The Guardian is starting to panic, too:
But the right has a very clear message and they hammer it home with relentless force: the Democrats want lawless anarchy in the streets and destructive socialist economic policy, your children will not be safe. There will be mob rule, riots, looting. Immigrants will pour across the border. Anarchy and mayhem will take hold. The Republicans are the voice of our patriotic heroes, while Democrats want to tear down the Washington Monument, defund the police, and silence your political opinions with their “cancel culture”.
Of course, a great deal of this is utterly ridiculous, considering that the Democratic candidate is Joe Biden rather than Bernie Sanders. Those of us on the left certainly wish Biden would promise full socialism, amnesty for unauthorized immigrants, and prison abolition. But Biden won’t even support popular social democratic policies like Medicare for All, and by appointing controversial “top cop” Kamala Harris as his running mate, he’s doing anything but show support for “anarchists” and rioters. Biden is a conservative Democrat who supported the Iraq war and helped to build the contemporary system of mass incarceration, which is why those of us on the left are so deeply unenthused about having to drag ourselves to the polls for him.
. . . Trump’s message is a simple and powerful one: I love America, they hate America, I will create greatness, they will create poverty, violence and misery.
The Guardian is starting to panic, too:
ReplyDeleteIt didn't turn out well for The Guardian when it initiated a campaign in 2004 to convince voters in Clark County, Ohio to vote for Kerry. To its chagrin, The Guardian found out that the colonials were just as uppity as they had been in 1776.Guardian Clark County elect Kerry
I love this:
ReplyDelete"Of course, a great deal of this is utterly ridiculous, considering that the Democratic candidate is Joe Biden rather than Bernie Sanders. Those of us on the left certainly wish Biden would promise full socialism, amnesty for unauthorized immigrants, and prison abolition."
In other words, "Well, yeah, that's what we want, but come on! It's not like Biden will do it, silly Rethuglicans!" When their "strongest argument" against the Republican message is "no, that's dead on, but our candidate won't actually do all of that," then they have a REAL problem.
MikeD, I think you're dead on, and the MN story below indicates that the Left didn't manage to fool the rednecks by engineering Biden's nomination.
ReplyDeleteThey say it's a good technique to be able to state your enemy's message so that he actually recognizes it as his own. I thought the rendition of the Republican message was faithful. I'm also planning to vote for it.
ReplyDelete@ T99 - well, yeah. They put it in sneering terms, but they have it right that I do at least worry that will be the end result if Democrats take control.
ReplyDeleteNothing to worry about. I am still watching.
ReplyDeleteKeeping an eye on strategic layers vs ds.