Because you now did it to yourself.

  • kameecoding@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    I guess I underestimated just how many americans have a problem with a PoC + Woman candidate, perhaps it was an error from the dems to not run a white guy at this moment.

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      21 hours ago

      It wouldn’t have mattered.

      The numbers showed turnout on the left was pathetic compared to 2020, while turnout on the right was basically the same.

      The monsters always win in the long run because they’re fanatics and don’t stop to think.

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      21 hours ago

      Eh. This was one of the chief concerns for those of us that resisted Biden stepping down that late in the race. No time for a primary, so Harris had to be the candidate. I was pleasantly surprised at the great reception she enjoyed for the first month, but the hype obviously didn’t reach far beyond the solidly blue base.

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        The only reason there was not enough time was because Biden took his time abdicating. We had more than enough time for primaries had Biden stepped down earlier.

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      22 hours ago

      Don’t play dumb, she was unpopular with the left and did nothing to help with it. “Eat it up because otherwise it’s trump” doesn’t get you votes.

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        21 hours ago

        It wasn’t a good reason not to vote for her, but unfortunately is one of the reasons some people didn’t vote. She should have never gone negative and stuck to positive messaging about how they had real plans to help real people.

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          21 hours ago

          She should have never gone negative and stuck to positive messaging about how they had real plans to help real people.

          The problem with that is that Democrats’ insistence on incrementalism in all things had destroyed their credibility when they say that they’ll help people. No, they’ll start some investigations, throw up a hurdle in their own path, gleefully announce that it’s insurmountable, and then scream that everyone who saw what they just did doesn’t know how government works.

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            You can’t just ignore how the government works and the fact that Democrats never had a real majority in the Senate thanks to Sinema and Manchin.

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                  15 hours ago

                  You’re ignoring that 2 independents caucus with Democrats. It’s dishonest to exclude them. But you’re splitting hairs because it’s convenient for your excuses.

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                    Two independents from conservative states that barely align with democrats. Why do you handwave this away so easily???

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        21 hours ago

        You can write that all day today and all next week, they still won’t understand.