I am reposting this in the hope more newcomers to the thread will see it and tell me if I have lost my mind.
Bob Kohut
13 mins ago
I am 77 years old, on a fixed income, and a long-time "free" subscriber to the Bulwark. I shelled out the $100 to make a point I have yet to see.
It doesn't make a difference if Jesus Christ returned to earth to replace Biden unless Democrats fundamentally change their strategy.
First, stop talking about what a great job Biden has done because not enough people are listening. Some stats from a recent Harris poll:
*49% of respondents think the stock market is down for the year.
*49% of respondents think unemployment is at 50-year highs.
*56% of respondents think we are in a recession.
*72% of respondents think inflation is going up.
So, I think Democrats need to stop talking about what Biden has done, and stop talking about what Trump did, and stop talking about Trump's lies and morality. NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE ARE LISTENING.
Instead, every Democrat on the face of the planet and hopefully all the contributors to the Bulwark need to start talking non-stop about what Trump will do. Project 2025 gives us a blueprint. The starting and maybe ending point is inflation, which it seems a sizable majority understands, even if they don't know which way it's going.
Trump says he will put a 10% tariff on everything --- say again -- everything imported into the US. Now the question for the ad campaign and rallies, and article is this -- Do you, Mr., Mrs., and Miss America think that 10% is going to be absorbed by US businesses, or will they pass the cost off to the consumer. Won't that raise inflation????
Second, we are told the agricultural, construction, and food service sectors rely heavily on low wage illegal immigrants. Trump is going to round them up and send them back to wherever they came from. Where are companies in those business sectors going to find replacement workers? American citizens will not work for the kinds of wages the companies have been paying illegal, so labor costs will skyrocket. Won't that raise inflation???
We are obsessed with threats to democracy posed by Trump and his minions, but I don't think the general public is with us. Inflation may be the real #1 issue on voters' minds, and I think persuadable voters might listen to common sense when it comes to rising prices on everything coming into the country and the staggering labor costs of replacing illegals.
Harris or Newson would be my choices because they both have the kind of foaming at the mouth attack dog mentality we need. Biden might find it hard to ignore his own accomplishments but maybe somebody around him could convince him persuadable voters don't appear to be listening.
Finally, I am begging the Bulwark authors to start tearing Project 2025 apart and informing the public what's coming.
I agree with the main point. But, in a world where everyone is envious to be the next Jeff Bezos and see all the other well to do as the reason. The project 2025 playbook looks like a way of getting revenge on the other. Revenge is seen as sweet but is actually quite bitter
I am reposting this in the hope more newcomers to the thread will see it and tell me if I have lost my mind.
Bob Kohut
13 mins ago
I am 77 years old, on a fixed income, and a long-time "free" subscriber to the Bulwark. I shelled out the $100 to make a point I have yet to see.
It doesn't make a difference if Jesus Christ returned to earth to replace Biden unless Democrats fundamentally change their strategy.
First, stop talking about what a great job Biden has done because not enough people are listening. Some stats from a recent Harris poll:
*49% of respondents think the stock market is down for the year.
*49% of respondents think unemployment is at 50-year highs.
*56% of respondents think we are in a recession.
*72% of respondents think inflation is going up.
So, I think Democrats need to stop talking about what Biden has done, and stop talking about what Trump did, and stop talking about Trump's lies and morality. NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE ARE LISTENING.
Instead, every Democrat on the face of the planet and hopefully all the contributors to the Bulwark need to start talking non-stop about what Trump will do. Project 2025 gives us a blueprint. The starting and maybe ending point is inflation, which it seems a sizable majority understands, even if they don't know which way it's going.
Trump says he will put a 10% tariff on everything --- say again -- everything imported into the US. Now the question for the ad campaign and rallies, and article is this -- Do you, Mr., Mrs., and Miss America think that 10% is going to be absorbed by US businesses, or will they pass the cost off to the consumer. Won't that raise inflation????
Second, we are told the agricultural, construction, and food service sectors rely heavily on low wage illegal immigrants. Trump is going to round them up and send them back to wherever they came from. Where are companies in those business sectors going to find replacement workers? American citizens will not work for the kinds of wages the companies have been paying illegal, so labor costs will skyrocket. Won't that raise inflation???
We are obsessed with threats to democracy posed by Trump and his minions, but I don't think the general public is with us. Inflation may be the real #1 issue on voters' minds, and I think persuadable voters might listen to common sense when it comes to rising prices on everything coming into the country and the staggering labor costs of replacing illegals.
Harris or Newson would be my choices because they both have the kind of foaming at the mouth attack dog mentality we need. Biden might find it hard to ignore his own accomplishments but maybe somebody around him could convince him persuadable voters don't appear to be listening.
Finally, I am begging the Bulwark authors to start tearing Project 2025 apart and informing the public what's coming.
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I agree with the main point. But, in a world where everyone is envious to be the next Jeff Bezos and see all the other well to do as the reason. The project 2025 playbook looks like a way of getting revenge on the other. Revenge is seen as sweet but is actually quite bitter