Rx for the Democrats

[The Duke]

Thats not nurturing. Cacti are endangered.

It may not even harm the cacti.

 

[Mac1958]

Lionel Shriver, a transsexual journalist, agrees.

 

[marvin martian]

Lionel Shriver, a transsexual journalist, agrees.

She's right, of course. But your party lacks the self awareness to change.

 

[Stormy Daniels]

This is getting a little fucking silly. Now, everywhere I look, I see article titles like "Dems Searching for Answers After Electoral Catastrophe"

Really?

This should be very easy. Now that the party is lying in a steaming puddle of goo, it has nowhere to go but up.

Unfortunately while it should be easy, it also should have been easy well before they suffered this humiliation. So nothing's changed, really. On both sides of the aisle, the few reasonable minds left in the game are drowned out by the magnitudes of loud mouthed idiots. It's the masses of loud mouthed idiots who have the power. They control the finances, they control the social media engagement rate, they control "lulz" that constitute public opinion in this artificial reality we call the modern day world. The real challenge for Democrats is figuring out the internal politics of trying to herd the idiots among their ranks away from idiotic ideas.

Just because they're lying in a steaming puddle of goo doesn't mean that up is the only place left to go. They can still permeate laterally. And that is, after all, more indicative of their strategic thinking for many years now. So as absurd as it is, we probably shouldn't be surprised to see that they're still looking to the left and to the right, expecting to find a new path "forward". Democrats are going to have to be hard baked dry into a thin, flaky film before they run out of self destructive options. As it is, we shouldn't be surprised if Democrats continue to lay in a goo for the foreseeable future, surviving off of nothing more than the occasional rain that rehydrates them just enough to think they might stand one more chance.

I'm hoping--hoping, though not necessarily expecting--a fracture may yet occur, and that what sensible Democrats are left might look for a merger with anti-maga Republicans to stake out a new centrist party.

 

[The Duke]

Lionel Shriver, a transsexual journalist, agrees.

Why do you pay attention to transsexual journalists?

 

[JWBooth]

Rx for the Democrats​

Look, it didn't work out. It's not the messaging, it's not misreading culture, it wasn't the economy, it's not the foreign policy and the wars, it wasn't the celebrities, it wasn't immigration, and it certainly wasn't the the candidate.
Double down on all the above, work harder, remind half of the country that that they really are racist and misogynist, it will pay off in the long run.

 

[imawhosure]

This is how it's going:

Leftie women are cutting their hair on social media, for "4B". That's where they don't have sex with, marry, interact with, or have children with men--to fight the patriarchy or something.

Big universities are telling students they can take mental health time off due to the election.

Travis Kelce--a professional football player--posted about football yesterday and was destroyed because "read the room" and "it's too soon".

The entire time you were howling about the Trump cult you missed the REAL cult. A few MAGAs rioted on Jan 6th, and that was bad. These people are completely unmoored. Like their lives are ruined.

THIS is what happens when you make politics your religion--and encourage it. THIS is the stew the Democrats are in. You are asking them to deconvert.

Sorry you missed it, Mac, but you really, really missed it.

Yeah, there were no good choices, again.

And now, if the Democrats don't get their shit together, the GQP won't need to either.

Mac has made good points on this one. But the facts are really devastating if they don't listen; which of course they will not.

The power of the Left comes from youth, even if most of the leaders are senior citizens. Radical ideas are fomented in colleges, etc............but then as most people age and have families they become more conservative. Doesn't mean ALL of them do, just most of them. The ones who stay down for the struggle, are the very wealthy, and very poor.......those in the middle move on.

This is exactly why the Left should now be extremely concerned. A large % of the youth vote moved away from them, along with what would be considered poor people. They can not have that and survive as a large political force. Imagine if Trump's policies work again and expand the middle class. Virtually 70% of those people will be coming from the poor and leaving the Democrats in the dust.

And then you have to take into account Americas recent past and present birth rates. Where are the young radicals coming from to replace those that are leaving as they get older?

Point is simple here---------------> if you were a betting person and were told that a political realignment was going to happen if the party in power COULD improve the economy.........who would you bet on? A prosecutor, or a businessperson! Add to that, what if you were told that the odds are very high whomever wins the election has a very, very, good chance to control all 3 branches of government.......meaning the losing side has no shot at throwing a wrench in the works, only the party in power can screw themselves!

If Mr Mac and others who supported Kamala and Joe will be honest with you, all the very, very, VERY unpopular legislation that was put in that cost them re-election, was installed while they controlled ALL 3 BRANCHES of government. And that should be a warning to GOPers, don't get over your skis to far, lol. Control your arrogance GOPers.

Anyway, again, Mac has made solid points in this thread; but I would like to say this to all the Democrats..........and I think Mac will concur--------------> BOTH political party's know how to expand the economy; and do not think for an instant either one of them does not. The problem for the Democrats is--------->because of politics, the easiest path to do so, they can NOT do it. It is NOT regular Democrats stopping them, it is the radical Left wing of the party.....period....end of story. Do you remember the 1st 2 years of Biden? Think back! Remember as they controlled ALL 3 Branches, the 4, 5, or 6, ABSOLUTE RADICALS refused to get on board unless the Dems gave them their way. Do you REMEMBER.....if not, look it up.

And guess which changes in the legislation they demanded for their support to get it through congress! Do you think it was the very POPULAR with the American peoples part, or the terrible parts that cost them this election! Hey, no need to believe me, look it up!

Again, Mac has made good points, but I got a buck 3.80 that says the Left will never listen!

 

[dblack]

This is getting a little fucking silly. Now, everywhere I look, I see article titles like "Dems Searching for Answers After Electoral Catastrophe"

Really?

This should be very easy. Now that the party is lying in a steaming puddle of goo, it has nowhere to go but up. And all it will take is two (2) steps:

Step One
Drop the whole destructive Political Correctness/Identity Politics fiasco NOW. Stop dividing Americans into little pieces and pitting them against each other. Stop screaming and intimidating and punishing people for saying what they think. Stop ruining family businesses for refusing to bake a fucking CAKE. Stop deplatforming conservative voices on college campuses. Stop pretending there are 58 (or whatever the number is now) genders. Stop having flamboyant transsexuals read books to parents' young children in class. Apologize for terms like "Toxic Masculinity" and "Cultural Appropriation". You blew it. This was stupid from the start. Fucking DROP IT.

Step Two
Focus like a fucking laser beam on the Middle Class (assuming it isn't too late, and it may be). No, not the Black Middle Class or the Brown Middle Class or the Purple Middle Class or the Gay Middle Class. The AMERICAN MIddle Class. Drop the fucking hyphenations. Come up with some NEW IDEAS that fit a rapidly changing and more competitive global economy. Modify and streamline existing ideas like Unions, Vocational Schools and Retirement Plans. I swear it wouldn't be that difficult.

Anyone who was here before 2016 knows that I was considered evil by the LEFTIES here because I was screaming this every fucking day. I had "Political Correctness Derangement Syndrome". I was called every name in the book and squabbled with every lefty on the board over it. Turns out I was right.

Shell-Shocked Democrats Stumbling For Answers After Loss To Donald Trump

The finger-pointing among Democrats intensified Thursday, with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) accusing the party of abandoning the working class.

www.huffpost.com

No, no, no. Clearly, you didn't get the memo. Democrats lost because Trump voters are poo-poo head bigots. They all hate women and minorities. We just need to get rid of those people. And then, Democrats need to show us how to live properly, and we need to listen! That's what's wrong with America.

 

[dblack]

Rx for the Democrats​

Look, it didn't work out. It's not the messaging, it's not misreading culture, it wasn't the economy, it's not the foreign policy and the wars, it wasn't the celebrities, it wasn't immigration, and it certainly wasn't the the candidate.
Double down on all the above, work harder, remind half of the country that that they really are racist and misogynist, it will pay off in the long run.

That's the ticket!

 

[Curried Goats]

This is getting a little fucking silly. Now, everywhere I look, I see article titles like "Dems Searching for Answers After Electoral Catastrophe"

Really?

This should be very easy. Now that the party is lying in a steaming puddle of goo, it has nowhere to go but up. And all it will take is two (2) steps:

Step One
Drop the whole destructive Political Correctness/Identity Politics fiasco NOW. Stop dividing Americans into little pieces and pitting them against each other. Stop screaming and intimidating and punishing people for saying what they think. Stop ruining family businesses for refusing to bake a fucking CAKE. Stop deplatforming conservative voices on college campuses. Stop pretending there are 58 (or whatever the number is now) genders. Stop having flamboyant transsexuals read books to parents' young children in class. Apologize for terms like "Toxic Masculinity" and "Cultural Appropriation". You blew it. This was stupid from the start. Fucking DROP IT.

Step Two
Focus like a fucking laser beam on the Middle Class (assuming it isn't too late, and it may be). No, not the Black Middle Class or the Brown Middle Class or the Purple Middle Class or the Gay Middle Class. The AMERICAN MIddle Class. Drop the fucking hyphenations. Come up with some NEW IDEAS that fit a rapidly changing and more competitive global economy. Modify and streamline existing ideas like Unions, Vocational Schools and Retirement Plans. I swear it wouldn't be that difficult.

Anyone who was here before 2016 knows that I was considered evil by the LEFTIES here because I was screaming this every fucking day. I had "Political Correctness Derangement Syndrome". I was called every name in the book and squabbled with every lefty on the board over it. Turns out I was right.

Shell-Shocked Democrats Stumbling For Answers After Loss To Donald Trump

The finger-pointing among Democrats intensified Thursday, with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) accusing the party of abandoning the working class.

www.huffpost.com

On the other side you have people who vote for a convicted fraudster, sexual abuser and someone who wanted to over throw democracy when he lost. Maybe a majority of Americans are just fucking trash?

 

[JWBooth]

On the other side you have people who vote for a convicted fraudster, sexual abuser and someone who wanted to over throw democracy when he lost. Maybe a majority of Americans are just fucking trash?

That's a winning take, run with it.

 

[Stormy Daniels]

Leftie women are cutting their hair on social media, for "4B". That's where they don't have sex with, marry, interact with, or have children with men--to fight the patriarchy or something.

Nothing says women's empowerment like being prohibited from having sex on your own terms, marrying on your own terms, date on your own terms, or reproduce on your own terms, all because a "community" has different expectations of you.

 

[Curried Goats]

That's a winning take, run with it.

My plan is to replace you. I never doubted that there were a lot of trash people still around.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Losers. Lol

https://www.axios.com/2024/11/08/harris-biden-election-democratic-party

 

[SassyIrishLass]

This is how it's going:

Leftie women are cutting their hair on social media, for "4B". That's where they don't have sex with, marry, interact with, or have children with men--to fight the patriarchy or something.

Big universities are telling students they can take mental health time off due to the election.

Travis Kelce--a professional football player--posted about football yesterday and was destroyed because "read the room" and "it's too soon".

The entire time you were howling about the Trump cult you missed the REAL cult. A few MAGAs rioted on Jan 6th, and that was bad. These people are completely unmoored. Like their lives are ruined.

THIS is what happens when you make politics your religion--and encourage it. THIS is the stew the Democrats are in. You are asking them to deconvert.

Sorry you missed it, Mac, but you really, really missed it.

What the left doesn't understand is all that crap you mentioned is a great deal why they lost. That and a retched economy and millions of illegals

 

[j-mac]

This is getting a little fucking silly. Now, everywhere I look, I see article titles like "Dems Searching for Answers After Electoral Catastrophe"

Really?

This should be very easy. Now that the party is lying in a steaming puddle of goo, it has nowhere to go but up. And all it will take is two (2) steps:

Step One
Drop the whole destructive Political Correctness/Identity Politics fiasco NOW. Stop dividing Americans into little pieces and pitting them against each other. Stop screaming and intimidating and punishing people for saying what they think. Stop ruining family businesses for refusing to bake a fucking CAKE. Stop deplatforming conservative voices on college campuses. Stop pretending there are 58 (or whatever the number is now) genders. Stop having flamboyant transsexuals read books to parents' young children in class. Apologize for terms like "Toxic Masculinity" and "Cultural Appropriation". You blew it. This was stupid from the start. Fucking DROP IT.

Step Two
Focus like a fucking laser beam on the Middle Class (assuming it isn't too late, and it may be). No, not the Black Middle Class or the Brown Middle Class or the Purple Middle Class or the Gay Middle Class. The AMERICAN MIddle Class. Drop the fucking hyphenations. Come up with some NEW IDEAS that fit a rapidly changing and more competitive global economy. Modify and streamline existing ideas like Unions, Vocational Schools and Retirement Plans. I swear it wouldn't be that difficult.

Anyone who was here before 2016 knows that I was considered evil by the LEFTIES here because I was screaming this every fucking day. I had "Political Correctness Derangement Syndrome". I was called every name in the book and squabbled with every lefty on the board over it. Turns out I was right.

Shell-Shocked Democrats Stumbling For Answers After Loss To Donald Trump

The finger-pointing among Democrats intensified Thursday, with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) accusing the party of abandoning the working class.

www.huffpost.com

You think ANYONE is listening to your dumb ass?

You've shot your credibility long ago....Join the dust pile of self absorbed losers....You'll have company cock sucker....

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Nothing says women's empowerment like being prohibited from having sex on your own terms, marrying on your own terms, date on your own terms, or reproduce on your own terms, all because a "community" has different expectations of you.

Who's doing that?

Seriously that was dumb

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Rx for the Democrats​

Look, it didn't work out. It's not the messaging, it's not misreading culture, it wasn't the economy, it's not the foreign policy and the wars, it wasn't the celebrities, it wasn't immigration, and it certainly wasn't the the candidate.
Double down on all the above, work harder, remind half of the country that that they really are racist and misogynist, it will pay off in the long run.

They just got thrashed and they still can't see it.

 

[dblack]

They just got thrashed and they still can't see it.

I think they see that they got thrashed, but they still need to invest in a mirror. They can't seem to consider the possibility that they're doing it wrong. They need to understand that the job of government leaders is to represent the country - not dictate to it.

 

[berg80]

I think that's very true too. The Dems were going to be blamed for that no matter what, even though it was inevitable. I'd just like to see the Dems get back to their foundation, and stop alienating so much of the country.

Spot on.