The Democratic party refused to understand that courting the right doesn't work, and now it's cost them the election - eviltoast
  • FatCrab@lemmy.one
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    10 days ago

    The Harris campaign put out an 80 page policy guidebook explaining what they were offering. Stop denying responsibility from the voters. A bunch of people wanted this and a bunch of others figured this was better than rallying around the one viable alternative, be it a form a protest or laziness. Voters are ultimately responsible for who we collectively elect.

    • Gorillazrule@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 days ago

      The average US citizen is not going to sit down and parse through 80 pages of policy. Why the fuck didn’t she promote it in interviews? Every speech and interview I have seen she just skirts around questions and gives vague answers, very frequently repeating herself almost verbatim. It really didn’t inspire confidence. And I say this as someone who voted for her.

      • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        10 days ago

        If she had a playbook, she ignored it and didn’t talk about it. Despite people begging for policies.

        Trump has one, played dumb and wants to do it. Despite it being evil.

        I wonder who won?

    • Maggoty@lemmy.world
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      10 days ago

      Vanishingly few voters read white papers. If that stuff isn’t messaged then it doesn’t matter. And a convention of “joy” wasn’t it.