Comments On: Darcy Burner: Democrats Are "the Lotus of Politics" by Goldy http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/06/08/darcy-burner-democrats-are-the-lotus-of-politics Comments On: Darcy Burner: Democrats Are "the Lotus of Politics" by Goldy en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Re: Darcy Burner: Democrats Are "the Lotus of Politics"]]>

The Stranger crowd, whatever that means, does not equate to Obama can do no wrong.

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archive…

Look, I voted for the guy, and will do so again in the fall, but this was the stupidest thing he's ever said and the Stranger crowd trips over itself in its haste to cover for him.

Yet they *still* hate Darcy Burner.
Posted by Big Sven]]> Sun, 10 Jun 2012 09:55:22 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Darcy Burner: Democrats Are "the Lotus of Politics"]]> Posted by Calpete]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 23:20:21 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Darcy Burner: Democrats Are "the Lotus of Politics"]]> Posted by sarah70]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 19:40:33 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Darcy Burner: Democrats Are "the Lotus of Politics"]]>
Burner is a middle-class technocrat with zero political experience who decided based on her cleverness that she could waltz into one of 500 or so most powerful positions in the country.

But I listened to her speech, and couldn't figure out what the fuck she was actually proposing, other than (a) an app for buying progressive, and (b) more GOTV.

As a side note, I come from MN, where the DFL runs these sort of "pure and unadulterated by the political process" candidates all the time for Federal positions. It's why Michele Bachmann won her first three elections.
Posted by Big Sven]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 16:25:26 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Darcy Burner: Democrats Are "the Lotus of Politics"]]>
remember it has to be short. repeatable. now, GO!
Posted by "i'm geeky" not amessage]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 14:11:09 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Darcy Burner: Democrats Are "the Lotus of Politics"]]>
The "Democratic insiders" put a premium on a primary candidate's ability to win the final election. Darcy has shown that she will always find a way to lose.

Posted by J.R.]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 13:08:41 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Darcy Burner: Democrats Are "the Lotus of Politics"]]>
"winning candidate" ... Like Suzan DelBene? She's the "establishment" darling.
Posted by N in Seattle]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 12:19:46 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Darcy Burner: Democrats Are "the Lotus of Politics"]]>
Sadly, whatever her merits, Burner is known mostly for losing. The same race, twice. This is a turnoff to voters.

And, Goldy--that is why "the Democratic establishment" doesn't support her. The D's would like a winning candidate.
Posted by fruitbat]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 12:12:27 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Darcy Burner: Democrats Are "the Lotus of Politics"]]>
Isn't it what she was doing? Most of what she said was about taking the fight to conservatives and their money men.


Posted by anon1256]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 09:40:25 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Darcy Burner: Democrats Are "the Lotus of Politics"]]>
Wow. You must not read Slog on a regular basis.
Posted by Madeleine Elster]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 09:34:55 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Darcy Burner: Democrats Are "the Lotus of Politics"]]> Posted by gloomy gus]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 08:57:01 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Darcy Burner: Democrats Are "the Lotus of Politics"]]>
If Darcy makes it through the primary, part of the reason why will be that the Democratic establishment (and their establishment candidate) reflexively dismissed her instead of bothering to respond to her.
Posted by Goldy]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 08:22:44 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Darcy Burner: Democrats Are "the Lotus of Politics"]]>
@8:

She was speaking of Lotus -- as in the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet -- not flowers. As in "losing out to Microsoft because they tried to build the best product instead of the best-selling product". Had she been a programmer for IBM or Sony, instead of Lotus Development, she might have used OS/2 or Beta as her metaphor.

Darcy's talk wasn't a campaign speech, though I think she could use it as one, especially in front of a female audience. Her take-a-step-back, big-picture theme could work in Ferndale or Lynden just as well as in Kirkland and Bothell.

Posted by N in Seattle]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 07:47:38 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Darcy Burner: Democrats Are "the Lotus of Politics"]]> Posted by gloomy gus]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 07:32:09 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Darcy Burner: Democrats Are "the Lotus of Politics"]]> Posted by Just Jeff]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 05:59:07 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Darcy Burner: Democrats Are "the Lotus of Politics"]]> Posted by mubhappy]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 03:14:45 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Darcy Burner: Democrats Are "the Lotus of Politics"]]> Posted by Karlheinz Arschbomber]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 02:37:42 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Darcy Burner: Democrats Are "the Lotus of Politics"]]>
Besides, if she wins in 2012, we'll just be giving into electing a new congressional representative in 2014. God, she's a fucktard.
Posted by Sloggles]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 00:15:50 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Darcy Burner: Democrats Are "the Lotus of Politics"]]> Posted by Madeleine Elster]]> Fri, 08 Jun 2012 23:39:00 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Darcy Burner: Democrats Are "the Lotus of Politics"]]> Posted by sarah70]]> Fri, 08 Jun 2012 23:29:08 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Darcy Burner: Democrats Are "the Lotus of Politics"]]> Posted by Fnarf]]> Fri, 08 Jun 2012 22:31:03 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Darcy Burner: Democrats Are "the Lotus of Politics"]]> Posted by Teslick]]> Fri, 08 Jun 2012 21:12:48 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Darcy Burner: Democrats Are "the Lotus of Politics"]]> Posted by Q*bert H. Humphrey]]> Fri, 08 Jun 2012 21:08:30 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Darcy Burner: Democrats Are "the Lotus of Politics"]]> Posted by Seattle14]]> Fri, 08 Jun 2012 21:06:37 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Darcy Burner: Democrats Are "the Lotus of Politics"]]>
Laura Ruderman is a much better candidate.
Posted by Brian2]]> Fri, 08 Jun 2012 19:55:39 -0700 The Stranger