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7. They purged themselves of liberals/moderates that worked with Democrats to get monumental legislation passed.

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For the last month and a half, everybody has been saying that the Democrats were out of touch bc they represent college [View all] Yavin4 Dec 2024 OP

Do not look for logic or reason in wrong wing world... mikeysnot Dec 2024 #1

Fishing for reason in a whirlpool of insanity only gets one dragged under. Grokenstein Dec 2024 #21

It's been fifty years since the Republicans made any kind of sense at all. Aristus Dec 2024 #2

The last noble act of any Republican was when... Yavin4 Dec 2024 #3

Didn't John McCain soldierant Dec 2024 #12

Yup...Here it is. sheshe2 Dec 2024 #20

Thank you so much. soldierant Dec 2024 #24

You are welcome. sheshe2 Dec 2024 #27

So did I Rebl2 Dec 2024 #55

Yes he did! sheshe2 Dec 2024 #56

McCain stated that saving the ACA had not been his intention. He didn't like the procedure the Autumn Dec 2024 #61

What Goldwater did was far more important Yavin4 Dec 2024 #34

They purged themselves of liberals/moderates that worked with Democrats to get monumental legislation passed. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2024 #7

It was only fun to criticize elites when they were assassinating Hillary's character SheltieLover Dec 2024 #4

Who? Not me. I've been nothing but supportive of our Reps, Sens, and Harris , Biden. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2024 #5

In fact, the largest voting block in the US nt bee_peaceful Dec 2024 #53

something I never see asked The Wandering Harper Dec 2024 #65

Fair question. Might be something a major news org might want to investigate. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2024 #67

MAGA engineers and MAGA doctors scare the pants off me bucolic_frolic Dec 2024 #6

The GOP is likely to suffer a major schism Ocelot II Dec 2024 #8

Don't forget: Lower taxes or more loopholes to avoid paying any. Justice matters. Dec 2024 #14

Working Class Voters: My paycheck isn't covering all of my bills. Ms. Toad Dec 2024 #9

Well, there's that $200 ticket for football. Justice matters. Dec 2024 #15

Thanks for making my point. n/t Ms. Toad Dec 2024 #16

No Democrats told anybody "You're imagining things" or told them they're "lying eyes" or anything like that. betsuni Dec 2024 #19

You might want to review DU in the immediate aftermath of the election. Ms. Toad Dec 2024 #23

We lost because this nation is still a racist sexist cesspool that refused to vote for a woman POTUS PortTack Dec 2024 #25

Saying Republicans are no longer in election mode and have dropped the pretense of fixing betsuni Dec 2024 #36

maybe your subject line would be more accurate The Wandering Harper Dec 2024 #66

It is accurate, as is. Ms. Toad Dec 2024 #69

Rec'd, but I think you miswrote "and even though Black voters voted overwhelmingly for Trump," vanessa_ca Dec 2024 #74

Thanks for the correction. I'll fix it. Ms. Toad Dec 2024 #75

THIS !!! The Real Wage Index came from sub hell to just hell an dems were saying the economy is great uponit7771 Dec 2024 #87

The IT unemployment rate is 6% !!!! uponit7771 Dec 2024 #10

So? Johnny2X2X Dec 2024 #81

"..Vivek and Elon are saying that Americans don't produce enough engineers..." uponit7771 Dec 2024 #84

IT or engineers? Johnny2X2X Dec 2024 #85

In the context of Elon and Vivek its IT engineers this is what the predominate H1B visas are used for in the US uponit7771 Dec 2024 #86

That seems odd to mention something as specific as IT engineer Johnny2X2X Dec 2024 #88

The Repugs don't know what they want... Septua Dec 2024 #11

That's it in a nutshell. "didn't have a propaganda machine superior to Trump's" OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2024 #30

The Dems need their own propaganda machine but it's actually a truth machine. kerry-is-my-prez Dec 2024 #44

Not only that. ChazInAz Dec 2024 #49

Vivek is literally lecturing Americans, but God forbid Obama ever points stuff out! OrlandoDem2 Dec 2024 #13

Vivek talked to White people the way White people talk to Black people. Armand Domalewski. Yavin4 Dec 2024 #33

What he's really saying - America doesn't produce enough engineers willing to work for peanuts groundloop Dec 2024 #17

Bingo! PortTack Dec 2024 #26

... and work as indentured servants. RandomNumbers Dec 2024 #39

When my husband & his department were training their Asian replacements, CrispyQ Dec 2024 #78

repukes ARE the "elite" Skittles Dec 2024 #18

Vivek's like "You should respect the mathlete over the jock and prom queen!" Prairie Gates Dec 2024 #22

Can you imagine if Kamala Harris said something like that? Yavin4 Dec 2024 #40

Kind of a misnomer. People voting Democrat are just more intelligent. College degree not required to be intelligent. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2024 #28

The problem is Democrats want to be all to everyone Historic NY Dec 2024 #29

60 Minutes reported on tech companies abusing H1b visas as far back as 1993 JHB Dec 2024 #31

I Don't Think RobinA Dec 2024 #32

They know they don't need consistency. dgauss Dec 2024 #35

Elite as an Insult has been in the Democrat-bashing bag of tricks for a long time, from all directions. betsuni Dec 2024 #37

The Dems' "Panera Bread" strategy focuses on comfortable white suburbanites GreatGazoo Dec 2024 #38

Which is a false argument, because Trump is not going to make beef & eggs cheaper. nt TBF Dec 2024 #47

Respectfully that is missing the point GreatGazoo Dec 2024 #52

I understood your "point" - TBF Dec 2024 #57

"we need to get better at telling people what they want to hear" - No GreatGazoo Dec 2024 #59

Can you tell me which democrat dismissed the "realities of low income voters"? TBF Dec 2024 #60

I could give you a hundred examples because they did it every day of the 2024 GE GreatGazoo Dec 2024 #62

All I can find is right wing sources claiming Kamala said that - TBF Dec 2024 #64

You asked for examples. I gave you 3 big ones. GreatGazoo Dec 2024 #70

I talked about democrats needing a bigger reach & you won't touch that with a ten-foot pole - TBF Dec 2024 #72

I cited a change in focus and strategy that catalyzed in 2015 and played in the Ossoff race of 2017 GreatGazoo Dec 2024 #73

"DNC strategy of ignoring working people and chasing TBF Dec 2024 #82

here Celerity Dec 2024 #71

K&R ck4829 Dec 2024 #41

I think Democrats need to focus on income inequality, the rest will take care of itself. jalan48 Dec 2024 #42

A simple solution. Shut down all the colleges and replace them with McDonald's and Wendy's., car wahes, amd 7-lls. Ping Tung Dec 2024 #43

Non white people without college support democrats JI7 Dec 2024 #45

The very wealthy republicans (multimillionaires & up) - are voting solely on TBF Dec 2024 #46

Musk does not speak for maga. This is being repeatedly made clear by maga posts. . . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2024 #48

But Eloon wants to murder the Dept of Education. How does that square? OMGWTF Dec 2024 #50

Sociopathic billionaire republicans and libertarians own 90% of the media. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2024 #51

who is everybody? everybody here on DU? or Everybody on TV news cable? msfiddlestix Dec 2024 #54

What the very wealthy want is skilled workers who will work for as little TBF Dec 2024 #58

At the same time they want markets to buy their goods & services. CrispyQ Dec 2024 #79

You would think -- TBF Dec 2024 #83

Yes, it's complete lie. alarimer Dec 2024 #63

Great point because maga influencers are actively downplaying the usefulness of going to college ecstatic Dec 2024 #68

Now the truth comes out that they hate their non educated voters. Irish_Dem Dec 2024 #76

Everybody? Must be the MEDIA you are referring to? msfiddlestix Dec 2024 #77

'everybody has been saying' is a bad way to start a post. Voltaire2 Dec 2024 #80

Anti-intellectualism is a standard tool of the populist right. Ping Tung Dec 2024 #89

This whole thing is hilarious actually Johnny2X2X Dec 2024 #90

Logic and rational thought don't exist in the Trumpiverse Blue_Tires Dec 2024 #91

And the "diploma divide" (happened during Obama admin.) is about fear, part of the culture wars/race. betsuni Dec 2024 #92