What happened to the Democrats?- Honest Question

Brussels Sprout

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121870396#Comment_121870396

"Corporate Socialism" was an ironic nickname given to this sort of thing purely because enriching a tiny elite with public money is pretty much the opposite of actual socialism.

Referring to that as being the same as actual socialism is either incredibly cynical or incredibly stupid.

AbusesToilets

Democrats profit when they lose elections. The goal is to make money, not to actually do anything productive in government. That's true for both parties, but obviously the Republicans being their fundamentalism along too.

dulpit

The big issue I see is that Biden should have run in 2016 but didn't because his son passed away. If he had run in 2016 he'd have beaten Trump. If Trump hadn't won in 2016 he'd have been a busted flush and would have faded away. Biden could possibly be coming to the end of his 2nd term now and a new generation of politicians might be coming to the fore.

But instead, Biden went 4 heads too late, won't step aside and they are looking down the barrel of losing to Trump in November.

pixelburp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121881762#Comment_121881762

That's hardly Biden's fault though: American partisan politics are so warped there's a consistent cohort of voters who'll vote Trump regardless, no matter how obviously lunatic, authoritarian and angry he has become; when polls are showing a significant percentage of republicans think Taylor Swift is a CIA plant, Biden's age isn't gonna shift the needle when there's clearly something deeply wrong in the mindset or (under) education of the American voter.

The stats do show Trump's failing to woo the wandering or independent voters, so I'm not convinced Trump V2 is as definitive as some worry over; now, Trump's reaction when he loses will be the bigger concern. Jan 6th might pale in comparison. But he's far more aggressive, embittered state seems to be pushing away voters, not enticing them

Nody

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121882012#Comment_121882012

And on top of that he's changing the RNC organization now that he's handpicking people and changing it from putting people on the ground to drum up voters to instead supporting a big push for the election fraud claims he's made. Which is his ego boost but will harm them for actually getting votes in the election at a time when RNC has puilled in their lowest amount of fund raising in the first place focusing on something that will not win him votes (the people who believe it are already Trumpers anyway).

gym_imposter

The Clintons were the worst thing that ever happened to the democrats, made them a party of outsourcing and cow towing to wall street

gym_imposter

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121876555#Comment_121876555

AOC is unelectable due to her not being unconditionally pro Israel

Hotblack Desiato

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058339766/what-happened-to-the-democrats-honest-question

Ageist much?

I don't recall the same level of complaint when that demented old fool Ronald Reagan was running.

Hotblack Desiato

Said it before but I'll say it again - the first thing Barack Obama should have done in 2009 was have the lobby of the Supreme Court polished.

Instead he spent eight years watching increasingly decrepit judges hang on for grim death, then have his nominee for one vacancy opposed because a nomination with one year to the end of his term was "too late" - a policy the Republicans naturally reversed when it suited them.

The orange buffoon has since packed the SC with his useful idiots, motivated by religion not law or justice - and they're young enough to be stinking the place out for possibly 50 years.

Meanwhile southern states happily erase human rights (white males excepted). It's an utter disgrace.

ancapailldorcha

The Democrats were always a small "c" conservative party with liberal and socialist wings whereas the Republicans have always been a conservative party with a minarchist wing. The latter have embraced theocratic fascism whereas the former hasn't really changed so far as I can tell.