We have candidates on the debate stage talking about open borders and decriminalizing illegal immigration. They’re talking about doing away with nuclear energy and fracking. You’ve got Bernie Sanders talking about letting criminals and terrorists vote from jail cells. It doesn’t matter what you think about any of that, or if there are good arguments — talking about that is not how you win a national election. It’s not how you become a majoritarian party.
For ****’s sake, we’ve got Trump at Davos talking about cutting Medicare and no one in the party has the sense to plaster a picture of him up there sucking up to the global elites, talking about cutting taxes for them while he’s talking about cutting Medicare back home. Jesus, this is so obvious and so easy and I don’t see any of the candidates taking advantage of it.
The Republicans have destroyed their party and turned it into a personality cult, but if anyone thinks they can’t win, they’re out of their damn minds.
-------------------------------- We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home. - Australian Aboriginal proverb
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IMO there are a lot of similarities between the cult of Donald and the cult of Bernie. Same prayerbook, different songs. Only the GOP are better at it.
And Mik, you didn't think it was all about power?
Posts: 35377 | Location: West: North and South! | Registered: 20 April 2005
I read somewhere recently that the Democrats would rather be stars on a losing team than mere members of a winning team. I thought that was a brilliant way to put their failures in attempting to defeat Trump. It sure does seem to apply to Warren, Sanders, AOC and the like.
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