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Yes, racism and sexism DID matter. If Kamala were a middle-aged Scrivener7 Saturday #1
So the race was lost as soon as Biden stepped down and she became the candidate? jalan48 Saturday #17
Biden is a straight, white man. paleotn Saturday #31
So we should begin to lie to them like Trump did? travelingthrulife Saturday #97
That's it. It's impossible to win against a rich white man who lies about everything, promises everything, viva la Saturday #101
This message was self-deleted by its author ShazzieB Saturday #104
That's the message I got from it. yardwork Sunday #169
I'm not sure what we're supposed to do differently, either! o/ ShazzieB Sunday #186
Not hardly. Take credit where credit is due. There's a hell of a lot of credit we're due in that regard. paleotn Saturday #126
Well is capitalism Akakoji Saturday #133
Look at the numbers!!! It was race and gender!!! That is the WHOLE story!!! Scrivener7 Saturday #103
No, actually, we didn't twist ourselves into knots over it. paleotn Saturday #115
Then we made a mistake nominating VP Harris? And from here on only EITHER non-white OR kelly1mm Saturday #136
Yes. It is. And we have been beaten over the head twice now with that fact. Scrivener7 Saturday #141
Well that hits like a 2x4! Maybe (probably?) true though. I fear the first woman in the WH will be a R. nt kelly1mm Saturday #142
Oh, God. You might be right. And look at that field of possibilities. Gabbard, the Russian asset, Scrivener7 Saturday #145
Laura Trump, the next Senator from FL and (potential) future 1st woman President? She has the name ... nt kelly1mm Saturday #146
I'm nauseous. Scrivener7 Saturday #148
THIS!!!! n/t DemonGoddess Yesterday #193
Agreed "economic insecurity" is bs. intheflow Sunday #181
I don't disagree. ShazzieB Sunday #187
I do too. It's heartbreaking. Scrivener7 Sunday #190
Biden beat Trump. This time aging affected how he came across JI7 Saturday #125
By a damn landslide. Scrivener7 Sunday #182
No it didn't. Many know it but just don't want to accept it, because accepting it admits failure. n/t Hellbound Hellhound Saturday #33
Replying late, but just have to say I definitely agree! ShazzieB Sunday #188
I'm seeing a lot about messaging and I get that. A Bernie type of candidate may have wiped the floor with tRump yaesu Saturday #2
I get it. Some of our founders got it too. paleotn Saturday #42
Messaging means nothing if voters don't feel like the Democrats have done enough for them... DSandra Saturday #48
The republicans are all about isms Keepthesoulalive Saturday #3
Reps have ACKNOWLEDGED them in a way Dems didn't. Hellbound Hellhound Saturday #7
They are eating the cats and dogs, Puerto Rico is a garbage island. Keepthesoulalive Saturday #35
It's almost like our messaging didn't reach the voters! Glad we agree! Hellbound Hellhound Saturday #39
No we don't agree Keepthesoulalive Saturday #53
Considering those states are some of the highest concentrations of Black Americans, I wonder what you mean. n/t Hellbound Hellhound Saturday #56
Look at the Demos JustAnotherGen Saturday #61
It's a very good question. If people think letting magats suffer after voting for Tadpole Raisin Saturday #65
"... why hasn't that happened in southern states?" Mariana Sunday #165
Gerrymandering and voter suppression Keepthesoulalive Saturday #78
I seem to recall hearing many times kacekwl Saturday #62
Harris Had Plans OhioTim Saturday #114
Manipulate them to get votes, but they are good in being con artists... DSandra Saturday #49
It is easy to manipulate someone Keepthesoulalive Saturday #59
Yep, MAGA framing is as if PoC aren't mostly "working class" ... M$M repeats it ad nauseum uponit7771 Saturday #91
Thread is typical product of brainwashing krkaufman Saturday #123
I agree. Bernie has been saying this for awhile, but it's not a message favored by the wealth class. jalan48 Saturday #4
Agreed. "Identity" is a losing message, period. We're losing the AA and Latino vote to economic extremists. n/t Hellbound Hellhound Saturday #9
What African American vote? JustAnotherGen Saturday #15
92% of less than 10% of the American voting populace isn't enough. n/t Hellbound Hellhound Saturday #18
Exactly JustAnotherGen Saturday #25
I do agree with that. So how do we reach them? Hellbound Hellhound Saturday #29
That's on you JustAnotherGen Saturday #60
Messaging ? Your think republican kacekwl Saturday #79
I like how this guy JustAnotherGen Saturday #81
Didn't apparently try to convince his mom and grandma that they were voting for a racist transphobe either... AZSkiffyGeek Saturday #111
Yep krkaufman Saturday #124
What did he do for them? Keepthesoulalive Saturday #135
I'm genuinely confused by your message. yardwork Sunday #167
Here's a hint: Bettie Sunday #172
Wrong dead wrong... JT45242 Saturday #5
"Or their misinformed, uneducated PERCEPTION of the economy" soandso Saturday #21
Uneducated isn't wrong JustAnotherGen Saturday #67
But they still have the right to vote...so...they will go with the one who speaks like they do. Lucky Luciano Saturday #85
Perception is reality...marshall mcluhan JT45242 Saturday #153
As someone who is in the bottom 80%, people saying that the economy is great when its not for them... DSandra Saturday #51
The biggest economic gains were in the bottom half... JT45242 Sunday #164
Exactly Sunsky Saturday #75
"It's the stupid, stupid." krkaufman Saturday #130
tell me exactly how repukes are helping the working class Skittles Saturday #6
Trump doubled the standard deduction, increased the Child Tax Credit, and expanded the Earned Income Tax Credit Shermann Saturday #13
Exactly. Even if he's lying, he's telling people what they want to hear. n/t Hellbound Hellhound Saturday #14
Trump mishandled covid and crashed the fucking economy Skittles Saturday #19
nope. any other questions? Takket Saturday #34
He seems to have been given a pass on the pandemic. Shermann Saturday #46
HE RODE ON OBAMA'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS Skittles Saturday #54
I do blame Dems and the media ... krkaufman Saturday #132
Yes, doubled the standard deduction, but due to shifts in the tax brackets.... paleotn Saturday #55
You got the increased itemization threshold backwards Shermann Saturday #58
The tax brackets changed, eliminating most of that benefit of an increased standard deduction. paleotn Saturday #63
I do my own taxes and don't share your view. nt Shermann Saturday #64
I do mine and do share my view. paleotn Saturday #66
Ok I guess we're going there. Shermann Saturday #80
You're only getting part of the picture. You forgot about personal and dependent exemptions. paleotn Saturday #110
You smuggled two dependents into the equation Shermann Saturday #120
They're undocumented. Let it slide. paleotn Saturday #127
OK I reran the 2017 numbers from my original example Shermann Sunday #159
He fucked the State Income Tax States JustAnotherGen Saturday #77
Yes, families in high-tax states were the losers there. nt Shermann Saturday #92
You know how kacekwl Saturday #121
Actuality doesn't matter. Perception trumps reality, pardon the pun. paleotn Saturday #45
The price of eggs mattered. Pure b.s. and a cover story for stolen election. Just my thought. Botany Saturday #8
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Saturday #10
You seem to have bought into Republican SharonClark Saturday #11
The Democratic Candidates JustAnotherGen Saturday #12
lmao tldr Nimble_Idea Saturday #16
So much advice, so many simple answers...nt Fiendish Thingy Saturday #20
You're right. The needed answers are incredibly simple. n/t Hellbound Hellhound Saturday #24
Then why are you upthread JustAnotherGen Saturday #87
Of course they might be simple answers to the wrong questions. Fiendish Thingy Saturday #107
Don't worry guys. Next time new messaging: "Free Brawndo for all. Brawndo has electrolytes! It's got what plants crave!" spudspud Saturday #22
Thank you JustAnotherGen Saturday #26
what about black working class voters who are reliably Democratic? bigtree Saturday #23
What about 'em? Their numbers are irrelevant and even if they weren't, Trump's eating into them. Hellbound Hellhound Saturday #32
'Their numbers are irrelevant' bigtree Saturday #44
"Offensive" if you refuse to consider raw numbers and basic math. Hellbound Hellhound Saturday #50
you didn't talk numbers bigtree Saturday #70
What he says about women also makes my skin crawl. What a load of magagop. Hekate Saturday #118
You didn't listen to the messaging. It was all about working class needs. travelingthrulife Saturday #86
"We're losing Blacks" This is false on its face, same number of blacks voted for Harris this time than last time ... uponit7771 Saturday #99
Fucking Kanye West puts on a stupid fucking MAGA hat and they claim blacks are moving toward fucking MAGA. SoFlaBro Sunday #158
92% of Black voters supported Biden, but only 86% backed Harris Shermann Sunday #161
That is false or misleading Biden did not get 92% of the Black vote He got 87% standingtall Sunday #177
THANK YOU!!! uponit7771 Sunday #184
Please quote your claim from the article, I could not find it after text search and reading it uponit7771 Sunday #183
Thank you Bigtree. I am about beside myself over this wretched thread.... Hekate Saturday #72
This !!! Winger messaging permiating DU is crazy uponit7771 Saturday #98
Push back hard Hekate Saturday #116
right !! uponit7771 Saturday #96
Nothing you say makes any difference ibegurpard Saturday #27
I got your "faux elitism." Paladin Saturday #28
Sadly, I doubt that blue collar workers will get it until they've all lost their unions. PeaceWave Saturday #30
Most blue collar workers don't have unions. Hellbound Hellhound Saturday #36
So, are you saying these workers would prefer to have no benefits? The GOP can arrange that. PeaceWave Saturday #37
Why don't you JustAnotherGen Saturday #89
Democrats should focus on economic issues and keep cultural issues at local level dalton99a Saturday #38
100% agreed. n/t Hellbound Hellhound Saturday #41
Enumerate which ones you mean. Women's reproductive rights and care? Racism? All that? Hekate Saturday #47
Abortions wasn't important to 70-80% of people; We focused on shit people didn't care about. Hellbound Hellhound Saturday #52
THE HELL YOU SAY Hekate Saturday #73
Boom! JustAnotherGen Saturday #90
Thanks. I CAN'T BELIEVE I STILL HAVE TO PROTEST THIS SHIT Hekate Saturday #93
This person thinks JustAnotherGen Saturday #139
When these accursed forced-birthers moved away from "babies" and started redefining... Hekate Saturday #151
You don't think people care about abortion? BlueHurricane Saturday #106
"We"? lolol -- TBF Saturday #113
Jesus H. Christ. What is wrong with you? Scrivener7 Saturday #117
1 in 4 American women have had an abortion. Far more than 2%. sinkingfeeling Saturday #128
They'll use cultural issues no matter what the Dems do (2004 gay marriage). Duncan Grant Saturday #69
Leave civil rights and individual liberties to the states? EnergizedLib Sunday #185
"All of us need to better and to give up on our faux elitism." J_William_Ryan Saturday #40
How about "we" address the rank misogyny in this country? Hekate Saturday #43
So as of this post, I'm out. Hellbound Hellhound Saturday #57
Good luck with your surgery! questionseverything Saturday #68
Best of luck w your surgery. Expect lots of pushback when you return. Hekate Saturday #95
When can we start addressing "class" issues? That's the fertile ground, imho. Duncan Grant Saturday #71
Last, sedateed, post before I go in. Agreeee. Hellbound Hellhound Saturday #74
YESSSS!!! Prairie Gates Saturday #83
Didn't W win running on a promise of a direct payment to citizens? JoseBalow Saturday #76
Democrats need to return to a full-throated critique of CAPITALISM Prairie Gates Saturday #82
A good middle-ground is to critique UNFETTERED CAPITALISM. nt Shermann Saturday #138
and how Predatory Capitalism caused inflation. Emile Sunday #163
Uh huh NoRethugFriends Saturday #84
It will be the working class that suffers most from Trump's rule liberalgunwilltravel Saturday #88
We also need better ways to get the messages delivered. hadEnuf Saturday #131
H1N5 is starting to mutate enough it might be able to jump to humans. haele Sunday #157
PoC are mostly "working class" too uponit7771 Saturday #94
Yeah, but you and me both know that's not what they mean when they say "working class." Iggo Saturday #100
True, its just we allow "they" to define the conversation way too much uponit7771 Saturday #112
I would have bet that surgery... appmanga Saturday #102
Ah another voice Bettie Saturday #105
I absolutely believe the "isms" and "ics" matter. slightlv Saturday #108
Which "Working Class"? The Unions went in large numbers to Harris. haele Saturday #109
What a load of absolute right wing, corporate media BS SocialDemocrat61 Saturday #119
Just a reprehensible thread krkaufman Saturday #122
Thank you. Scrivener7 Saturday #147
She won the working class of all groups other than white people JI7 Saturday #129
Thank you. Yavin4 Saturday #149
The problem is propaganda Diraven Saturday #134
Are you kidding me Figarosmom Saturday #137
Trump's tariffs will likely create an immediate spike in inflation Shermann Saturday #140
+1000 nt WarGamer Saturday #143
it's the republicans who keep "isms" going. They are the ones who are DESPERATE ecstatic Saturday #144
It's remarkable ... krkaufman Saturday #152
I hope your arm surgery is fully successful. CoopersDad Saturday #150
I can walk and chew gum at the same time! Eko Saturday #154
FFS how many more times are we going to have this thread? Blue_Tires Sunday #155
I agree, at least to a degree mvd Sunday #156
We have to stop the propaganda they are consuming before ANYTHING travelingthrulife Sunday #175
You smuggled in a falsehood Shermann Sunday #160
We need to improve our messaging. Emile Sunday #162
Here.we go again. With obsessive focus on economic JCMach1 Sunday #166
We need to fix our messaging pinkstarburst Sunday #168
The problem is the more stupidi of white folks get the "economic anxiety" something awful anytime a Republican isn't TheKentuckian Sunday #170
The demand for liberal purity got us into this mess mainer Sunday #171
This is true. Fish700 Sunday #191
'"Racism!" "Sexism!" "Transphobic!" but at the end of the day none of that mattered' marmar Sunday #173
No isms, so no classism. Solly Mack Sunday #174
"let's start winning election and speak to the people crying out for help." WhiskeyGrinder Sunday #176
Misinformation is what has the maga voters locked in oldmanlynn Sunday #178
No. intheflow Sunday #179
Can we stop this myth about the wonderful working class? kansasobama Sunday #180
If the Dems do that, they will lose me for good Blasphemer Sunday #189
Democrats need to address that there's a massive propaganda problem in this country. Initech Yesterday #192
I hate to admit it RJ_MacReady Yesterday #194
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