this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2024
1 points (100.0% liked)
World News
32088 readers
965 users here now
News from around the world!
Rules:
-
Please only post links to actual news sources, no tabloid sites, etc
-
No NSFW content
-
No hate speech, bigotry, propaganda, etc
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
It's not whining, it's justifiable outrage. The fact that Harris can point to the same exact record is not a plus. There were polls before this memory issue even came up showing that Trump was beating Biden with blacks, Latinos and voters under 25! Do you realize how bad that is!? Democrats have to absolutely dominate in those demographics to have a chance at winning. It's true that polling at this stage is pretty useless but, even so, that ought to be setting off alarm bells. This is really bad.
BTW: if you really want to alienate voters that the Democrats desperately need, then keep using words like "whining".
I don’t know, I’d say Fox News and the New York Times running constant stories on a canadates age or speaking ability while avoiding more than a footnote mention of any policy, actions, or laws the candidate has shaped, no matter how watered down they were, is whining. If it was justifiable outrage, surely the focus would be on things he was actually doing, like supporting Isreal’s far right or backing down when faced with a incompetent House, and not about how someone with a speech impediment flubed a speech?
Ah. I didn't realize you were going for the Fox News / New York Times demographic. I'm not sure tagging in an unlikable black woman from California is going to get you very far with that crowd, but I wish you the best of luck.
Biden pretty obviously has got some working memory issues that go beyond a simple speech impediment. Personally I don't think that's a big deal for an effective executive, since good staffing and delegation can bridge that gap. It's pretty horrible for a presidential candidate though. It's a really good thing that Trump is no more interested in a debate than Biden.
This. The Democratic establishment's smug, centerist, out of touch attitude is MASSIVELY self destructive. Are their political consultant's ALSO massively out of touch??
The Democratic establishment and their political consultants are pretty much the same exact group. It's a revolving door system to distribute campaign donations. DNC members move in and out of the various campaign organizations, consultancies, and government positions.
Campaign money gets spent on consultants who take a cut and spend most of the rest on ineffective television adds. The primary purpose of the adds is not to reach voters, but to purchase the loyalty of broadcasters who will then cooperate with campaigns. That's why they have been so slow to shift to the Internet, even though it provides the most bang for the buck. Leverage over broadcasters is crucial in maintaining a news blackout for progressive candidates.