I really think the Democratic establishment saw it coming and tried to stop it. What I don’t think they understand is why they failed. They seem to have a neverending capacity to delude themselves with the idea that they just didn’t “centrist” hard enough. It’s almost like they’re paid to think that.
It’s truly almost worth thinking that the DNC has been infected with loud bad faith advisors who purposefully give bad advice at the hope that they would fail, à la: Wormtongue.
But nahhh… It’s just a bunch of octogenarians with their fellow wealthy supporters kids acting as yes men that have lost all connection to the average voter.
They have everything they could want and forgot the struggle and think what’s best for them is gonna be best for the new groups who just don’t have it all yet and are trying to take it away from them before their time.
Kamala’s personality of being a “career politician” combined with her being somewhat clumsy in interviews and public appearances was more of an issue than their policy platform imo. She was like the establishment manifested in an individual.
The Trump phenomena - both times - reminds me of the Brexit vote here in the UK where people didn’t care how crazy or self-damaging the alternative option was due to their visceral hatred of the establishment and elites.
I really think the Democratic establishment saw it coming and tried to stop it. What I don’t think they understand is why they failed. They seem to have a neverending capacity to delude themselves with the idea that they just didn’t “centrist” hard enough. It’s almost like they’re paid to think that.
It’s truly almost worth thinking that the DNC has been infected with loud bad faith advisors who purposefully give bad advice at the hope that they would fail, à la: Wormtongue.
But nahhh… It’s just a bunch of octogenarians with their fellow wealthy supporters kids acting as yes men that have lost all connection to the average voter.
They have everything they could want and forgot the struggle and think what’s best for them is gonna be best for the new groups who just don’t have it all yet and are trying to take it away from them before their time.
Kamala’s personality of being a “career politician” combined with her being somewhat clumsy in interviews and public appearances was more of an issue than their policy platform imo. She was like the establishment manifested in an individual.
The Trump phenomena - both times - reminds me of the Brexit vote here in the UK where people didn’t care how crazy or self-damaging the alternative option was due to their visceral hatred of the establishment and elites.