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The general idea that the Democratic Party was perceived by many working class voters as a group of elitist, pointy headed intellectuals feathering their own urban nests and enforcing politically correct language while disregarding pocketbook issues is not wholly incorrect. But I said "perceived". Because the actual truth is not that sim…
The general idea that the Democratic Party was perceived by many working class voters as a group of elitist, pointy headed intellectuals feathering their own urban nests and enforcing politically correct language while disregarding pocketbook issues is not wholly incorrect. But I said "perceived". Because the actual truth is not that simple. Compromised as they have been by corporate donors since the death of Labor, the Dems have underperformed as the champions of the common man FDR made them out to be. But please, the subtleties are quite important. FDR was successful because he accommodated the rabidly bigoted white Southern racists in his coalition. Do we want that deal with thev devil? Is Sherrod Brown, whom you mentioned, indistinguishable from Michael Bloomberg? Please. His loss to freaking Bernie Moreno ought to tell you something. There's more than policy stuff going on here. As righteously indignant as Bernie is, and I side with him almost always, I think Pelosi is seeing this better. The choice was clear, and Harris/Walz did a good enough job making their case. Trump and his oligarchy have massively brainwashed America, just as Reagan had with stupid voodoo economics. Explain to me why Trump, a demonstrably anti-veteran candidate who spit on them repeatedly, crushed Harris with the veteran vote. Don't see the parallel? Then, I'm sorry you can't.
One more time. But for Russian interference, we wudda won.
As to the veteran vote....I don't think that's true. We flipped tens of thousands of former Trump supporters nationally....mostly Yankees.
We did not move visceral voters ... regardless how they registered.
Absolutely. The relentless and well-funded disinformation campaign from reactionaries this year was insurmountable.
I watched ads in my own state blaming Harris for people's income taxes being too high. The attention and recall of many voters is so poor that they didn't remember that the last few tax bracket gifts to the rich were set by Republicans. Those include 2 tax cuts from Bush 43 and another massive one by Trump on 2017.
Democrats need an effective counterweight to right-wing disinformation campaigns but haven't found an answer. The wipeout from this election, combined with all branches commandeered by Republicans may mean they never get the chance to do so again.
Kerry, people are lazy, preoccupied and ill informed. Vets get their misinformation from Fox, Newsmax, Newsnation, OANN, the Blaze, and from Joe Rogan and AM hate radio.
You, I and others on this substack and Robert Reichs and similar live in an information bubble, an echo chamber, .
As an example: You aid "I think Pelosi is better". Better at what. She, in the house, Rahm Emanuel in the White House single handedly killed Berni'es Single Payor (MEDICARE FOR ALL).
Rahm then call us "fucking retards" the DNC supported him in his bid for Mayor of Chicago, as Mayor he did the bidding of Betsy DeVos and scrapped public education for charter schools, turned on the black community,and in some way was irresponsible for the success of Trump' spresidency.
His reward,Trump is selecting him for Ambassador to Japan. Ambassador ships are golden plums, handed out to those people who have especially helped the president in his bid for office.
The political pros' i n the Democratic party will,of course,make of that selection as Trump being open handed, fair and not so bad as he is made out to be, they will further normalize Trump.
IMO, we are the aucience and victims of Kabuki theater, we have been played, and the Democratic Party, Kamala Harris were not the Lone Ranger comingto the rescue.
Especially since Kamala couldn't wait to concede 5 hrs after the polls opened and before all of the votes were counted.
You might notice she never attacked Trump with negativity,her campaign of positivity did nothing,positivity has never won an election (exception Obama securing the almost total black vote, they turned out in numbers that they never turned out for HRC or Kamala.
It was the white Christian nationalist vote for Trump and the Muslim black vote if not for Trump, though there was a lot of that, but their quiescence, their rebellion their flipping Harris the bird because of Gaza that elected Trump.
And now they and we will be paying the price.