Thread by @Thelonious08

For those old enough to remember... Doesn't this whole thing reek of the Dukakis campaign of 1988?

Rs hurling massive slime in vicious attacks, and Dukakis was the better man, calm, staying positive, polite, decent, never struck back, and lost in a landslide.

Dukakis was a great candidate btw. He was way ahead in the summer. Bush had lotsa disadvantages (scandal, his nickname was The Wimp, voters don't give the same party a third term too often)

But Bush's barrage of negative ads captured the narrative, defined Dukakis & crushed him.

Dukakis refused to fight. He was determined to be reasonable. John Kerry made the same mistake. In the last 40 years only two Dems made it to the White House. One of them had a "War Room" specifically for directing PR warfare. They fought. They won.

Pelosi has surrendered. She's not going to fight. She's not going to investigate. She's not even going to call him a criminal. Every day she let's him control the narrative. The only news that filters through to the sports fans in Nebraska is she's feuding with AOC.

If I had $50 million in my budget to pay my political opponent to do what I want, I'd have them do Everything Pelosi has done for the last 6 months. There is no greater gift you can give your enemy than to roll over and play doormat like Nancy.