Well said Kate. You’re spot on with the credibility gap.
Since 08 we’ve had at least half a dozen “most important elections of our lifetime.” The entire party was on the news daily telling everyone how sharp Joe Biden was behind closed doors. Even AOC came out and told us at the Convention that they were working tirelessly on a ceasefire in Palestine.
The solution isn’t to run to the right and try to be Republican light. Like you said, it’s to stand up for what we believe in, and then actually follow through with it and make meaningful change in people’s lives.
1000% correct. All of this. I've been saying this for ten years when I wrote in Bernie Sanders in 2016. (HRC was gonna carry MD, so I wasn't worried my.vote would be an issue.) Americans wanted change in 2016, and HRC gave them status quo in a $9000 coat. In 2020, Biden offered status quo because America was a shitshow, but I'm not convinced he would have won without Covid. In 2024, Dems were a disaster -- doesn't matter how awesome Harris and Buttigieg were, and Walz, the Dems couldn't deliver a vision of a better America. They offered a tiny vision, and they played reactionary defense to Trump's bullshit and failed hard. They could have talked about a grand future for America like Bernie.does, but they didn't have the balls. They still don't. Meanwhile, I will never not be a registered Independent -- I'm not a horrible person, so I can't be a Republican, and I've got no patience for the Dems' junior prom efforts.
“What is it about how Democrats campaigned that made voters feel they couldn’t rely on them to bring about change they could feel the impact of in their everyday lives?”
Absolutely spot on. My friends and family who considered voting for both candidates (yes, I know such people!) wanted change and a message they thought was authentic. Trump is awful, but for some he seemed more authentic, although I personally don't see it.
Mr. Trump is known for saying whatever someone wants to hear, which means he contradicts himself often. Ms. Harris, by contrast, was sometimes loathe to even answer a question... I wish she could have given clear answers to people's questions, because perhaps we wouldn't be where we are now.
If men’s word truly meant something in the Democratic Party, they wouldn’t have fared so disastrously with men in this election. That choice of words halted my reading, as it signals a much larger problem within the party.
Well said Kate. You’re spot on with the credibility gap.
Since 08 we’ve had at least half a dozen “most important elections of our lifetime.” The entire party was on the news daily telling everyone how sharp Joe Biden was behind closed doors. Even AOC came out and told us at the Convention that they were working tirelessly on a ceasefire in Palestine.
The solution isn’t to run to the right and try to be Republican light. Like you said, it’s to stand up for what we believe in, and then actually follow through with it and make meaningful change in people’s lives.
Hope you and your family are doing well!
1000% correct. All of this. I've been saying this for ten years when I wrote in Bernie Sanders in 2016. (HRC was gonna carry MD, so I wasn't worried my.vote would be an issue.) Americans wanted change in 2016, and HRC gave them status quo in a $9000 coat. In 2020, Biden offered status quo because America was a shitshow, but I'm not convinced he would have won without Covid. In 2024, Dems were a disaster -- doesn't matter how awesome Harris and Buttigieg were, and Walz, the Dems couldn't deliver a vision of a better America. They offered a tiny vision, and they played reactionary defense to Trump's bullshit and failed hard. They could have talked about a grand future for America like Bernie.does, but they didn't have the balls. They still don't. Meanwhile, I will never not be a registered Independent -- I'm not a horrible person, so I can't be a Republican, and I've got no patience for the Dems' junior prom efforts.
“What is it about how Democrats campaigned that made voters feel they couldn’t rely on them to bring about change they could feel the impact of in their everyday lives?”
Absolutely spot on. My friends and family who considered voting for both candidates (yes, I know such people!) wanted change and a message they thought was authentic. Trump is awful, but for some he seemed more authentic, although I personally don't see it.
Mr. Trump is known for saying whatever someone wants to hear, which means he contradicts himself often. Ms. Harris, by contrast, was sometimes loathe to even answer a question... I wish she could have given clear answers to people's questions, because perhaps we wouldn't be where we are now.
‘This conclusion is drawn by the old boys club.’
If men’s word truly meant something in the Democratic Party, they wouldn’t have fared so disastrously with men in this election. That choice of words halted my reading, as it signals a much larger problem within the party.