We cats are not into this "Democratic civil war" narrative that the media are pushing. So we refuse to play that game — for lots of reasons.
First, it's counter-productive. The very future of our democracy is at stake with these Trumpsters in charge. Democrats need to focus on the enemy, not each other.
It's overblown. We've bitterly learned by now that the press is as anti-us as anti-them. (In fact, we started figuring that out more than 20 years ago, but we digress.) What we're saying is that it's in the media's and the lazy punditry's interest to try to stir up this "Dems fighting" storyline in the hope of more eyeballs, ears and clicks. No, thanks.
There aren't enough hours in the day. We're too busy plotting victory in the midterms to tweet back to Bernie Bros or even our fellow Hillary fans. We're ignoring all that. The good news: It's so easy!
There are too many swell things happening to focus on negatives. Take yesterday, for example: Democratic women candidates triumphed in primaries across the country. Pennsylvania was a particular smash. Note to the all-male Keystone State delegation: Move over, boys, you're about to get some company.
Finally, we don't care what part of the Democratic Party our 2018 candidates are from. They can be lefties or centrists — whatever works for the House district or state they're running in. We welcome all comers, so please leave your purity tests at the door. We can't start turning around the disaster that's happening to our country until we win. That will make us cats PURR.
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