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I'll try give it a look if I get some timeThis is worth an hour of your time...Heather Cox Richardson an exceptional political historian, she dissects the election result holistically and with clarity.
I'll try give it a look if I get some timeThis is worth an hour of your time...Heather Cox Richardson an exceptional political historian, she dissects the election result holistically and with clarity.
I think you can just listen on the normal podcast providers , no real need to 'watch' it.I'll try give it a look if I get some time
I have heard about this before, never read it... Probably be ause i would face palm myself into a spike to end it all.
It was interesting to hear that project 2025 has been around for a long time, and that many of the suggestions, from which this came from, Regan had already implemented 60% when he was in power.
Bloody religious nut jobs ruining everything. They are not gonna be marching people to the gas Chambers, or will still feel like America has turned into an insane Christian religious cult...
Is going to be bizzar....
A bit like that American women in Donnie Darko that thought Patrick Swazys character was amazing...
Exactly like that, but for Christianity and Trump....
The dems policy package was popular and they were not proposing any new taxes. Ignorance of these policies was the issue. They couldn't;t get the message out and often Harris policies were ascribed to Trump. It all boils down to the same thing, Dems don't have the media infrastructure that the right has and depend somewhat on MSM to get their message out. That's not going to cut it any more.
I know plenty about crypto. I dabbled at the start but it was not for me.
Edit- This is good from Joseph O'Neill if you have the time to read it. The tldr is to fight fire with fire.
All Bets Are Off | Joseph O’Neill, Daniel Drake
“The Democrats must do everything in their power and influence to oppose, slow down, and attach political costs to the Trump agenda.”www.nybooks.com
Thank you. I can't remember her name... Not sure I want to, to be honest...Hahaha, great film , great reference!!!!
They need to sort out how they treat men first before they do anything.That's a top piece!
Thank you. I can't remember her name... Not sure I want to, to be honest...
In my top 5 of films ever made, along with 12 Monkeys, City of GHod, Tale of Two Sisters, and Alien.
They need to sort out how they treat men first before they do anything.
It doesn't matter what you say or do, if one entire demographic hates you... Otherwise you come across as sad and petty losers
They need drop all this indentity politics and just treat everyone like people.
The youtube vid, done by the young girls, pretty much sums it up why the lost the male vote and lost the election.
Ha. That sounded like a bit of a brush off on my part. Sorry. I will try get to it.I think you can just listen on the normal podcast providers , no real need to 'watch' it.
ie ...you can get on with other stuff at the same time
Don't apologise, it didn't.Ha. That sounded like a bit of a brush off on my part. Sorry. I will try get to it.
Whoever said life is a marathon, not a sprint was wrong. Life is one long sprint and then you fall over and die from exhaustion.Don't apologise, it didn't.
Just thought I'd mention the listen only option.
I do find YouTube annoying in these 'two people chatting' scenarios as it still drags your attention to the screen, when there is literally nothing to see. Yes, maybe there's some body language or facial expression but 95% of the content is just dialogue. And time is precious...we all need to be multitasking
Superb. You have to get down in the dirt and fight and they are notoriously bad at doing this.That's a top piece!
Edit Sorry miss read you post.Joe Rogan is massive for a reason...
A Clockwork Orange is hard to beat...
It's only superb, if you know the ressons why you (Dems) lost.Superb. You have to get down in the dirt and fight and they are notoriously bad at doing this.
Trump held his base (more or less the same numbers) and Harris lost too much of hers. The prevailing narrative that the dems would have done better if only they had reached out more to trump leaning voters and convinced them to change their mind is wrong IMO. The Harris campaign tried this to an extent by bringing some disaffected repubs into the tent, so to speak, and all it did was cost them more votes with their own base. The progressive vote that was there in 20 and 22 stayed away. This is the vote they need to lock in. It is a lesson they need to learn from the repubs.
I spoke to a Tory party strategist after the 2015 general election. He told me that elections are all about getting "your" vote out in greater numbers than the other lot. 2024 GE is a classic example of a failure of a party to do that. Tory voters stayed at home meaning Labour and Lib Dems hoovered up hundreds of seats despite not actually increasing their voter tally from the 2019 election.Superb. You have to get down in the dirt and fight and they are notoriously bad at doing this.
Trump held his base (more or less the same numbers) and Harris lost too much of hers. The prevailing narrative that the dems would have done better if only they had reached out more to trump leaning voters and convinced them to change their mind is wrong IMO. The Harris campaign tried this to an extent by bringing some disaffected repubs into the tent, so to speak, and all it did was cost them more votes with their own base. The progressive vote that was there in 20 and 22 stayed away. This is the vote they need to lock in. It is a lesson they need to learn from the repubs.
I spoke to a Tory party strategist after the 2015 general election. He told me that elections are all about getting "your" vote out in greater numbers than the other lot. 2024 GE is a classic example of a failure of a party to do that. Tory voters stayed at home meaning Labour and Lib Dems hoovered up hundreds of seats despite not actually increasing their voter tally from the 2019 election.
Trump made fractional gains across the board while the Democrats put their energy into trying to secure a surge in votes from women and ethnic minorities but those demographics didht turn out for them in the numbers they hoped for (I.e. enough to make a difference).
This is right. No point chasing the few that will change their mind if it alienates your core constituency.I spoke to a Tory party strategist after the 2015 general election. He told me that elections are all about getting "your" vote out in greater numbers than the other lot. 2024 GE is a classic example of a failure of a party to do that. Tory voters stayed at home meaning Labour and Lib Dems hoovered up hundreds of seats despite not actually increasing their voter tally from the 2019 election.
Trump made fractional gains across the board while the Democrats put their energy into trying to secure a surge in votes from women and ethnic minorities but those demographics didht turn out for them in the numbers they hoped for (I.e. enough to make a difference).
Yeah i think the Democrats really seem to struggle to see the wood for the trees. Obama was a brilliant communicator. Someone you just listened to whether you agreed with him politically or not. They really have to look in the mirror and have a word with themselves in terms of candidate choice since then:I think it has always been an issue for the US Dems to actually read the room of the fight they're fighting. The writing was on the wall for sometime. I'd said for years that Trump was teflon and the charges/crimes meant little to his supporter base and many others. I was concerned by her running mate - Tim Walz - because as decent a chap as he is, etc, he did. not carry young energy or spark. Their chlice of JD Vance said everything about how they operate. Here's a shameless snake and charlatan who will adopt many postures and wear any colours in his pursuit of power. He openly slagged Trump repeatedly -and not soft slaggings either- yet he ended up being his Veep pick because he fitted an optical necessity for them. They have always close broad ranks to shove their wedge over the line. Even the likes of McConnell and Graham STFU and fell back in line. There is much truth in the Biden stuff early doors for sure, BUT they still had a massive chance in that short window.
In footballing terms, I'd compare it to 2011/12, the season when Harry Redknapp was running away withe everything including a shot at the title, Crapello quit, he got a sniff of the England job and proceeded to lose focus/hitch his knickers for the post. The 5-2 goon defeat. All that. I remember going to Villa Park on the penultimate day of the season knowing that IF we won our final two games, we would finish 3rd despite ALL the fudgery of the priory two months, and guarantee CL football. Villa were brick. We went 1 down, Rose sent off, equalized, they were bricking themselves, and the substition we made instead of bringing Defoe off the bench, was Scotty Parker. I have no doubt someone can tactically explain it to me, but in the ground, at the time, there was only one player who should've been on that pitch chasing a winner. We drew 1-1, beat Fulham the next week, finished 4th blah blah...
My point is they STILL had enough time to do the right things by reading the room properly. And they didn't. I personally don't blame Harris more than the Dem machine around her...
We are where we are...:-(
They had no chance. There was nothing they could have done to bring back the votes. NothingI think it has always been an issue for the US Dems to actually read the room of the fight they're fighting. The writing was on the wall for sometime. I'd said for years that Trump was teflon and the charges/crimes meant little to his supporter base and many others. I was concerned by her running mate - Tim Walz - because as decent a chap as he is, etc, he did. not carry young energy or spark. Their chlice of JD Vance said everything about how they operate. Here's a shameless snake and charlatan who will adopt many postures and wear any colours in his pursuit of power. He openly slagged Trump repeatedly -and not soft slaggings either- yet he ended up being his Veep pick because he fitted an optical necessity for them. They have always close broad ranks to shove their wedge over the line. Even the likes of McConnell and Graham STFU and fell back in line. There is much truth in the Biden stuff early doors for sure, BUT they still had a massive chance in that short window.
In footballing terms, I'd compare it to 2011/12, the season when Harry Redknapp was running away withe everything including a shot at the title, Crapello quit, he got a sniff of the England job and proceeded to lose focus/hitch his knickers for the post. The 5-2 goon defeat. All that. I remember going to Villa Park on the penultimate day of the season knowing that IF we won our final two games, we would finish 3rd despite ALL the fudgery of the priory two months, and guarantee CL football. Villa were brick. We went 1 down, Rose sent off, equalized, they were bricking themselves, and the substition we made instead of bringing Defoe off the bench, was Scotty Parker. I have no doubt someone can tactically explain it to me, but in the ground, at the time, there was only one player who should've been on that pitch chasing a winner. We drew 1-1, beat Fulham the next week, finished 4th blah blah...
My point is they STILL had enough time to do the right things by reading the room properly. And they didn't. I personally don't blame Harris more than the Dem machine around her...
We are where we are...:-(
I also just want to touch on a big thing that Trump is saying which is against the grain maybe but probably struck a chord with a lot of Americans and it did with me too. Russia v Ukraine. It's the elephant in the room and nobody is really willing to talk about it in the way it needs to be talked about:
- Ukraine are NOT going to defeat Russia, even with huge western military supply.
- At best they're going to keep on doing what they're doing currently: slowly losing while inflicting heavy and painful losses on Russia.
- The question is: what is the end game here? We really need to talk about this because if we aren't willing to send our own forces in and start WW3, which we clearly aren't, then there has to be a negotiated cease fire and settlement. And I'm sorry Ukraine, realistically, you're not going to get much, if any, territory back.
- It's just reality.
- Are we, the west, going to be willing to pour billions of $ continuously into this war to keep it relativeky stalemated year after year knowing that when we eventually pull the plug, Ukraine will rapidly run out of ammo and supplies and will likely start a disorganised retreat followed by a complete collapse and surrender. Look what happened when there was just a few months delay to approving the last aid package. Part of their front line collapsed within weeks. The west right now are the boy with the finger in the dam. Temporarily feeling good about staving off Putin while also getting tired and cold and probably going to die of hypothermia in the near future.
- And when Trump asks what the point of encouraging Ukraine to keep fighting was when eastern Ukraine really is just rubble now - you have to accept he's right.
- Look at Afghanistan. We, the west, lost patience with it, pulled out and the whole thing collapsed straight away and you're left sat there thinking "what waw the point of the last 20 years?"