oh i think this is exactly right. people care about your views but they ALSO care about whether you seem real and authentic
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"I'm not embarrassed of my own beliefs" is exactly why AOC has crossover appeal to lots of moderate Dems who don't share her ideology
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old white guy, I think those ‘moderate’ Dems need now get the hell out of our way. The time is now. This is the sea change. And it might just work. Or stabilize the situation for AOC’s future children to get us basic rights.
I don't want inspirational sounding speeches, I just want human beings who have values that actually believe in and vote according to them
I live in Blue-Dog Maryland and the weird stench of consultant and speechwriter is everywhere
they think we don't notice but we do
AOC is a New Yorker who will say it like a New Yorker.
However…
Popularity is unhelpful if we don’t have Congressional majority.
She needs to take her rallies to FL where special elections can get the Dems more seats.
https://youtube.com/shorts/p3u4IUUcSJA?si=PXxcndBHIUAQccQ7
All the scheming about "is electable" needs to stop, and take a deep look in the mirror.
TT authenticity wins all day long.
Voters want authenticity not poll tested politicians.
I do think aoc is smarter and sharper. They both have the authenticity though
She’s been in NYC and on a national stage longer so she’s had more experience. Give him time. He’ll get better and more comfortable, probably.
I think she’ll remain better in the end, though. :)
Is this really how Americans want to treat people- ANY people???
https://apple.news/As4A9FF6_TNaA-g2PEAsTGQ
Racism is for sure a problem, but what lost her the election versus 2020 is that people stayed home, and that's more to do with a lack of enthusiasm.
I made my comment objectively based on performance.
She is so good b/c she's a generationally talented political monster.
She's just flat out better than anyone I have seen, and that includes Obama.
Dems have tried everything else with little movement. MAGA has monopolized populism with its false, racist, cultural form. Genuine economic populism is the message of the moment.
The last thing you want is for people to get the sense you are trying to hide something from them.
But you're right, there is value in the distinction. Being a terrible person and being authentic are definitely not mutually exclusive.
He says, exact quote seared into my mind: "So's Hillary, but he ADMITS it, and that counts to me."
He made the worst mistake possible: revealing to voters that he had power, but no strength.
People can forgive a lot of things, but they never forget weakness.
They would have been so much freer to cause havoc.
I don't support Schumer in any way, but that point is objectively true.
Doesn't address the idea that when a government agency is shuttered, Doge could go in & have total unfettered access.
I don't disagree w/ what it says.
But my point was a/b one thing, I even clarified that I didn't support Schumer.
What you offered, doesn't address the concern.
*Chef's kiss*
May I use this?
Sinema? Not even that, even more annoying.
That's what we want more than anything, people who pick a side, not fencesitters.
Dems crave power at any cost, while Republicans will take without any cost.
They are the kinds of people who think there's a middle ground between one side where people that are literally just trying to fight for their right to live & the other is people saying that they shouldn't have the right & won't pick a side
You don't trick people into bigotry. You play on the biases they already have.
I do like three of them (Murphy can suck it) but none of them are as down to earth as aoc or Crockett.
The politics people hate are the ones where no one is actually communicating at all. They’re campaigning.
Promises are empty
Words are meaningless
Actions are disgraceful
Spine is missing!
But I KNOW they have powerful impacts
Same with prayers
I'm strongly in favor of palliative placebos
She was labeled radical as a way to reduce her effectiveness and denigrate her
I LOVE what he's doing right now, but that's why I think he is unelectable.
He’s unelectable because the establishment didn’t wanna work with him and he didn’t wanna be less anti-corporate. Trump is prez because his base wanted a fascist and the GOP wanted to win.
Thank ☺️ you for providing!
Also, when I coined the "Squid Squad!"
Thank ☺️ you!
Sammy Leonard 👏🏽 💥
Profound TRUTH!
It was a MUST to grab a few screenshots.
My goodness gracious 💯!
To many of us, that is the key.
Jeffries and Shumer are millionaires, not because they get millions in salary.
Lol
MAGA's fall into one of 4 categories:
- Money is your God. *
- Religion is your perversion. *
- You're a fascist, racists, bigoted, Nazi POS. *
- You are an uneducated, ignorant, f*****g moron. *
* Can be all of the above!
People care a TON about apparent authenticity.
Schumer is NOT genuine.
He is a bad actor. Literally.
He cares about his power/job more than the people he serves.
People see it and feel it.
His consultants: "Don't say this, but do say that.. and don't do this..! You might offend XY&Z who gives us money."
She’s the leader we need.
Not being a selfish piece of shit seems to go a long way.
🙄
But...don't F' w/social security & medicare. Sh*t will hit the fan then.
They all just seem to think just sticking to top down DNC messaging or waffling to public polls is what their constituents want
SHE has always knew Trump was crap. Day 1 term 1 when she first elected she said "now we're gonna impeach that "
She's a.fighter. She's Smart and she has zero hesitation telling ANYONE Don't tell me !
I'm in.
A better way is to say what you actually believe and let people come to you. If the most people come to you, you win office. AOC is doing this.
They heard sound bites and MAGA hates AOC and Bernie.
They never knew their message was a “we the people message” and not a radical left woke lunatics ideology their great leader convinced them was the truth.
It’s like breaking a fever,
Or a horse
These MAGA folks are these same people but now, they are showing their authentic Racism & Bigotry.
“She wants to take away all your cars & gas stoves!”
“She wants you to pay for your trans neighbors’ surgery!”
“She wants open borders & welfare checks & free housing for illegal immigrants”
I’m glad they’re hearing her REAL voice this time.
Also, she is meeting the moment. She is stepping up.
And she's addressing the issues that people want to hear about. We don't need to agree about everything, but let's start with FASCISM IS BAD, DICTATORS SUCK...and go from there.
When complaining about Schumer what was her first point? That the House asked moderate Ds to take a tough vote.
She's the kind of politician other politicians want to work with b/c she gets things done.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/23/politics/video/border-wall-kamala-harris-cnn-town-hall-digvid
He's a bullshitter, which is something different: a free-association riff on grievance and empty promises.
It's not a deliberate, weaselly lie or prevarication, it's a confident, authentic, unapologetic bullshit firehose.
He gets off on fooling people.
Like Trump, she instantly constructed reality in her head & then basically convinced herself of the lie, the minute the words left her lips. I’m sure she could easily sail through a lie detector test, even though her story might change again.
Tariffs are to extort and break alliances.
#nofocusgroups
You can’t fight back with one foot in a bucket.
https://bsky.app/profile/algrhythm.bsky.social/post/3lkwas5oisc2d
I disagree on just about every economic issue with AOC. However, God forbid it ever came to this, I'd have her back if a creep like Kash tried to invent a case.
Many *thought* that’s what Trump would bring, not the SHAMELESSNESS we see instead:
➡️Polit response should rely on HONOR more than political views:
➡️ HONOR is the key to the Public’s heart.
If we know what you believe, and we trust you to actually act in accordance with your beliefs, we can work together even if we don’t always agree.