Republicans barely like to say good things about FDR (4 terms and ww2 make that hard) and yet CONSTANTLY we have to tell democrats to stop the deification of Reagan, Bush and Bush II. Stop.
Democrats have a recency bias and keep dealing with each of these yahoos like a one-off. There’s a line from Goldwater to Reagan to McCain and to Trump. And the next one.
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Happy to see many more progressives on the “we’re not taking shit from the mainstream media” train. I’ve been waiting for you for a LONG time.
And no, begging them to do better won’t work. Working with them won’t work. Firm and forceful public shaming is the only path.
Nothing radicalized me on the mainstream press more than covering them for 13 years and repeatedly watching absolute bullshit from the fevered swamps of the right repeatedly get amplified at the commanding heights of the mainstream press. They are the worst. The worst.
she's probably right but also keep in mind she also prob thinks dems need/want to be scared. (if you forced me to commit i'd guess the lead is about 7)
it would be dumb to have a call with supporters that you also know is going to be reported in the press and say stuff like "yeah, we got this, its in the bag, he's toast." we won't hear the 100% truth about what they knew until after the election.
i would be terrible at that kind of theater. if i were leading a campaign and knew we were truly up 10 id walk into every room, virtual or not, like this:
and to be clear, the radical left would probably send me to a reeducation camp (at best)
i disagree with the real radical left (its not aoc and bernie, no matter what fox/gop says) on a lot of things, mostly national security type stuff, but considering our decades under wingnuttery, id prefer them
“Hello, thank you for calling the Biden campaign, please hold.”
“And we’re gonna buy ads in Texas, and Georgia, and all the Carolinas, and maybe a blimp, we can definitely afford a blimp. Maybe two, no, three blimps, three blimps for Biden...”
“One thousand dollars for tv ads here, one thousand dollars for gotv here, one thousand dollars for web ads here...”
reporters at the most vaunted journalistic outlets should be able to know what bullshit is being peddled, left or right. dumb bloggers knew wmds were a lie, its the lowest possible bar and reporters should be able to step over it.
sorry (not sorry) but if you're a political reporter for the ny times or politico or bloomberg and you're having a hard time telling if the story from steve fuckin' bannon is bullshit or not and you just kneejerk push it out, you should quit.
its not as if this story came from a reputable source or an outlet with a good track record on this. its a story in the ny post from steve bannon and rudy giuliani about a laptop. come the fuck on.