A Pennsylvanian's take on "what went wrong" [View all]
I've lived in the Lehigh Valley, PA for 47 years, and I have been voting straight Democratic since I first voted for Jimmy Carter in 1976, so I've seen many elections.
I'll start by saying that the people at the top of the Democratic Party need to hear from and start listening to us average, middle-class Democrats. We need change at the top of the Democratic Party. When a sports team under performs against an inferior opponent, the general manager and manager / head coach get fired.
IMHO Trump was a beatable opponent (even after Mr. Biden dropped out). He had done and said SO MANY terrible things, the negative, anti-Trump TV ads could write themselves. I saw only one anti-Trump TV ad since VP Harris had become our candidate. I saw it several times, but the same ad. It was the one linking Trump to Project 2025.
There should have been TV ads hammering Trump for the following, but I never saw a one:
Mr. Obama, in a speech two weeks before election day, pointing out that Trump inherited the great Obama economy, then, by botching the Covid pandemic, brought the economy crashing down. This should have been a TV ad starting one day after the Democratic Convention.
The Republicans torpedoing the Bi-partisan Border Bill.
Jan 6th / His inciting an insurrection... dead and injured police;
Botching the Covid pandemic and the resulting negative economic consequences;
Sam Elliot narration - Draft-dodger Donald - his anti-veteran statements.
Trump's felony and other convictions;
Trump says "climate change is a Chinese hoax"; Then show wildfires, etc.
Ms. Harris' age vs Trump's age > Dementia?
Sam Elliot narration - The biggest "Sore-loser, cry-baby" of all time.
Anti-Semitic guests at Mar-A-Lago & Tucker Carlson;
Many others.
I blame and don't understand the "Let's go easy on Trump" strategy??? Too much counting on the abortion issue.
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