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[–] gAlienLifeform 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Also, 1972 was a trainwreck because the moderate assholes of the Democratic party threw a big temper tantrum over a progressive like McGovern getting the nomination and pushed him to pick a no-name moderate as his running mate, a moderate who just so happened to have major health problems McGovern and the general public didn't know about. When those health problems got leaked by someone (seems nobody knows who for sure), the campaign tried to stand firm and McGovern said he was behind his VP Eagleton 1000%, leading to his polling numbers falling off a cliff and never recovering (even though they ended up dropping Eagleton and getting a different running mate like a week later).

Saying we should be worried about switching our nominee because of what happened in 1972 is like saying you shouldn't get chemotherapy because most people who die of cancer were getting chemo, or you shouldn't let firetrucks park on your street because most burned down homes had a firetruck parked near them recently, it's just completely backwards.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

But think of all the racists that defected to the Republican Party that might have otherwise voted Dem!!

Actually that does make the Dem establishment’s deranged obsession with getting “undecided” voters instead of exciting their base make a lot more… I don’t want to say “sense” because it’s a strategy that goes over like a lead balloon, but the old fucks at the wheel still being traumatized by 1972 adds context.