Democratic strategists are still patting themselves on the back for a catastrophic defeat.

  • ubergeek@lemmy.today
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    12 hours ago

    People are hurting, economically, and a lot of those people chose the person who is NOT in office, ie they voted against the incumbent who is telling them everything is fine and to stop whining.

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      9 hours ago

      People are hurting, economically, and a lot of those people chose the person who is NOT in office

      That is actually a flaw in democracy. Many people don’t get that the person who is not in office can easily make things worse. So we usually get 8 years of 1 party, then 8 years of the other party. Way too many people forget after 4 or 8 years how terrible the incompetent the GOP is.

      they voted against the incumbent who is telling them everything is fine and to stop whining.

      Biden never once told anybody that. If anything Biden allowed his huge accomplishments (record low unemployerment, soft landing, lowest inflation of any developed country) to be underplayed.

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        5 hours ago

        Levels of homelessness and food stress higher than any period except the Great Depression be damned right?

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        9 hours ago

        My gods… you’re talking about a “soft landing” and “his accomplishments”…

        You understand stonks going up doesn’t matter if you are a week from being homeless, and an empty cupboard, right?