Larry Gude
Strung Out
...this is about D voters lost to Trump.
https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/649405?unlock=XDZICLLE1MJSYLP3
https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/649405?unlock=XDZICLLE1MJSYLP3
A cultural disconnect with the Democratic Party helped create a bond with him, and they trust him to protect their economic interests.
The article does a rather nice job of calling out the ignorance of those who voted for Trump...it a nutshell it calls them loyal but stupid...which seems to fit.
The question the author didn't ask these people is the question that would have kept Trump the buffoon at home..."if someone other than Hillary Clinton had been the D nominee would you have voted for Trump?"
But the real kicker was the tagline under the article title:
Trusting Trump to protect the economic interests of anyone except his own...much less the prospect for the poor or middle class people is laughable. In his entire life, Trump has done nothing but piss on regular folk. But none of these people have read the healthcare proposal or his budget....they just believe whatever Breitbart or Fox tells them to believe.
The question the author didn't ask these people is the question that would have kept Trump the buffoon at home..."if someone other than Hillary Clinton had been the D nominee would you have voted for Trump?"
The article does a rather nice job of calling out the ignorance of those who voted for Trump...it a nutshell it calls them loyal but stupid...which seems to fit.
... the primary point; why D's lost them and is struggling to appeal to them.
You could almost say the problem with the Democrat Party is - they have the wrong platform. They aren't trying to offer things the American People seem to want, in ways We want it.
Trump didn't either, but he was closer, and is NOT establishment* (note, comment only good during the campaign, not before or since).
No. That would be to imply the party that barely won and did so in direct, open opposition to it's own candidate, has the 'right' platform. The GOP has had one job since 2010 and has been given all the power needed, and then some, and still will NOT do what they were sent to do.
The GOP still does not have the "power" needed - not even close. Until there is a 60-seat GOP Senate (or, the 17th amendment is repealed), they will not have the power they need to do what they were sent to do.
A two man majority is never a guarantee of anything.
The GOP still does not have the "power" needed - not even close. Until there is a 60-seat GOP Senate (or, the 17th amendment is repealed), they will not have the power they need to do what they were sent to do.
You mean, when I said, "Trump didn't either" I meant "Trump had the right platform"? I don't read me that way. .
And people wonder why nothing ever changes.
I said party. Which makes sense because you referenced party.
So, tell me how to make it happen with under 60 people. You said they've had the power, tell me how to make it happen.
They are so terrified that the lefty press is going to eviscerate them that they are paralyzed, and clearly too obtuse to understand that the lefty press is going to eviscerate them no matter what they do.
So how do you WIN something, when the press will constantly re-frame the issue so that the public is against it?
How many people still think the travel EO is a permanent Muslim ban - even smart people who should KNOW it isn't?
How many protesters have you seen conflating "immigrant" with "illegal immigrant" - as if there's zero distinction?
perception is reality in politics
No. You're a lot smarter than that. You're simply making excuses for the party of excuses. As to why, that's for you to bear.
One need merely look at what they're 'trying' to repeal, the ACA, and see how it was passed and there's the simple blue print to end it. It's called 'will'.
The simple fact of the matter is that the GOP has not had the will and that is because major GOP constituents LOVE the ACA and do not want it gone.
And people like you make it all possible with the endless excuse making.