• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    you have to get voters that are as close to your opponent as possible

    That is one of the dumbest opinions I’ve ever heard, but don’t feel bad, the people running the DNC share it too.

    Some of us are just in the “sweet spot” where we’re old enough to remember 08 Obama but young enough the normal mental effects of aging haven’t made us forget yet.

    Obama was the furthest from center Dem we’ve ran in decades, and he was flipping red states all over.

    What you said just isn’t based in reality, it’s just what neoliberals have been repeating for 30 years over and over and over…

    It doesn’t make it true.

    Because whether the “moderate” candidate beats the Republican or loses, the neoliberals will always say whatever just happened is proof we need to be more conservative.

    All it’s led to is running a candidate that needs over a billion dollars spent to beat donald fucking trump in a presidential election.

    My dumb ass dog could beat trump. And he doesnt even have opposable thumbs. And there’s a very good chance Biden can’t beat trump twice.

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      8 months ago

      What I said is what got Clinton, Obama, and Biden elected. Not saying it’s a great thing, it’s just reality. Neither party has the base to win on their own, the GoP is a lot closer to being able to do it due to voter turn out rates. So they either chase the middle, or demonize their opponent to get more of their base off the couch.

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        8 months ago

        Obama was the furthest from center Dem we’ve ran in decades, and he was flipping red states all over.

        What you said just isn’t based in reality, it’s just what neoliberals have been repeating for 30 years over and over and over…

        It ain’t complicated, but I dont think I’ll be able to get you to understand this.