Yep. They lost their favorite wedge issue when Roe was overturned. Now they NEED the border crisis to keep their base fired up. Is this need for nurturing “crisis wedge issues’ a modern political feature? It really seems so to me.
Yep. They lost their favorite wedge issue when Roe was overturned. Now they NEED the border crisis to keep their base fired up. Is this need for nurturing “crisis wedge issues’ a modern political feature? It really seems so to me.
I’m gonna look at that tweet as a glimmer of hope that they are saying the quiet part out loud again and again. Hopefully a delay and capturing it in writing as politically motivated will cause folks who can hold two thoughts in their head to smell the BS they’re trying to sell.
Yes. Because the GOP has no policy ideas or platform or intention to legislate and govern, they can only keep crying "fire" and taking hostages. They have truly become terrorists.
I’m trying to think if there was a moment when the terrorist model became routine. I do recall when it was crime, used to fire up voters; the infamous Willie Horton ads. I think it’s fair to say, the GOP does it deceptively more than Dems do.
Yeah. I don't know of any one standout moment, but more of several moments slowing ramping up the fear-mongering and hatred. I'm not sure if it was about the time of GWB or his dad, but I remember thinking that the GOP was really heavy on fear (rather light considering today's GOP) in their ads and I just could not vote for that.
It feels like there’s been a switcheroo in the fundamentals of political campaigns; the conventional wisdom was that Reagan’s magic with voters was presenting a sunny outlook. “Morning in America”. “Shining City on the Hill”. Not anymore!
Morning in America to American Carnage. Utopian to dystopian. I vote for someone who sees the beauty, grace, strength and possibilities of our country.
You nailed it! It’s a dramatic 180 degree reorientation. Is it what some people prefer? How odd. Or are the leaders guiding it? Why? It’s a puzzle. I’m with you; I prefer to feel good. Trump et al stole that, with his gloom & doom. Joe Biden is the antidote.
Or it might be a trait of their voters, more than the skill of the puppet masters . . . The voters terrify me; I’m shocked at my fellows, I can tell you that!
Yep. They lost their favorite wedge issue when Roe was overturned. Now they NEED the border crisis to keep their base fired up. Is this need for nurturing “crisis wedge issues’ a modern political feature? It really seems so to me.
I’m gonna look at that tweet as a glimmer of hope that they are saying the quiet part out loud again and again. Hopefully a delay and capturing it in writing as politically motivated will cause folks who can hold two thoughts in their head to smell the BS they’re trying to sell.
Yes. Because the GOP has no policy ideas or platform or intention to legislate and govern, they can only keep crying "fire" and taking hostages. They have truly become terrorists.
I’m trying to think if there was a moment when the terrorist model became routine. I do recall when it was crime, used to fire up voters; the infamous Willie Horton ads. I think it’s fair to say, the GOP does it deceptively more than Dems do.
Yeah. I don't know of any one standout moment, but more of several moments slowing ramping up the fear-mongering and hatred. I'm not sure if it was about the time of GWB or his dad, but I remember thinking that the GOP was really heavy on fear (rather light considering today's GOP) in their ads and I just could not vote for that.
It feels like there’s been a switcheroo in the fundamentals of political campaigns; the conventional wisdom was that Reagan’s magic with voters was presenting a sunny outlook. “Morning in America”. “Shining City on the Hill”. Not anymore!
Morning in America to American Carnage. Utopian to dystopian. I vote for someone who sees the beauty, grace, strength and possibilities of our country.
You nailed it! It’s a dramatic 180 degree reorientation. Is it what some people prefer? How odd. Or are the leaders guiding it? Why? It’s a puzzle. I’m with you; I prefer to feel good. Trump et al stole that, with his gloom & doom. Joe Biden is the antidote.
Feedback loop. Agree 100% about Trump and Biden.
Pretty sad that they are damn good at it!
Or it might be a trait of their voters, more than the skill of the puppet masters . . . The voters terrify me; I’m shocked at my fellows, I can tell you that!