SeriousMite

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[–] SeriousMite 4 points 4 months ago (7 children)

I don’t know. It’s been pretty clear for a while that the traditional Democrat strategy of winning by courting centrists and staying the course has been less and less effective every election. Tapping into enthusiasm for leftist policies and energizing the base to increase turnout has seemed like the better move for a while. That’s what Obama won big on and then completely failed to deliver.

Staying the course with the “nothing will fundamentally change” candidate was always a path to losing, and after his disastrous policy on Gaza we were in a nosedive.

[–] SeriousMite 13 points 4 months ago (30 children)

Tim waltz seems like a good pick. Seems to have a bit of the Bernie, no-bullshit, authenticity that plays well with independents.

[–] SeriousMite 4 points 4 months ago

I would argue that even if your state is guaranteed to go one way or the other (aside from down ballot races which are obviously very important) there’s still value in voting for president, if only to illustrate the discrepancy between the popular vote and the electoral college. The higher we run up the margins, the more it makes it obvious to everyone that we need to ditch the electoral college.

[–] SeriousMite 5 points 4 months ago

I don’t know. I think with abortion on the ballot having a woman at the top of the ticket will be a benefit.

[–] SeriousMite 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And then what happened?

[–] SeriousMite 11 points 4 months ago

She’s done far more good than bad. This kind of purity testing is why the left in this country is so weak.

[–] SeriousMite 12 points 4 months ago

They’re already voting for trump.

[–] SeriousMite 17 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Calling people “illegal” is dehumanizing. The fact that this is what outrages you in this story kind of says it all.

[–] SeriousMite 4 points 5 months ago

Yeah conservatives in 2019 were really riled up by the Antifa boogeyman they created and congress labeled them terrorists. Bill was introduced by Republicans - co-sponsored by Ted Cruz. What’s your point? 🤷‍♂️

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