• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    She could have said “medicare for all” once, instead of turning her back on the progressive left and she would have won.

    She could have said, “Gazan’s are human beings, and its important that all US allies receiving aid are in compliance with the Leahy law…” instead of turning her back on the anti-war left and Muslims and Arabs, and she would have won.

    She could have said “The efforts of 4 years of recovering from the pandemic were hard, but clearly we need to do better for US taxpayers who are still feeling economic hardship”, instead of spitting in the face of Americans by telling us the economy is great, when those Americans are having to put groceries back on the shelves because they simply can’t afford them.

    The campaign was a disaster. Harris was a turd in a punch bowl of a candidate and with even some basic, basic strategy she could have steered through the wickets. It was actually an easy election to win. At the turn of the tide Trump was almost as unpopular as Biden. She blew it at every possible turn.

    Lessons learned for the electorate: STOP FUCKING LISTENING TO MSNBC, CNN, NPR, ALL OF THEM!

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      1 month ago

      I think you are touching on some real issues, BUT the Harris campaign never said that the economy was doing great. They very deliberately avoided that message (though Biden was very different).

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        30 days ago

        They very deliberately avoided that message (though Biden was very different).

        So did they repudiate Biden when he did that? If not, that’s tantamount to agreeing with him.

        And the voters knew it.

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      1 month ago

      But… but… but… Have you seen the stock market? The line’s going up! Economy’s fine!!1!