Buttigieg: I’m not even an elected official or running for anything— I’m here. I can’t help but notice a lot of people who are elected officials aren’t. There’s a reason for that. They don’t want to have to explain this stuff
The thing is, short of apocalyptic scenarios that imminently endanger most people, there’s no limiting principle on the rhetorical frame “you’re overreacting/this is a distraction.” You can easily apply it to some of the worst parts of US history. “Oh you have to sit at the back of the bus? So what”
9/11 would like a word.
Also fails to grapple with the fact that the average voter did not understand Harris-Walz's actual positions because they were bombarded with cartoonish levels of blatant disinformation.
They did not understand basic realities. Any "solution" that isn't focused there first is a loser.
She refused to take the bait when media tried to get her to go identity politics on race in response to things like Trump saying she’s not really Black.
She didn’t make first woman president a big thing, such as at her nominating convention.
If it wasn’t her choices, it must’ve been her existence.
What, precisely, is a culturally moderate position the Harris-Walz campaign should’ve taken but didn’t?
Because in practice the answer is to say “take more culturally moderate positions” and get kudos for that, or to chastise activists/posters who weren’t part of the campaign or within its control.
“Sure, it was raw sewage, but at least there was no fluoride in that water.”—RFK Jr., probably
GOP Rep. Dusty Johnson on Qatar gifting Trump a luxury plane: "I don't like it. There's a reason that people can't even buy me a steak dinner. It's not necessarily that you can prove I have an ethical problem, it's that the appearance of it doesn't look great."
Piece of shit, figuratively and literally ...
I think there's also a lot of fixation on policies when nobody who voted for Trump has any idea what a tariff is and they're just voting for the guy who's mirroring their anger about how much shit sucks. Wanna win Iowa? Run an angry charismatic populist who makes people think they have the answers.
