Winning elections is overrated anyway
this post was submitted on 04 May 2025
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Oh, FFS.
No. Absolutely the kiss of death.
Stellar fucking idea!! Absolutely spiffing!!
What a great way to even further open the possibility to a potential Mafia Don Mangolini 3rd term.
We already know full fucking well he'll try for a 3rd on his own.
Any Dems seriously considering running a loser against Chump (again) are just further fomenting the ongoing death of US democracy.
FFS.
I'm developing a very fertile hatred for the current crop of Dems that actually rivals my hatred for MAGAts.
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I’m developing a very fertile hatred for the current crop of Dems that actually rivals my hatred for MAGAts.
If you actually read the article, it's like 2 Dems saying she should be able to run in a primary if she wants...
There's a big push by big media to turn people away from the DNC. Because effective February the chair is no longer a billionaire's best friend for the first time in like 50 years.
If you're gonna be angry, at least be informed.
Not hatred. Pity. Compassion. Hatred blinds us and causes stupid mistakes of passion.
I'm not saying the feeling isn't valid. I'm asking you to sit and work with it, heal the wounds that trigger it, and work with ~~is~~ us, calmly, clear mindedly, and let's find amonst ourselves the better options.
Huh? These are the people who claim to represent the people. They instead raise money to stroke their egos and support policy that boosts their own wealth rather than the wants of their constituents.
“We the people” have no say over which puppet they place at the front of their R-lite party, and are told to suck it up and support genocide and bad environmental and economic policy or the other side will win.
I don’t think we should pity the billionaires.
Why the fuck....? These fucking clowns have learned literally nothing. Sure maybe she wins because the country is angry at how bad things are but then we'll get Steven Miller 2032 or smth and the cycle will just continue until the country swings so far right that we don't get out of it. I'm tired boss.
Harris’s campaign raised more than $1 billion, and altogether her campaign and allied super PACs spent more than $2 billion on the race. She spent $1.5 billion over 15 weeks on everything from campaign ads and social media campaigns to voter canvassing efforts and celebrity-studded rallies.
What else was she gonna do? Change her policy to match what voters wanted?!
What would all the wealthy people who paid her to be conservative say?
One Democratic senator who requested anonymity to talk about the next presidential election gave a one-word answer when asked about whether Harris should take another shot at the presidency: “No.”
And then there's Hickenlooper going " Gee whizz you never know, maybe?" Wow, really an article of all time
I really wouldn't, even though it's not my fight.
Harris was not the answer before, it won't be now. If the Democrat party still hasn't reached the obvious conclusion why they lost to such a pitiful opponent as Trump, then America is truly doomed since the only choices are Dumb and Dumber. Or who's the lesser evil.
There's a reason why many people did not vote for either party, which ultimately gave Trump the needed edge to win.
Keep the word salads, empty buzzwords and lack of accountability, keep the flashy fanfare, the cheap insults, and the over-the-top celebrity endorsements, keep showing the people how big and wasteful your show is while they starve on food stamps, keep hiding Biden's mental state while he's in office, keep underestimating and mocking the other side instead of breaking the cycle and actually leading by example. No wonder Trump simply had to tell the people he'd lower prices and end suffering and people gobbled it up knowing it came from the orange nepo baby fraudster, because they were that much desperate.
Keep showing you're part of the problem and not the solution, and then wonder why people don't see an obvious choice as to who is better for them.
Trump is not planning on ending this 2nd mandate, that much is obvious. But if you can get him out by any means it may take, it won't be that long before another Trump eventually makes its way into power.
Show why you're better, don't limit yourself to tell people why the other side sucks. They already know that much, and they're desperate for something better beyond appearance.
And anyone blindly defending the democrats just because the republicans are worse this time, instead of expecting them to do better, are part of the problem just as much as MAGA.
When A party convinces people to stay home instead of voting for a presidential candidate they frequently also convince people to stay home instead of voting down-ballet.
The loss -adversion, "FU, I got mine!" Dem voters will lap it up, preferring the slow-acting poison to real change. The YT guy predicting 10 years of darkness was spot on.
Buckle up. It's going to be a wild ride.
Americans are racist, sexist, pieces of human shit. Dems have you not learned your lesson yet?