It's because only a crazy person would risk standing up to Trump as a Republican. The moderates are all terrified of their tween children getting SWATted or something

The only other way is to collaborate with someone who at some point in the past made bad art

Most of them are better than Schumer.

Haha, oh yeah. Hopefully they have all been drummed out of the service by now

Are Star Trek fans largely old enough to have gotten the really heinous shit out of our systems?

Not Schatz. He was one of the pro-appeasement rebels in March. He has no credibility when it comes to keeping the caucus together.

Van Hollen? Even Murphy would be better.

Nah, I think you do what they've always done when a new actor takes over and ignore the previous films. I don't go see a Bond film for assiduous adherence to continuity. No one cares.

All correct except that second sentence. If what you care about is the outcome that helps the most people and harms the least, "respect" is not a good precondition. The only important criteria for your vote right now should be "has a realistic chance to win" and "isn't a member of a fascist party."

(But also yes, primary them all, obviously)

Voting strategically is more important when facing authoritarianism, not less. Rule 1 of anti-fascism is a united front. When you're facing a fascist party, you vote for the lesser evil. Even if they're feckless corrupt corporate dipshits.

I agree that Schumer's a dip who needs to go, but come on, a vote is not a treasure, it's a lever of influence. And ignoring party affiliation is self-defeating. Joe Manchin was terrible—but less terrible than every single Republican senator, purely because of the D after his name.

So zero credibility, then.

Lot of competition there given the whole slavery thing

As much as I hate every single Republican to an almost pathological degree and as much as I find many, many Democrats pathetic and patently not up to the task they are charged with, I am most bitter towards and disdainful of the careless, unserious, bored people who are the American electorate.

Whip harder. Call out your caucus members who are off script. In public. By name. Until you do that, people will assume you're in on this.