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In reply to the discussion: John Pavlovitz: No, the Democratic Party Can't "Message Better" to Racism, Misogyny, and Ignorance [View all]Dem4life1970
(426 posts)7. This is truth!
Stop with the post mortems. People voted for a racist, rapist, convicted felon. Why anyone would vote for him is beyond me. Had John McCain run the kind of racist campaign that Trump ran against Kamala, he might've beaten Obama. But McCain had morals, a conscience, an actual belief system, honor, integrity, dignity, how long should I go on....(I still voted for Obama of course, but what a difference in how the two Republicans ran their campaigns). The lesson the GOP learned after Romney's defeat was double down on the shrinking white vote before 2042 and entrench a South African style (enter two white South Africans, Peter Theil and Elon Musk) government on the United States through force if necessary.
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John Pavlovitz: No, the Democratic Party Can't "Message Better" to Racism, Misogyny, and Ignorance [View all]
Dennis Donovan
Tuesday
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"People think the economy sucks because its all they HEAR and SEE and are TOLD."
SnoopDog
Tuesday
#13
The media voters consume is alternative media: social media, podcasts, and radio
iemanja
13 hrs ago
#72
The problem as I see it is a whore media that normalized all of the weird and dangerous things * has said.
OMGWTF
Tuesday
#23
The Democratic message was excellent. Harris & Walz hit the nail on the head every time.
hadEnuf
Tuesday
#28
Wrong! We lost because of the racist sexist crap in this country that says a woman esp. a WOC shouldn't be president.
PortTack
20 hrs ago
#45
I agree, Joe's accomplishes were not messaged to the people during his 4 years.....
Butterflylady
14 hrs ago
#63
In Pennsylvania, the Harris campaign TV ads were "take it easy on Trump"
Number9Dream
14 hrs ago
#64
I agree, but they didn't even try. I'm sure there were some undecided independents in PA.
Number9Dream
14 hrs ago
#66
Meh...you're right, let's just keep the same approach which has worked so well.
Lucky Luciano
19 hrs ago
#51
Joe Biden apparently wouldn't consider expanding the Extreme Court to 13 justices.
JustABozoOnThisBus
20 hrs ago
#47
She did everything right. She talk middle/working class. The only thing is man on ticket
LizBeth
Tuesday
#10
Reasons? Personally, I think the pandemic gave people an excuse that Trump would have been really great, but for that
RoeVWade
Tuesday
#11
When "The immigrants are eating the cats and dogs."..is a more potent campaign point than...
albacore
Tuesday
#14
Or people believe the "Deep State" which I call sensible people in government trying to derail a sociopath, prevented
RoeVWade
Tuesday
#15
I'd love to say that, from an Independent, the essay was a) fact based high compliment to Harris, Walz and Democrats,
ancianita
Tuesday
#22
THANK YOU, John Pavlovitz -- and Dennis Donovan. This is 100% accurate, imho. nt
Hekate
Yesterday
#39
The vast, right-wing, oligarch propaganda system strikes again. Concentration of wealth and media is the root.
Hermit-The-Prog
18 hrs ago
#55
It is the stupidity and political narcissism that we struggle more with.
TheKentuckian
15 hrs ago
#60
What part of "voting for a Republican is to vote against your own interest"
Justice matters.
12 hrs ago
#76