General Discussion

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Harris executed the chosen campaign to perfection. She literally didn't have a single bad appearance. She and Walz hit the chosen messages solidly every day.

It was a difficult task for 100 days, but even so, this should not have been close.

So we need to ask what we missed.

I really don't think it is that complicated. Maybe we could not all see it before, but in the aftermath of the killing of Brian Thompson, and America's "baffling" response, it is all perfectly clear. Americans have been getting screwed royally since Reagan. There has been a massive transfer of wealth from the middle class to the 0.1% This makes everybody's lives unstable. Jobs are fleeting Higher education costs are unbearable. Health care is ridiculous. And we can all see that the billionaires have taken complete control over our government.

People are angry as hell. They don't know why because the major media is controlled by that selfsame 0.1% and they are bombarding the country with propaganda. Biden did many good things, but refused to talk about it; the fewest news conferences -- by far -- of any modern President. So Americans did the only thing that made sense to them. Throw the incumbents out.

The response to the Thompson killing gives us the clear answer. America is really fed up with the huge corporations and billionaires. Going forward, we must take that ground. Our unifying message should be (internally) "Eat the rich". Of course for messaging purposes, this must be wrapped in less vulgar terms, but we should be pushing for windfall profits taxes, wealth taxes, a return to top tax rates above 50% for the super-rich, blocking new monopolies and breaking up the old ones. Dismantling the social media cesspools, holding their operators accountable for the content they broadcast.

This is what will reconnect us with where the American public is. I hope Democrats can change, because otherwise it will require a new party and that could take 25 years,

So please, let's stop with all the "I just can't believe this happened." It did happen and for very good reasons. It is time we stopped letting our messages be defined by the single-issue interests and really get right to the heart of what Americans are so angry about.