And my word, they thought Let’s Go Brandon was soooo clever. Most people had no idea what the hell they were even talking about, and those that did know, and were normal Americans, just groaned and rolled their eyes. They aren’t triggered - they just feel sorry for such people…meanwhile, these people even bought merch with that dumb saying on it.
There’s also just no creativity. I’m pretty sure I saw a new “let’s go Brandon” sign out and about recently. By this point that is very nearly a three year old meme. Like, I’m not really surprised that they can’t do better, but it’s a little telling that they come up with one thing they think is “good” and stuck with it basically though Biden’s entire presidency. “Creatively bankrupt” does not even begin to describe it.
Maybe there is something about always punching down and the humor gene…there is probably some reason they don’t really understand satire and cannot really do comedy all that well.
“The question is not just whether it will work, but whether Republicans—including the former president himself—will have the discipline to keep the racial subtext of their new strategy from becoming the text.”
Narrator: “They won’t.”
yeah, really not sure this is the winning strategy they think it is - that was from a time long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away.
they are mobilizing their insane against a now increasingly energized “broader coalition”. I have small hope again.
Jumping all the way back to 1954 in Lee Atwater’s infamous timeline of the Southern Strategy and hoping the 2024 electorate will go with them is a bold strategy. We’ll see how it plays out for them.
excellent read. thank you.
I don’t follow the right wing grifter blog sphere at all, but I’ve already seen at least a half dozen Ben Shapiro types already call her a DEI hire. They will not be able to help themselves, because racism is one of the core pillars of the modern Republican mindset.
There’s a certain sweet irony in the “token DEI hire” being the overwhelming and enthusiastic consensus pick to take over the campaign. Not that I expect Republican commentators to make the connection, but at least I can enjoy it.
“Trump planning to”
“. . Trump says in latest bizarre . . “
“Will Trump do the thing he said”
“Trump believes that . . “
So exhausting. The man’s a demented sociopath. He doesn’t believe anything. He’s going to do exactly what you think he’s going to do. Journalism has failed so spectacularly they’re just spitting out the same nonsensical headlines over and over like a fried robot.
“We see her as a candidate now, and we’re holding the bucket of paint to define her at a time of our choosing,” Chris LaCivita, the Trump campaign’s co-manager, told The Bulwark. “She owns the Biden record. We’ve got everything ready for what she did as [District Attorney in San Francisco]. And she was part of the coverup with Biden’s fitness to serve.”
They have absolutely nothing lol. This is the equivalent of “I would totally race that guy and win, but I just got my car washed, and I don’t won’t to mess up the detailing.”
It seems these morons have forgotten that the “Biden Record” is almost entirely positive, and the things Trump keeps yelling about are completely made up lies. They can go out and keep spouting the “Immugrent Inavyshun” bullshit, but all the numbers says it’s not true. Harris can go out and spout off numbers on the post-Dobbs FACTUAL issues, and back it up with real numbers. Pretty simple.
This is true. Trump’s campaign team is not smart enough to understand Democrats. No one was against Biden because of his record; people just thought he was too old. I didn’t agree with them (because the results are fine), but it’s ok now.
Kamala is a good compromise because she is 20 years younger and is literally in the White House right now. I think her polls are going to go up now that she will be the Democratic nominee. Also, she’s been hitting trump hard on the campaign trail and enthusiasm is building.
I think there was a good chunk that didn’t like some of his record. (Israel/Palestine, the old crime bill that was hung around his neck despite being broadly supported) But Kamala doesn’t have to run on that record, though she can still call on it as having been Biden’s VP.
Biden had one really bad policy in his administration and arguably there are good reasons - just don’t genocide does no justice to how complicated the situation there is to navigate. By comparison, I thought Obama had maybe a half-dozen things I starkly disagreed with him on.
Hate on the Gaza situation, sure. As black marks go, it’s really dark, but I’m never going to agree with any president 100% of the time and Biden’s record is way better than most in my book. Kamala has a solid record to run on.
The thing about Israel is that, even if you think Biden should’ve cut ties completely, what Biden did was still better than the Trump alternative that you’d get for doing anything other than voting for the Democrat.
I fully agree. Israel was impossible to navigate as an issue because Biden needed to show the rest of the world that the US still sticks by its allies… but those of us who knew Netanyahu knew this would get ugly fast.
And the crime bill - why the hell were REPUBLICANS attacking him for it? They loved it back then. It was a big mainstream ‘success’ back then.
So disgusting and insulting to attack him for something they love hoping to turn other voters away.
I only pointed out those examples because others cared about them. I’ve been around long enough to know what the anti-crime culture was like in the 80s. You remember the 80s, where crime-ridden NYC was a genre all its own?
Trump’s team also sunk so much money into “Biden’s old!/senile!/sleepy!” that they’re pissed about having to start over, because a character smear is their only tactic. If only the campaign had spent money on displaying past accomplishments, some improvement metrics, good character… oh wait.
No one was against Biden because of his record
I wish that was true, but there are a giant number of people who think the economy is in the toilet. While inflation has been coming down, prices did go up, and inflation coming down doesn’t lower prices, it just makes them go up more slowly. Keeping the economy strong while also lowering prices isn’t realistically going to happen, but people don’t get that. They think it was better under Trump because prices were lower then.
Nah. No one thinks the economy is in the toilet. They just want their income to go up too. They want what billionaires are getting.
They really do. I’ve heard it personally, and it comes up in news articles. Perception and reality aren’t the same. The Republican spin machine is frustratingly effective.
Oh shit. I just realized something that is 1000% percent coming if she wins the election. They’re going to sue to deligitimize the election when Kamala Harris as VP oversees the confirmation of the electors that she, Kamala Harris the President Elect, received becuase it “clearly biased/fraudulent/illegal” to perform her duties as VP to confirm her own election. I have zero doubt in my mind that this will happen.
Wasn’t a problem for GHWB.
Since when has precedent mattered to them? Or the current SCOTUS?
Yeah they constantly go “you can’t do that.” And then they turn around and instantly do that thing.
Another one they do is “This person will do this, this and this in this scenario.” And that person doesn’t do it but it turns out the one accusing them of it did it previously or is planning to do it.
Republicans shouldn’t ever be taken seriously anymore.
It’s always projection. A GOP accusation is almost admission at this point
Oh, they should definitely be taken seriously. They just shouldn’t be taken at their word.
They can try, but an update to the law has since been passed to make totally clear the vice presidential role is purely ceremonial and that they have no power to challenge or alter the proceedings in any way.
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/22/1139951463/electoral-count-act-reform-passes
I expect like you say they’ll still make a big public stink and file some frivolous suits about it though like it’s a real issue when it’s not to rile people up though. And totally ignoring the other times this has happened before, like Reagan to George HW Bush.
Isn’t there precedent for that though?
Then again they don’t seem to care
There is and they don’t
There is and we don’t care too. They can f*** off with that bs and so can SCOTUS
