Angry Liberals Have No One to Blame But Themselves
Dissatisfied Democrats should stop complaining about the U.S. political system and start correcting their own mistakes.
It’s not a secret.
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Most of the liberal anger about the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh has been directed, naturally enough, at Republicans. Some of it has, however, been aimed at Democrats (who some liberals think have been insufficiently ruthless) and at the structure of our political system (which they consider rigged against them).
Liberals who are indulging these sentiments should reflect on the fact that conservatives, when they are frustrated about politics, have parallel beliefs. Unhappy Republicans blame defeats on Republicans who were too nice for their own good. One popular theory on the right holds that President Donald Trump won his election while Mitt Romney lost his because the latter never went for the jugular. (The differing results probably had more to do with the opponent each man faced.)