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In reply to the discussion: WHY did we lose? [View all]
TheFarseer
(9,706 posts)77. Two things
I’ll start with the least controversial-The media pretends like it’s an actual debate whether schools should be allowed to give your kids a sex change during 2nd period but it’s not even an argument that Trump might cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and severely negatively impact public schools.
Next, Biden should have done whatever he did with the border 3 or 4 years ago! They needed to take on price gouging and stop Private Equity from buying up housing, hospitals and farmland. They should have raised minimum wage even if it was only to $9 or $10 and passed family medical leave. And for God’s sake, legalize marijuana! At least medical cannabis. There should have been a major push for these things. They are popular!
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Trump's win is still paying off for the media, his cabinet choices make good news content.
dem4decades
Nov 2024
#51
It's about preserving the white anglo male, anti women and anti minorities power structure
GoreWon2000
Nov 2024
#76
Normalization by the MSM, endless unchallenged lies by RW media, the swamp of social media tools
NewHendoLib
Nov 2024
#5
As it stands, we have no answer to this problem. It has taken decades and huge money
NewHendoLib
Nov 2024
#9
If you think about it though, we have beaten these issues before. It was worse this time because: Pandemic.
BootinUp
Nov 2024
#10
The Dumbshit vote. The Repub dumbshits who were dazzled by "They're eating the cats"....
albacore
Nov 2024
#26
We lost because the president had a 39% approval rating in exit polls.
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2024
#17
That's it (fairly or not). Presidential candidates of the same party as the incumbent President,
surfered
Nov 2024
#27
When one company is beaten by a rival company, should they say it is the fault of the customers? Should they say
Doodley
Nov 2024
#37
Because we failed to convince the majority of American voters we'd do a better job at what was important to them
WarGamer
Nov 2024
#42
51% of voting Americans get their information from propaganda and overt lying sources, including bots and trolls seeking
hlthe2b
Nov 2024
#49
Well, if you watch Fox, they're back to acting like DC is their personal property again.
Initech
Nov 2024
#79
Shudda, coulda, woulda... My guess is that Biden should have not run but supported Harris giving her more time for
CTyankee
Nov 2024
#70
I'm not gonna vote in this poll, but I saw a LOT of pushback regarding Harris' "selection".
Hellbound Hellhound
Nov 2024
#89
There is a reason we don't see eye to eye, but I don't have a clue what it is.
BootinUp
Nov 2024
#120
Yeah, but you don't get to tell me what to post. So I discarded that immediately, lol.
BootinUp
Nov 2024
#122
Why do we continue to not talk about the number one reason the massive massive misinformation campaign by Trump Russia
oldmanlynn
Nov 2024
#112