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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet May 9

    Jeet Heer Retweeted McGruff

    Some people believe, as I do, that political parties exist to serve their members. Others believe that members exist to serve the party. I don't understand how that could work.https://twitter.com/McGruffCT/status/1523850148929019904 …

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    This is really dumb. A party that can’t control its members is not strong.
    7:27 PM - 9 May 2022
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      2. Regular Human Bartender‏ @AaronSundance May 9
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        Trying to imagine waiting up to four years for the general electorate to vote on a covid response package. Would make our current system look positively nimble.

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      1. Mark Shatraw‏ @09mshatraw May 9
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        I thought (with the exception of the Democrats and maybe Labour) that political parties exist to pursue a mutually agreed-upon political project and that party members work to forward said project.

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      1. Craig Ranapia‏ @CMRanapia May 9
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        Exactly this - and I know Democrats don't want to hear this but when you have leadership who haven't actually had to fight a competitive election literally in at least a generation, why wouldn't they serve the elite donor class more than voters they've always taken for granted?

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      1. Esoteric Matt‏ @cronenburner May 9
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        Which party has shown more willingness to control its members, the party of Joe Manchin or the party of Madison Cawthorn?

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      1. Rob 🇺🇲 🌎 🇺🇳‏ @RomeoAlpha68 May 9
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        When in Reality they should all live to serve the country .

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      1. bob‏ @huntthesnark May 9
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        There are clearly instances where the party could say, "Please don't do this; it hurts the cause we all believe in," but it feels like the admonishments we receive are, instead of strategic, meant to allay the party leadership's discomfort.

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      1. mpp75214‏ @mpp75214 May 9
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        I think it can work when you don’t have a democracy eg ccp

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      1. McGruff‏ @McGruffCT May 9
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        Dude, a party is meant to be an organization that has a leadership and policies, arrived at by deliberation, that it pursues through electoral strategy—and where renegades get reined in. A circus is not a party.

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      1. Thai Rohn‏ @ThaiRohn May 9
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        Can someone explain this to me like I'm REALLY, REALLY HIGH, cuz, huh?

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