electing Republicans. They are some of the loudest voices on the left and they practice a vicious form of passive aggression that makes average liberals and Democrats cower in fear.
Naderites have been wreaking havoc on the left for a long time. They have handed some of the more notable presidential victories to the GOP going as far back as Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. However, one of their most egregious assault on the Democratic Party and probably their greatest gift to Republicans happened during the 2000 election when they helped paved the way for the conservative Supreme Court to install Bush as POTUS. They accomplished this through support for a third party candidate, Ralph Nader, from whom they derive their name. It is a betrayal which is forever etched in the mind of Democrats.
You’d think the Naderites would have learned their lesson given George W. Bush’s disastrous two terms as President. However, they were more than happy to join the right-wing assault against Hillary Clinton, thereby ushering in the Trump twilight era that we find ourselves in today. They were some of Hillary’s most caustic detractors which ultimately caused her campaign irreparable damage; no doubt their withholding of their vote or support for third party candidates like Jill Stein during the general allowed Trump to squeak out a win in the electoral college.
A powerful weapon in the GOP arsenal
The most frustrating thing about Naderites is that they claim to be die hard liberals or progressives, but in reality they’ve proven to be one of the most powerful tools in the GOP’s arsenal. They never fail to find a way to draw defeat from the jaws of victory for the left.
It’s important to judge them by the results of their actions and not by what they say. Experts at passive aggression, they have the most well placed rhetoric and excuses why they can’t support a given democratic candidate even when they know their actions will result in a Republican been elected which in turn means the absolute opposite of what they advocate ideologically will be accomplished. Many of them joined Bernie Sanders’ campaign during the 2016 election and were very prominent here on Daily Kos. They were not even shy about sabotaging Hillary if they don’t get their way. We all remember those Bernie or Bust diaries. Many of them went on to vote for Jill Stein in the critical swing states or did not vote at all which ultimately played a pivotal role in Trump’s unlikely victory.
There is no equivalent to Naderites on the right, because as crazy as some in the conservative movement are, they always show up and vote loyally for whoever the Republican candidate is in the general. This has paid off handsome dividends for conservatives as they now have the Supreme Court in the bag for the next generation.
Naderites HATE been called out
Before I close this diary, let me just say that Naderites absolutely hate been called out. Every presidential election they show up as tools for the GOP, take a huge dump on the Democrats then get upset when people point out just how much it stinks. They will push back hard against this diary and some of them may even want to HR it, because they know that what I speak is the truth and taking responsibility for their actions is something that’s completely anathema to them.
Enough is enough! It’s time that people start calling out these passive aggressors for the harm they have caused to the left. They speak out of one side of their mouth but the disastrous results of their actions prove otherwise. How long will the left allow these saboteurs to hand out victories to the GOP like candy?