12th February 2020, 11:23 AM
ABF, nothing at all will stop the republicans from making the most outrageous possible accusations against ANY candidate we run. Observe the past! They called Obama a socialist and a tyrant, and they said the same thing about Hillary, and they flat out lied about Biden and his son. I think they had a whole impeachment trial over it recently I dunno it's not like it was a major news story or anything. It doesn't matter how far you try to reach across the aisle, they're going to chop off your hand. Every time.
The biggest lesson we're trying to get across here is "reaching across the aisle" is a failed strategy, and it will fail again if we try it again. The ONLY method that will work is simply EMBRACING progressive policies, honestly and openly saying that IS what we intend to do, and trying to convince as many voters as possible that this is the right course of action. That's it. Not compromising- which doesn't inspire people. Not pretending we're something we're not, which modern voters, even the Trump cult, see RIGHT through now. No, this is now a battle of extreme ideologies. Pick a side.
The biggest lesson we're trying to get across here is "reaching across the aisle" is a failed strategy, and it will fail again if we try it again. The ONLY method that will work is simply EMBRACING progressive policies, honestly and openly saying that IS what we intend to do, and trying to convince as many voters as possible that this is the right course of action. That's it. Not compromising- which doesn't inspire people. Not pretending we're something we're not, which modern voters, even the Trump cult, see RIGHT through now. No, this is now a battle of extreme ideologies. Pick a side.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)