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>For example, the Dems have almost no ability to communicate with the public. This +100. Even B Clinton as a 25+yr citizen communicates better with the public

by curt15 2y ago

>For example, the Dems have almost no ability to communicate with the public. This +100. Even B Clinton as a 25+yr citizen communicates better with the public than 99% of active Dem politicians.

brightball 2y ago
When people can see their social accounts copying and pasting the same content it does look a little…disconnected/inauthentic.
- trhway 2y ago
  Even when it is directly connected - ie. the people will see much higher prices copy pasted everywhere due to the Trump’s import taxes while Trump will be giving to the billionaires the tax cut financed by the tariffs - and the people will still cheer up on Trump.
  - mmooss 2y ago
    Because the policy is not the issue. Trump has never been consistent or carried through much on policy; he lies to everyone. It's the politics and ideology - extreme reactionary politics of destroying 'liberals' regardless of the cost.
mmooss 2y ago
Yeah, Bill Clinton is a very effective speaker; wow. Or compare people like JFK or Bobby Kennedy - look up their speeches. Or Ronald Reagan, to be bipartisan. It's like the Dems have forgotten that leadership involves vision, charisma, inspiration, courage, ... However, I was referring to the lack of a mechanism. Whatever the Dems say, almost nobody hears it. Name a major statement by a Democrat in the last week? In the last month?
- curt15 2y ago
  Maybe more of them could follow Pete Buttigieg to Fox News?
  - mmooss 2y ago
    Yeah, but that's just a tertiary strategy. Think of it this way: The Dems are so pathetic, their best option is to try to use the enemy's communication mechanism. They simply need to solve their problem. That they have it is absurd and makes them look pathetic, cowed, and ineffectual victims - not something people vote for. What is more important to a political party than a means of public communication?
- trhway 2y ago
  > Name a major statement by a Democrat Name a major Democrat. There is none. After 3 electoral cycles when party bureaucracy each time crowned the candidate instead of a candidate rising through the primaries the party has no leaders anymore - note the difference between a leader and a top bureaucrat, the Dems have no deficit of the latter.
- jfengel 2y ago
  What makes a statement "major" is the amount of attention it is given. That is out of your control. Democrats are making many statements. If they are not "major", it is perhaps because nobody cares about statements. They care about the exercise of power, and Democrats have none. Any statement they make is easily dismissed as bluster.
  - mmooss 2y ago
    > What makes a statement "major" is the amount of attention it is given. That is out of your control. The first sentence is true, the second absolutely false. Public, political communication is all about that second issue - look how effective the GOP is. They can make absolute nonsense into a norm; they can shut down any speech they don't want.

by curt15 2y ago

>For example, the Dems have almost no ability to communicate with the public. This +100. Even B Clinton as a 25+yr citizen communicates better with the public than 99% of active Dem politicians.

brightball 2y ago

When people can see their social accounts copying and pasting the same content it does look a little…disconnected/inauthentic.

trhway 2y ago
Even when it is directly connected - ie. the people will see much higher prices copy pasted everywhere due to the Trump’s import taxes while Trump will be giving to the billionaires the tax cut financed by the tariffs - and the people will still cheer up on Trump.
- mmooss 2y ago
  Because the policy is not the issue. Trump has never been consistent or carried through much on policy; he lies to everyone. It's the politics and ideology - extreme reactionary politics of destroying 'liberals' regardless of the cost.

mmooss 2y ago

Yeah, Bill Clinton is a very effective speaker; wow. Or compare people like JFK or Bobby Kennedy - look up their speeches. Or Ronald Reagan, to be bipartisan. It's like the Dems have forgotten that leadership involves vision, charisma, inspiration, courage, ... However, I was referring to the lack of a mechanism. Whatever the Dems say, almost nobody hears it. Name a major statement by a Democrat in the last week? In the last month?

curt15 2y ago
Maybe more of them could follow Pete Buttigieg to Fox News?
- mmooss 2y ago
  Yeah, but that's just a tertiary strategy. Think of it this way: The Dems are so pathetic, their best option is to try to use the enemy's communication mechanism. They simply need to solve their problem. That they have it is absurd and makes them look pathetic, cowed, and ineffectual victims - not something people vote for. What is more important to a political party than a means of public communication?
trhway 2y ago
> Name a major statement by a Democrat Name a major Democrat. There is none. After 3 electoral cycles when party bureaucracy each time crowned the candidate instead of a candidate rising through the primaries the party has no leaders anymore - note the difference between a leader and a top bureaucrat, the Dems have no deficit of the latter.
jfengel 2y ago
What makes a statement "major" is the amount of attention it is given. That is out of your control. Democrats are making many statements. If they are not "major", it is perhaps because nobody cares about statements. They care about the exercise of power, and Democrats have none. Any statement they make is easily dismissed as bluster.
- mmooss 2y ago
  > What makes a statement "major" is the amount of attention it is given. That is out of your control. The first sentence is true, the second absolutely false. Public, political communication is all about that second issue - look how effective the GOP is. They can make absolute nonsense into a norm; they can shut down any speech they don't want.