They switched from calling Republicans “weird” to being like “Okay, but we love Republicans, we’re adopting a bunch of their policies, and we’ll have Republicans in our administration” and the numbers dropped. Wow who could have seen this coming!?
And yes, all of this sounds like HRC’s strategists.
oh those fingers are already pointed at us and have been since the beginning.
you know those wacky oversized foam fingers? they just went ahead and taped them to us a decade ago and relieved themselves of the need to ever self-crit
it timed pretty well with the VP debate (didn’t watch) but I would be surprised if that resulted in much difference given the large gap in favorability for the VPs
At least with Biden there was a gesture to the left, even if simply because he had to solidify his support after the primary with Bernie and Warren
Now they’ve just completely dropped all pretext of being a left-friendly party and have doubled down on being center-right. The only thing not present from 2016’s run is the open derision of left-leaning “bernie-bro” dems - but even then, there is a pretty deafening silence that’s hard not to interpret as contempt.
To me this feels way more like 2016 than 2020, but my memory might not be serving me that well.
Eh, those are perennial anti-communist slurs used by terminally online libs
IIRC Hilary actually used the term ‘bernie bros’. I haven’t heard Harris say anything directly accusational about the left yet, but they’ve been keeping a tight lid on her public comments so who knows if she would, given the chance. I keep waiting for her to call anti-war protestors ‘antisemitic’ - she’s gotten close but I don’t think she’s been direct about it yet.
Some of his campaign positions were lesser homages to Sanders’ positions, like the student loan relief and universal child care. I think Bernie dragged the entire 2020 Democratic field to the left, at least aesthetically.
Obviously those promises fell through (or were never real to begin with), but I don’t think he ever would have campaigned on them if not for the fact he was campaigning against them in the primaries.
i wish i didn’t have look forward to the threads from the diet reddit instances of the lemmyverse; but it’s clear that .worlders are no different than redditors (aka your typical uninformed liberals) and i suspect that those threads will be the only source of joy out of this entire election.
i wish i wasn’t childish told-you-so pleasure that will be definitely fleeting since liberals can only convince themselves to learn about their situations and usually don’t bother.
Anyone notice their polling numbers started tanking as soon as it came out that
was consulting their campaign?
Or maybe it was the Cheney announcement? Or Walz’s comments on Iran and Israel?
Boy I’m so excited for another 2016, I can already hear the quiet panicking and finger pointing on election night.
They switched from calling Republicans “weird” to being like “Okay, but we love Republicans, we’re adopting a bunch of their policies, and we’ll have Republicans in our administration” and the numbers dropped. Wow who could have seen this coming!?
And yes, all of this sounds like HRC’s strategists.
When you put it that way
“We agree that immigrants are scary and dangerous, just don’t be weird about it, kay?”
Most honest democrats
I’m pretty sure it’s actually Biden’s team that has been recruited. Though to be fair, Biden’s team was probably Hillary’s old team…so yeah…
oh those fingers are already pointed at us and have been since the beginning.
you know those wacky oversized foam fingers? they just went ahead and taped them to us a decade ago and relieved themselves of the need to ever self-crit
it timed pretty well with the VP debate (didn’t watch) but I would be surprised if that resulted in much difference given the large gap in favorability for the VPs
somehow last election felt like this too
trump will always be the dark horse to a fucking horrible democrat (all of them)
At least with Biden there was a gesture to the left, even if simply because he had to solidify his support after the primary with Bernie and Warren
Now they’ve just completely dropped all pretext of being a left-friendly party and have doubled down on being center-right. The only thing not present from 2016’s run is the open derision of left-leaning “bernie-bro” dems - but even then, there is a pretty deafening silence that’s hard not to interpret as contempt.
To me this feels way more like 2016 than 2020, but my memory might not be serving me that well.
Not sure if they have settled on a name yet for who to blame.
Eh, those are perennial anti-communist slurs used by terminally online libs
IIRC Hilary actually used the term ‘bernie bros’. I haven’t heard Harris say anything directly accusational about the left yet, but they’ve been keeping a tight lid on her public comments so who knows if she would, given the chance. I keep waiting for her to call anti-war protestors ‘antisemitic’ - she’s gotten close but I don’t think she’s been direct about it yet.
What? No there wasn’t.
Some of his campaign positions were lesser homages to Sanders’ positions, like the student loan relief and universal child care. I think Bernie dragged the entire 2020 Democratic field to the left, at least aesthetically.
Obviously those promises fell through (or were never real to begin with), but I don’t think he ever would have campaigned on them if not for the fact he was campaigning against them in the primaries.
i wish i didn’t have look forward to the threads from the diet reddit instances of the lemmyverse; but it’s clear that .worlders are no different than redditors (aka your typical uninformed liberals) and i suspect that those threads will be the only source of joy out of this entire election.
i wish i wasn’t childish told-you-so pleasure that will be definitely fleeting since liberals can only convince themselves to learn about their situations and usually don’t bother.