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[–] Xanis 66 points 1 week ago (12 children)

She'd had done fine if she did three things:

  1. Continued the initial push of laying her foot into the collective asses of the MAGA collective. That first month or so was great and Dems needed that energy.

  2. Gone against Biden and condemned the situation in Gaza AND remind everyone that Ukraine is still going.

  3. Not listened to the idiot Dem "strategists" who seem so fucking convinced that courting modern Conservatives is a good idea.

Had she done these three things and even the shit communications of the Dems could not have stopped the word of mouth and internet celebrity status she would have had.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (4 children)

She didn't though. Given the fact she never won a presidential primary it was unsurprising that she ran a poor campaign.

[–] Xanis 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

That's the thing: She was doing fine initially. Not even when you measured her up against Biden, just in general. She came out verbally lashing Trump and challenging everything he and his cronies tried to do. She did exactly what I was hoping she'd do and lean on her experience in law and not tried to be charismatic.

What I suspect happened is she was pulled aside and told it wouldn't work. Chances are she was made to bend and rather than leverage her position she did bend. Or perhaps she was convinced to do so, I don't know. After Bernie in 2016 I don't trust the Dems at all when it comes to elections. Not in the sense of corrupt votes or whatever, in that they'd choose a losing candidate or choose to lose over having to admit they need to step aside and let the energy flow.

[–] draneceusrex 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What I think you are trying to say is:

[–] habitualcynic 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’ve thought about this quote a lot since the election lol. Timeless.

[–] draneceusrex 4 points 1 week ago

Yeah, pretty much...

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