Vincent Oriedo, a biotechnology scientist, had just such a question. What lessons have been learned, he asked, from Harris’s defeat in this vital swing county in a crucial battleground state that voted for Joe Biden four years ago, and how are the Democrats applying them?
“They did not answer the question,” he said.
“It tells me that they haven’t learned the lessons and they have their inner state of denial. I’ve been paying careful attention to the influencers within the Democratic party. Their discussions have centred around, ‘If only we messaged better, if only we had a better candidate, if only we did all these superficial things.’ There is really a lack of understanding that they are losing their base, losing constituencies they are taking for granted.”
“We have set ourselves up for generational loss because we keep promoting from within leaders that that do not criticise the moneyed interests. They refuse to take a hard look at what Americans actually believe and meet those needs.”
Until the Democrats learn to stop trying to go high when the bar has already been stapled to the floor, they will never win an election again.
voters aren’t swayed by morals, “presidential” energy, or formality, they’re swayed by fucking podcasts…
Or at least stop pretending that “we’re enabling a genocide. Shut up. You will be voting for us” is “going high.”
They’re trying to say they’re the good guys because they aren’t the bad guys…
Which isn’t true if they’re not going to stop the bad guys
I would have said they tried to stop one and turned a blind eye to the other (Russia, and Israel)
but I dont really think anyone in power truly gave a fuck about stopping Russia either, it was clear from the getgo that the plan was not to help Ukraine win, just make sure they dont lose.
Don’t forget the billions in US taxpayer money shovelled to the weapons contractors. Those in power are making a killing.
I want to see Ukraine win! I think those in power see this as a cash grab more that the necessity of a promise we made to the people of Ukraine when they gave up their nuclear weapons. We can’t let them down. Same for Taiwan. Our alliance’s must not be of convenience and our word has to mean something.
Those in power defiantly turned a blind eye toward Israel, supported genocide and made a killing in the process.
Our system is fucking grotesque!