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Is that not enough? You prefer Trump to not-Trump?
Clearly it isn't enough, because they lost to him twice.
Ok fair. I guess the better question is, shouldn't that be enough?
It was enough for me. It was not enough for people who heard one guy talking about issues that mattered to them (albeit by offering bullshit solutions that don't actually address the problems) and another saying "well, we aren't that guy and everything is getting better" when people felt like it wasn't getting better for them. There was not enough of a positive platform presented for progressives to support and too much targeting of Republicans that don't like Trump. They obviously targeted the wrong audience.
No. It shouldn't.
You'd rather have Trump than not-Trump?
You'd rather have trump than a progressive.
Stop following me.
Block me if you don't like your talking points being challenged.
Blocking someone doesn't shut them up. It's just plugging your own ears.
Ordering people to doesn't either.
If you assume American voters are rational and educated then, yes, it should be enough.
But you know what they say about making assumptions: It makes an ass out of U and gets a fascist elected.
Yep. Our voting population is as dumb as always and more susceptible to propaganda than ever.
People are tired of this shit. Democrats have been running on this for 20 years at this point. We're at the point where people would rather see Trump dismantle the entire federal government than vote for one more Democrat promising, that this time, they actually will make meaningful change.
People are just done with this. Democrats have repeatedly failed to make government work for people. If government won't work for people, why would people care if Trump's going to come in and tear everything down?
That's like presenting only the options of slavery or indentured servitude and asking "you prefer slavery to indentured servitude?" Neither are acceptable. Before you say "well those are the options we've got" think about who are making these the only options.
The system itself is only able to give you two options. It's not an evil conspiracy, it's a Prisoner's Dilemma. If Democratic states, and Democratic states alone, eliminated first-past-the-post...we would be under permanent Republican rule. It's political suicide.
pardon the micro issue but I think you mean credible instead of credulous. only trying to help, not criticize.
There's no one else. You're picking between Trump and not-Trump. No other options. Which one is better?
If the answer isn't obvious, welcome to the Republican Party.
So you'd be cool with President Vance?
Not really "cool with it" but I'd prefer him to Trump.
And that's the problem with liberals. The bar is so low it's in Hell.
Again, blame liberals for the atrocities of Republicans. Why is the bar in hell? Because Republicans have dragged us down there.
Democrats fall in love. Republicans fall in line.
In other words: Republicans will consistently vote for anyone with an R. Democrats need to be convinced to vote for their candidate.
I don't think so. In 2016, while the DNC kept their thumb on the scale for Clinton, the RNC saw voters actually turning out for Trump and let them do it. I remember getting the vibe that they weren't happy with it, that they really preferred Jeb Bush or some other long standing party man, but at least when their voters spoke up, the Republicans didn't try to fight them. The shrugged and went, "well, alright".
Had they put their thumb on the scale for a boring establishment candidate like Jeb or Kasich, it seems to me that Hillary's chances would have been much better if only for the fact that a lot of unexcited Republicans would have stayed home on election night. I've never voted for a Republican, I've been hearing "it's the most important election ever, you're just going to have to compromise and try to get what you want next time" since 2012. I've reliably turned out and voted for the democrats in every election except 2020 [Voted for Jorgensen. Relax, I'm in California, I knew the state would go for Biden, I was just hoping to try and get another party a seat at the table by giving them a bigger slice of the popular vote]. I'm tired of voting for the lesser evil, boss. I'm ready to vote FOR something again.
democrats know this. They keep giving us candidates that only the corporate/genocide wing of the party loves and ordering everyone else to fall in line.
Kamala Harris tax plan was to never raise taxes for those who make 400k, to tax unrealized gains over 1M, to remove the pointless social security upper limit of taxable income, and to start taxing corporations fair effective rates.
Instead we all collectively decided to fuck ourselves with another pro-rich GOP tax plan. That's what was on the table in 2024. The effects of this election will reverberate for decades at the least.