Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:
Headline in New York Times:
Democrats Seethe After Georgia Loss: ‘Our Brand Is Worse Than Trump‘
Of course, Democrats say the words but they don’t accept the implications. The reason Democrats’ brand is worse than Trump is because their ideas are crap and no amount of public relations re-branding is going to make the crap sandwich more appetizing to voters.
When voters won’t do as Liberals desire, they rationalize their defeat:
1. The voters didn’t understand. We didn’t get our message out. Our brand is tarnished. If the voters had understood what we’re selling, they’d have gobbled it up. We need to raise more money to get our message out.
2. The voters understood what we’re selling, but they’re too stupid to buy it. They voted against their own best interest. They should be happy to pay more taxes for a better Minnesota. They should be happy their kids will be bussed to a more diverse school, happy that low income apartments will be built in their neighborhood. They need to be educated to see that ours is the right policy, not their own short-sighted self-interest.
3. The voters understood what we’re selling, and they tried to buy it, but some nefarious schemer deprived the voters of their desire. Blacks were denied driver’s licenses. Felons can’t vote. The polls closed early or stayed open late. There was a blizzard. The Russians hacked the election. We wuz robbed.
4. The voters understood what we’re selling, they know it’s superior to their own ideas, everyone had a chance to vote, but the voters can’t stand the notion that the people being ground under their heels might somehow escape. The voters are racist, homophobic, misogynistic, bigoted, deplorable haters, bitterly clinging to their guns and Bibles. We have no hope of persuading them to voluntarily accept our ideas; therefore, we must impose our ideas using administrative rulemaking, international agreements or liberal judges.
I’ve been watching politics since before the Reagan campaign, nearly 40 years ago. It’s the same cycle, over and over.
Joe Doakes
Joe’s right.
Unfortunately, American voters aren’t a whole lot less flighty in the long term than French voters. We shall see.
The enemy, Joe, is stupidity. We have a glut of it. And, it’s being packaged and sold as wisdom to our youngest. With their heads down, buried in their devices, our youth don’t see the bus that’s about to run them over.
Sometimes, prayer is the only hope. As it is written.
Democrats ran an untried 30-year-old against a veteran politician in a traditionally red district and thought that they might pull off an upset because liberals were upset about Trump. This was the same mistake that Clinton made — Democratic leadership needs to learn how to run candidates who actually can speak to the needs of the working class — and who can walk the walk.
Democrats must have specific proposals to combat Trump and Republicans. I don’t have a clue on how they propose to fix Obamacare or create jobs or change the tax structure. Schumer and Pelosi are old and from NY and California. The next elections will be decided in those states that garnered Trump 307 electoral votes. On the same day that Trump had a campaign rally in Iowa, Democrats were still only talking about Russia and how bad Trump is. I already know that.
You know, Joe, that first item really rang a bell with me. especially the part about needing more money to get the message out. The notion that money is the alpha and mega of politics has stood for years without much sober analysis. And this last presidential and especially the GA-06 elections pretty much proved it false.
When it comes to the Dems more and more people are coming to the realization that the old saying “the fish rots from the head” applies.
Emery: What the hell does “change the tax structure” mean and how will that increase anyone’s prosperity?
“…Democratic leadership needs to learn how to run candidates who actually can speak to the needs of the working class…”
What they need is for the g d statists to take their g d thumbs off of everything.
The GOP has a proposal for tax reform/tax structure. Whether you agree with it or not, at least it’s a plan. I have yet to hear of any proposals regarding tax reform/tax structure from the Democrats.
Too many human needs are “being met” by government. The government spends too much given the low GDP. The End.