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2. now this is a good analysis. we absolutely do have to appeal more to non-college educated. and
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 10:19 PM
Nov 6

in retrospect, it's easy to formulate a different game plan. which very much may want to be the game plan forward.
a change in consciousness is necesary and it has to be readily absorbed and available to a larger audience.

I think we were sold a little too much on our own sauce.
And believe me, I liked that sauce.
It was just about the most delicious thing I've tasted politically in a long time.

Then the hard knocks of last night came.

Can we find better ways to explain that Donald Trump's solutions for inflation won't work - or do we have to wait for them not to work?
That eliminating ACA is a bad idea, or wait for attempts on its life.
That Ukraine deserves defending and it is in our best interest to do so.
That NATO is necessary.
That Medicare is necessary and popular.
That Social Security is necessary and depended upon by so many.
ACA

I wish we had struck the fear of God into everyone who loves those things that Donald Trump almost surely would screw those things up. That he screwed up the last time. That it wasn't Covid that brought us to our knees and in such severe despair. It was Covid plus Donald Trump. What would he do next time? How will those who believe in vaccines feel if RFK Jr. is in charge of their health?

We had a great campaign. We created great spirit. We just apparently didn't sell these hard facts to a large faction of the American public. Thinking, I suppose, that they should see all this because it seems so clear.

In the end, the tragedy is - Democracy is apparently easily traded in for a cheaper carton of eggs.

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