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[–] [email protected] 214 points 4 months ago (5 children)

thank you harris and dems. this is much better than the "he's weird" approach. ratchet up the pressure on the fascism aspect, all the way up, and keep it there

[–] [email protected] 96 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Why not both? "Weird" gets politically disengaged people to notice, then follow up with how a Trump or Republican facist presidency would be dangerous.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It also doesn't get as pilloried as Hillary's "deplorables", even if she was right about that.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hilary's pillory would make a good title for a book about the 2016 election.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Also, she could open up a bedding store, call it "Hillary's Pillowery" and BOOM shot across the bow to Mike Lindell and the RNC funding apparatus!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

good point. they have a lot of people of all ages who need to be addressed in their own language

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Trump is not bussin, no cap

[–] [email protected] 60 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I am so glad Biden stepped down and Harris is actually running the campaign the Dems should have been running since 2016.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I think Biden was the best person to run in 2020.

His prior experience with the office + familiarity with world leaders is what allowed him to actually work from day one and also get NATO back together.

Remember that trump didn't hand the power peacefully, was blocking intelligence reports and our relationship with our allies was in the shitter.

Putin started to preparing to invade Ukraine in April 2021 (or at least that's when or intelligence noticed it), putin was certain that Biden won't be able to reunite West on time.

All other 2020 candidates would need some time ramp up as they did not have the same experience.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago

I am talking about Dems as a whole and the campaigns they should have run, not which candidates were running.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago

Biden was a good guy to have on cleanup duty. I think one of the main reasons why the Obama presidency was such a disappointment is that he had to handle cleanup duty at the same time as he was trying to push things forward.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

There's a multi-pronged approach here now.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago

The "He’s weird" is the equivalent of "Doesn’t she look tired" in Doctor Who, when the Doctor decides to end a bad politician’s career. That sentence, as it starts spreading, destroys her career.

This is what they aim for, and it’s meant for MAGAs, to crack them open.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

He's still hella weird though...