Atlanta mayoral race shows risks of privileged progressives making perfect the enemy of good https://interc.pt/2BHo0z3 by @ShaunKing
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With all due respect to you and Mr. King, this is a strong NOPE from me. I cannot read one more piece about this race and blaming progressives for not embracing Bottoms. We CAN'T realistically sit here and say what the Reed administration w/ Bottoms as his right hand, has done...
Hey Stacey. Did you read my piece? I'm not blaming progressives for the Atlanta race, but using the stuff "progressives" said to me directly to highlight an important problem. I hope you will check it out.
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Wow, you actually replied. I did and still have a problem with this. The entire piece is presumed upon notion that there was an actual progressive to choose from (there wasn't) and that progressive owe Democrats their votes. They don't and not mutually exclusive to Dems.
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You don’t think Vincent Fort is a progressive? I do. He came in 5th place. That was our time to show up. He got 9,000 votes.
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I did and still do. Fort lost because of a bad campaign, lack of organizing infrastructure to help GOTV in black communities and issues that questioned his character. However, we were talking about KLB, were we not?
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And my article was about how progressives, when we lose, often for running very bad campaigns, make a real mistake to bail out. And that bailing gives us less political power.
@KillerMike & I both backed Fort, but decided bailing was not a viable option. -
Nobody bailed out of Fort's campaign. Fort cut off the roots that helped him get to this point and to be honest, couldn't get you or Killer Mike to give anyone outside the "circle" the time of day. I was trying to get to both of you and blown off. Same thing Fort did.
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No, my point was not that progressives bailed on Fort. But that far too many progressive, after he lost, bailed on the race. That’s what my article was about. Bailing out when your preferred candidate does not win.
End of conversation
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