The fanboy/girling for Haberman from the rest of the media is so gross and yet predictable.
Haberman and Glenn Thrush were supposed to write a Trump book years ago but then he got exposed for going after women and they put the kibosh on it all. vox.com/platform/amp/p…
there's an information vacuum. the right understands that their job is to fill it. the problem for america is that they fill it with bullshit. democrats think they can fill it with just the right thing. while they're doing that, the right is loading it up with bullshit.
ive spent my adult life watching the democrats fumble for the magical words that will simultaneously
- motivate the base
- convince swing voters
- flip republicans
- mollify the media
- get the youth vote
People act as if “defund the police” didn’t exist, democratic candidates would just say the magic words and that would stop Republicans from hammering them in swing districts. It’s a myth. The gop will always find something. Democrats should offer something and not cower.
If it isn’t defund the police it’s socialized medicine or Nancy Pelosi or Hillary Clinton or con trails. It’s always something. Stop thinking there’s a magic spell to stop Republicans from being demagogues.
there's just no reason to keep being nice, holding back, none of it. there's no fucking point.
maybe its just me. i just find too much of liberalism to be calm and sober. maybe ive been watching too much star trek. the left feels like a vulcan in a world that needs kirk.
“Defund the police” became a thing because the Democratic Party had NO MESSAGE on police brutality. Yes, Republicans weaponized it. They weaponize everything — have you noticed them sarcastically yelling “peaceful protest”? 1/
Maybe activists didn’t come up with the best term. It isn’t their fault the party was caught flat footed. That’s on the party. Get a message for every key issue. Repeat it. Go to progressive and mainstream media. Repeat it. 2/
Stop blaming activists for your message failure. This is on you. Do a better job. 3/3