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How is the DNC this slow and clueless?
You're telling me that we could have been rid of him years ago if these dummies had just been parroting all of us making fun of him on social media?
How are these giant conventions with billions and billions behind them so dumb?
Because they assumed that the moral high ground would net them more voters than joining in the mud-slinging. "They go low, we go high" is a quite noble sentiment that should appeal to decent people to vote for them, if for no other reason than to keep the rude man-child out of office. They hoped that even the apathetic non-voters would be moved to cast a vote against the Temper-Tantrump.
It didn't work, as we know now, but I can't fault them for remembering the times when class and dignity mattered and hoping to extend those times.
Harris' team seems to have learned that lesson. Here's to hoping this actually works better.
Because the establishment ones are old as fuck and refuse to learn. Judging from the recent dnc, they're letting young and progressive faces do some work which is fantastic. Maybe they learned, maybe Pelosi wants to focus on insider trading. Either way 🤷
Or so many of them died they can't influence policy anymore.
I doubt it, but feinstein kicking the bucket did lower the average age in congress by about 100 years so there's that.
Because their plan at the time was to allow (or assist) him to be propped up under the belief Clinton would then be a shoo-in. Which is a completely moronic strategy because if you lose you're absolutely fucked.
They probably never want to actually keep him from being a candidate because it means their candidates just need to meet the barest of minimums to be viable.