I'm tired of hearing about what Democrats should have done to reach the electorate. The choice was clear. [View all]
Whatever the reason for the loss we just suffered it is NOT because of some failure of Team Harris or the party generally to differentiate themselves from MAGA.
The voters of our country are supposed to be ADULTS. Any reasonable adult knows what a rapist is, knows what a coup is, knows what it means when a leader threatens a country's citizens with it's military.
It's very clear that our electorate has either shitty priorities, shitty principles, or some combination thereof. I don't know how anyone could believe a guy with 'concepts of a [healthcare] plan', who proposing 10% tariffs when INFLATION is already an issue, is going to fix the economy. But the fact that people would sell their country down the river for cheaper eggs and lower gas prices is disgusting.
People fucking know who Donald Trump is.
If we still have a country in a few years people will come back, because when he's caused ruinous damage and pain, he won't be funny to them anymore. They did that after Bush 2, and after his first term.
But my understanding of who our electorate is has changed. In 2004 I could excuse Kerry's loss with 9/11, wartime patriotism, and people not being informed. In 2016, I could say it was Comey. It was Hillary Clinton's 20 year exposure to a GOP smear compaign It was Russian disinfo. The electoral college.
There is no explanation or excuse that remotely covers what just happened. People did not elect a senile rapist with a personality disorder because Kamala Harris didn't adequately explain her policy proposals, or because people thought HE was more trustworthy.
Our electorate doesn't want serious attempts to solve the nation's problems: they just elected a fucking hurricane. There is no point in trying to psychologize that.
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