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Of course, Democrats say the words but they don\u2019t accept the implications.\u00a0 The reason Democrats\u2019 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.<\/p>\n
When voters won\u2019t do as Liberals desire, they rationalize their defeat:<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The voters didn\u2019t understand.\u00a0 We didn\u2019t get our message out.\u00a0 Our brand is tarnished.\u00a0 If the voters had understood what we\u2019re selling, they\u2019d have gobbled it up. We need to raise more money to get our message out.<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The voters understood what we\u2019re selling, but they\u2019re too stupid to buy it.\u00a0 They voted against their own best interest. They should be happy to pay more taxes for a better Minnesota.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The voters understood what we\u2019re selling, and they tried to buy it, but some nefarious schemer deprived the voters of their desire.\u00a0 Blacks were denied driver\u2019s licenses.\u00a0 Felons can\u2019t vote.\u00a0 The polls closed early or stayed open late.\u00a0 There was a blizzard.\u00a0 The Russians hacked the election.\u00a0 We wuz robbed.<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The voters understood what we\u2019re selling, they know it\u2019s superior to their own ideas, everyone had a chance to vote, but the voters can\u2019t stand the notion that the people being ground under their heels might somehow escape.\u00a0 The voters are racist, homophobic, misogynistic, bigoted, deplorable haters, bitterly clinging to their guns and Bibles.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
I\u2019ve been watching politics since before the Reagan campaign, nearly 40 years ago. \u00a0It\u2019s the same cycle, over and over.<\/p>\n
Joe Doakes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Joe’s right.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, American voters aren’t a whole lot less flighty in the long term than French voters. \u00a0We shall see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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