Debunking misinformation is well and good (I did it for over a decade). But making noise is worthwhile and necessary.
The liberal dream is were going to fact check right wing lies into oblivion or somehow bring back the fairness doctrine and I'm here to tell you neither thing is happening and probably wouldn't work anyway.
Let's just say when were in a media environment where Republicans and conservatives have to respond to a barrage of negative stories about them we'll be in a better place. And this will not come from the party or the commanding heights.
For my money, progressives are too dependent/reliant on the party to come up with these solutions especially for long term problems like this. The party follows, it rarely leads.
The playbook is there. Just have to be willing to use it. Right now liberals act like if you use it you magically turn evil. I personally find that mindset stupid and naive.
i saw obama live at the kennedy endorsement in maryland in 2008 and at the dnc in colorado that same year. sweet acoustic "yes we can" set. #barryheads
i do have a bittersweet memory re the kennedy rally. only rally i ever went to with my mom. we were standing there and then obama came out and boom, my mom disappears, right up against the railing to watch.
election night that yr she was in jamaica, we bawled like crazy on phone
theres all kinds of practical real world politics and stuff you can associate with this. but obama was the first person i followed from before he won the il senate, to when he was a longshot vs hrc, to the white house.
im focused on a lot of post-election narratives because they tend to set up the next few years. if they win, dems should shout constantly about how they kicked ass. they should also note they've been kicking ass and don't allow the gop/trump to quickly rehab themselves.
a trump loss is an utter failure of conservatism, a repudiation of conservative leadership and ideas, a total and absolute failure of epic proportions and it should be portrayed as such, not just an aberration.
"Trump took a conservative approach to government. He put big business in charge of the economy, he privatized the virus response, and it was an utter failure, ruining the economy and killing thousands" - something progressives should say for the next 100 yrs. carterize him.
trump's new thing is to claim he was in the lead before the virus hit. i suppose if he loses, that's how he'll spin it. the virus hit in march. trump's been behind biden in the polls for over a year (and was losing to other candidates like bernie too).
another story you never see: trump has never had an aggregate positive approval rating. bush and obama had a "lets give him a shot" moment early in their presidencies. trump never had it. ever.
by comparison, here's obama's approval (you'll remember that when he was in the red in 2012, the reporting was like "omg he's dead, he's toast"
I just spent a good 20 minutes in intensive negotiations with His Highness. He insisted that his ball was DEFINITELY behind the tv in the spot he’s now too big to squeeze into, while I patiently explained the ball was in fact on the ground RIGHT THERE.
Eventually he acquiesced, stopped barking, and is now sitting on my chest. I believe this now qualifies me to be an international diplomat.
When you won the debate even though you never had the facts
here is my current "pessimist" election map. there's no science involved here, just my gut. its not a prediction, just a "i feel like this" right now.
here's my slightly more optimistic map. i guess my main thing is i dont trust the southern states to flip. if they do flip, i would say its most likely it's nc and fl. and in the most ideal scenario, ga too.
oh and biden might get that wildcard nebraska district in either scenario