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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When even the R megadonors think that Rs are out of touch

https://www.thedailybeast.com/billionaire-ken-griffin-new-dont-say-gay-law-is-too-far-even-for-me?ref=home

[quote]Even for Republican billionaire Ken Griffin, Florida’s expanded “Don’t Say Gay” law is a bridge too far.

In a statement to The Harvard University student newspaper The Crimson, a spokesperson for the GOP megadonor said he opposes the new regulations, which bar teachers in all grades from delving into topics related to gender and sexual identity. Previously, the law only applied to teachers in third grade or below; Griffin endorsed those measures.

“Like the vast majority of Americans, Ken believes that discussions on gender identity and sexual orientation should be led by parents with their children at home, rather than by teachers in elementary schools,” the spokesperson wrote. “However, as a steadfast supporter of open discourse, academic freedom, and free speech, Ken disagrees with Florida’s recent rule extending the prohibition of classroom instruction on these topics through 12th grade.”[/quote]
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I’m not sure this is making the point you think it is. While Griffin opposes the new bill which extends to grade 12, he supported the bill when it extended to grade 3, as did a surprising large majority of Floridians. DeSantis may be overreaching here currently but this does not equate to the R platform being wholly unpopular or out of touch. Honestly if Dems want to play that card, they should focus on abortion where the R position is much more unpopular.[/quote]

We are! And yes, this is making exactly the point I think it is. Rs have the opportunity to make inroads with popular (if loathsome) policies - ones I despise but I can see that plenty of Americans like. But instead of doing that, they grab that bag and run on down the road into utter crazytown. See also: 6 week abortion bans. They could have gone to 15 weeks or even 12 weeks, and really activated Dem voters but probably not have alienated too many Republicans. But nope! Why do the hateful but acceptable, even popular, thing, when you can take it to 11.[/quote]

Democrats love to pretend there was "something" Republican politicians could do to make them vote for a Republican, but ultimately they vote Democrat no matter what the Republicans do. There's always some reason those gosh darn Republicans are too extreme this time.  :roll: [/quote]

Larry Hogan and Charlie Baker say hi. Arnold Schwarzenegger, too.

Because the thing is that Democrats will vote for Republicans sometimes, as you can see.

But I'm not even talking about whether Democrats will vote for these lunatics who are full time residents of crazytown. I'm talking more about Rs themselves and those sweet sweet independents whose vote everyone comes a-courting. Do you think it's because Pennsylvania is a bright blue state that that MAGA candidate lost the governor's race? Do you think that Hershel Walker was a great candidate who seemed really focused on the things that normal people are interested in?[/quote]

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