No. Full stop. The DNC didn't have to deal with the any part of the country thinking anything about Harris. They brought that upon themselves. They knew Biden was mental mashed potatoes. They could have held a robust primary. They apparently ran polling to see who would win in an open primary. Guess who it wasn't -- Biden. Maybe Kennedy or Dean Phillips would have won or Klobuchar or Buttigieg, but it would have been by the will of the people. Instead they rugged Biden and installed Harris with zero input from any of us. Huge mistake. It wasn't Maga's fault that Harris lost. WTF? How dare they say mean things about the opposition candidate? The DNC couldn't have predicted that? Harris did almost zero long form unscripted interviews. This after her predecessor had the least amount of press conferences of any president since Reagan (a bad look since Reagan also had dementia). She said she wouldn't have changed a thing from the Biden admin... I mean, she was a really shitty Candidate. All the DNC needed was something, "new." She could have been that but chose not to be. Epic fail. The fact that "they're eating the dogs," came up and Harris STILL lost is a testament to how bad of a campaign she ran. It's not that she couldn't have won. She chose not to. All she had to do was to distance herself from Biden. To show she was young, energetic and willing to talk the issues in depth and go on long form interviews, one after another. But no. I'm telling you, it was an epic fail. So, yeah... Fuck the DNC.The problem, Steve, is you feel like you should have an opinion other than "what the fuck is this bullshit" which means you've already lost.
Well Seth, I think if you're stuck in, "what is this bullshit!" You've already lost. having an opinion on the issues is something I can't turn off. That said, I don't disagree with some of your characterizations of Trump. That he is a poor persons idea of a rich person is particularly funny. I don't know the lighting guys for the Apprentice, but I do know one of his top picks to head of the FDA in 2016. He interviewed several times with Trump. He went in to the meetings with the same characterization of Trump that you describe but left the process with a very different opinion. According to him, Trump asked insightful questions and in subsequent interviews referenced previous answers he had given in great detail. Had knowledge of the role the FDA would play in his administration etc. Jim was telling us all this story at a party (while we were in YC) to a bunch of people that were hardcore liberals. He got flummoxed looks. To that he said, "I know, I was surprised too." I think Trump is not as one dimensional as it is convenient to think he is. I also don't think he's a, "very stable genius." I get it? But the DNC had to deal with half the country insisting a vote for Harris was a vote for Intifada
Dude im sick of your shit on RFK JR. he’s Going after SSRIs already which will impact no fewer than 5 people close to me if they cannot easily get access to them. Let me know where the health and access to healthcare are at for your and people close to you in the next four years and ill do the same. We’ll see just what an advantaged, privileged bubble you’re in.
What shit on RFK Jr. did I post? How is he, “going after SSRI’s?” It’s my understanding that in the past he has suggested they’re over-prescribed and harder to get off of than is suggested. I think something like 10% or more of adults are prescribed them. That’s a fucking crazy number. I’ll watch his actions and see if he does anything to deny people access to SSRI’s, but I’d be surprised if he did. Lots of reporting about what he might do or could do. I’ll wait to see what he does do and I’ll certainly hold him to account if the things he does do run afoul to my values. Easy enough. He a public servant, not a god. Im in a good place where I can genuinely judge our public servants on their actions. Sorry that you’re sick of, “my shit.” You can always block me. No hard feelings here.
yep you’re blocked im going to go out on a bang though when your wife disagrees with you do you tell her “im sorry You feel that way” like what you’ve said to me, kb, and user_inactivated over the past week or so?
I’m not sure there were any candidates that could win. Trump has enough charisma to pull off a lot, and democrats don’t understand that most of the country operates on a junior high level of understanding of most issues. They try to bring in the nuances of some issue, and all the Homer Simpson’s watching on TV get bored and confused. Trump gets them and knows “illegals are criminals and eat cats (isn’t that ALF?)” lands while “migrants cross the border illegally to make a better life for their family and our legal immigration system is bullshit unless you’re on an H1B,” doesn’t. They understand “food costs more, and Biden hasn’t fixed it,” but not “bird flu because of poor farming practices and shit luck, and the war in Ukraine is raising grain prices”.