What SHOULD Dems do?

[Anonymous]

Trans folks are just regular old folks like any ither folks

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So in other words, you’ve got nothing.

The intellectual depth of a puddle at work, I see.

So in other words, you’ve still got nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure what Democrats should do. Even after two months of Trump, they still poll below Republicans. Democrats are associated either with geriatric and compromised leaders like Schumer or with unpopular identity politics and performative virtue signaling. The only Democrats that I'm seeing who are breaking through and giving voice to the anger and outrage are Bernie Sanders and AOC. I'm impressed with both of them. They are rising to the moment. And most importantly they are authentic. You can disagree with them, but at least you know where they stand. I think Democrats should follow their lead. Keep the focus on economic issues, fighting oligarchs, and Republican treachery. Be angry. Be outraged. Do town halls everywhere. Go grassroots. And for God's sake, understand the media universe these days. Babbling platitudes on Face the Nation is so 1983.

Are you insane? Two people who are guaranteed to tank the Dems. AOC in '32? Maybe. But just as with people voting for Trump because they couldn't take another 4 years of "Biden" in Kamala, voters will also hold their nose and vote for the R if their only other option is AOC. Bernie is too old.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So instead, you vote for people totally committed to destroying the country?

There is no winning here

In my opinion, Democrats are committed to destroying the country. They overtax and spend massive levels of money on wasteful and fraudulent government programs, leading to deficits. They allow overwhelming levels of illegal immigration. They refuse to crack down on crime on the streets. They insist on promoting the transgender and DEI agenda. In my opinion, those policies are destroying the country as a place I want to live.

Well, the problems with revenue are very much because of tax cuts on the rich for 20+ years. Actually, going back to the 80s, but accelerated in the 2000s.

Exactly! The so-called “revenue problem” the repuglicans constantly whine about could all disappear tomorrow if the billionaires and zillionaires would just stop being so greedy and pay their fair share!

Trump, Bezos, Musk, Gates, Zuckerberg, Bloomberg: these guys could pay off the U.S. debt and barely feel any financial pain at all. And thousands of other ultra-rich big corporation owners too.

But they are all just greedy capitalists who constantly prove they don’t really care about the U.S.

Just look how little Trump pays in taxes. I’m 100% sure the others cheat just as much on their taxes while the rest of us slave away.

Exactly.

TRILLIONS of debt came as a result of Bush and Trump giving billionaires and big corporations huge tax breaks. That NEEDS TO END. But instead they are firing tens of thousands of dedicated civil servants, closing agencies, going after social security, medicare and so on - so the greedy rich can have more.

Eat the rich.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Here it is Dems! The painful truth.

What Democrats should do is apologize.

The voters DO want servant leaders who care more about what THEY want than what WE believe.

The voters do NOT want know-it-alls, snobs, or leaders who resent voters for daring to choose the other party once in a while.

The customer is always right. We can either cling to our belief that WE are always right and the customers are wrong, or we can apologize for our past failures to give the customers what they want, apologize for disrespecting the customers, change our offerings, and try to earn back their business.

If we can’t even apologize, then they know we don’t intend to respect their wishes over our own beliefs going forward either.

Here is just a partial list of what swing voters and flyover state viters want us to apologize for:

1) Covid overreach. I know, I know, we f**king love science and the voters are stupid. It doesn’t matter. The voters reject our belief that we helped against Covid, and they are furious about forced masking of children, school closures, and forced injections on penalty of job loss. They were also very shaken by what they saw as our totalitarian streak. A lot of us were very cruel to neighbors and even family members. I know it will be very difficult psychologically for us to admit any fault here. We were on the right side of this, our intentions were good, etc. But so far basically none of us have said sorry to anyone for any of this. If we want swing voters back, we have to say sorry.

2) Illegal Immigration

3) Using affirmative action to harm white workers

4) LGBTQIA+ education in elementary schools. (I agree, it’s a good thing. It teaches kids tolerance. Rs make too big a deal of it. But remember, they are the customers. If we’re the “force unpopular things down your throat Party,” they won’t vote for us. We went too far (for THEIR liking), and for that, we should apologize

5) Inflation. Yes it was Covid, the Fed, and Trump’s fault too. But our team printed and borrowed and spent too much money.

6) Calling voters stupid racists

Think about it. We win’t like this prescription, but without it we can’t get the votes back

This. But Dems can’t apologize. They think too highly of themselves. There’s no way America’s moral and intellectual superiors are going to grovel for votes from “stupid” people in flyover states.

Are Dems supposed to play along with the fiction that a twice-impeached, barely literate convicted felon and a Nazi-saluting white supremacist drug addict are intellectually and morally superior? How very North Korea of you.

[Anonymous]

Dems needs to start supporting law enforcement and victims of crimes instead of supporting criminals.

[Anonymous]

Maryland has an answer: Raise taxes and spend, spend spend!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So instead, you vote for people totally committed to destroying the country?

There is no winning here

In my opinion, Democrats are committed to destroying the country. They overtax and spend massive levels of money on wasteful and fraudulent government programs, leading to deficits. They allow overwhelming levels of illegal immigration. They refuse to crack down on crime on the streets. They insist on promoting the transgender and DEI agenda. In my opinion, those policies are destroying the country as a place I want to live.

Democrats aren’t promoting a DEI agenda. In fact they rarely bring it up. And I’ve yet to hear a reasoned issue with DEI.

Joe Biden signed an executive order ensure DEI is infused through out the government. The Democrats care more about someone’s race, gender and sexual orientation than their merit. It’s a discriminatory agenda.

What is merit?

Merit is code for whiteness. Republicans are motivated by hatrec

What is equity?

Equity is code for discrimination.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So instead, you vote for people totally committed to destroying the country?

There is no winning here

In my opinion, Democrats are committed to destroying the country. They overtax and spend massive levels of money on wasteful and fraudulent government programs, leading to deficits. They allow overwhelming levels of illegal immigration. They refuse to crack down on crime on the streets. They insist on promoting the transgender and DEI agenda. In my opinion, those policies are destroying the country as a place I want to live.

Democrats aren’t promoting a DEI agenda. In fact they rarely bring it up. And I’ve yet to hear a reasoned issue with DEI.

Joe Biden signed an executive order ensure DEI is infused through out the government. The Democrats care more about someone’s race, gender and sexual orientation than their merit. It’s a discriminatory agenda.

What is merit?

Merit is code for whiteness. Republicans are motivated by hatrec

Then how do explain Asians and their merit. They have done very well in this country. They are a highly educated population and the highest earners per capita.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dems needs to start supporting law enforcement and victims of crimes instead of supporting criminals.

Are you kidding me?

Law enforcement only serves to expand white supremacy. They only exist as part of the school-to-prison corporate pipeline. When they show up, all they doom is shoot unarmed Black men who have their hands up.

Look at George Zimmerman. Look at that chubby kid who crossed a state line with a rifle, killed three people and a white jury. Look at that rich Chicago couple who used a rifle and pistol to threaten a peaceful civil rights march, and they still got off Scott clean. I mean come on!

Defund the police. NOW!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So instead, you vote for people totally committed to destroying the country?

There is no winning here

In my opinion, Democrats are committed to destroying the country. They overtax and spend massive levels of money on wasteful and fraudulent government programs, leading to deficits. They allow overwhelming levels of illegal immigration. They refuse to crack down on crime on the streets. They insist on promoting the transgender and DEI agenda. In my opinion, those policies are destroying the country as a place I want to live.

Well, the problems with revenue are very much because of tax cuts on the rich for 20+ years. Actually, going back to the 80s, but accelerated in the 2000s.

Exactly! The so-called “revenue problem” the repuglicans constantly whine about could all disappear tomorrow if the billionaires and zillionaires would just stop being so greedy and pay their fair share!

Trump, Bezos, Musk, Gates, Zuckerberg, Bloomberg: these guys could pay off the U.S. debt and barely feel any financial pain at all. And thousands of other ultra-rich big corporation owners too.

But they are all just greedy capitalists who constantly prove they don’t really care about the U.S.

Just look how little Trump pays in taxes. I’m 100% sure the others cheat just as much on their taxes while the rest of us slave away.

Ignorant post. The top 10% of earners already pay 80% of the taxes. The US debt is $37 Trillion. All these billionaires wealth combined doesn’t break a Trillion. Capitalism and a free market economy has brought more people out of poverty than any economic system so far. The poorest Americans are doing a lot better than most of the people in the world. You have no idea what poor is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dems needs to start supporting law enforcement and victims of crimes instead of supporting criminals.

Are you kidding me?

Law enforcement only serves to expand white supremacy. They only exist as part of the school-to-prison corporate pipeline. When they show up, all they doom is shoot unarmed Black men who have their hands up.

Look at George Zimmerman. Look at that chubby kid who crossed a state line with a rifle, killed three people and a white jury. Look at that rich Chicago couple who used a rifle and pistol to threaten a peaceful civil rights march, and they still got off Scott clean. I mean come on!

Defund the police. NOW!

And this response is just another example of why Dems will continue to lose elections. The summer of the BLM riots were hardly peaceful. Many govt buildings vandalized or burned to the ground, dozens murdered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Elected Republicans are equally responsible to stand up for democracy, not just the Democrats.

I wish there is upvote button like Reddit. I used to think they are decent people. Now, both parties have no spine

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure what Democrats should do. Even after two months of Trump, they still poll below Republicans. Democrats are associated either with geriatric and compromised leaders like Schumer or with unpopular identity politics and performative virtue signaling. The only Democrats that I'm seeing who are breaking through and giving voice to the anger and outrage are Bernie Sanders and AOC. I'm impressed with both of them. They are rising to the moment. And most importantly they are authentic. You can disagree with them, but at least you know where they stand. I think Democrats should follow their lead. Keep the focus on economic issues, fighting oligarchs, and Republican treachery. Be angry. Be outraged. Do town halls everywhere. Go grassroots. And for God's sake, understand the media universe these days. Babbling platitudes on Face the Nation is so 1983.

Are you insane? Two people who are guaranteed to tank the Dems. AOC in '32? Maybe. But just as with people voting for Trump because they couldn't take another 4 years of "Biden" in Kamala, voters will also hold their nose and vote for the R if their only other option is AOC. Bernie is too old.

And here begets the problem. “People couldn’t take another 4 years of "Biden" in Kamala,”. Biden/Kamala who worked to bring down inflation and be sure our economy was the best following a global pandemic. Biden/Kamala who invested in Green Jobs so we can actually have working class jobs. Biden/Kamala and Dems who pushed through an Infrastructure package that is soo badly needed to address Road/Bridges/Airports and much more. Same team passed USDA fresh food. But because folks said yes we will acknowledge that Trans people deserve rights, folks are willing to blowup all the other stuff.

And yet still can’t answer, What has the GOP done for you? Again, if folks think the GOP is the party that’s going to make everything right for all of the US, then why do the DEMS need to anything? Surely what’s going on is exactly what folks wanted.

[Anonymous]

Dems need to pretend they only care about the economy and do the right thing and write them into law after they are elected. Just campaign and rule in different ways. But I think they care too much about voters’ identity. Only a few voters vote because of their identity .