Friday Open Thread

9 thoughts on “Friday Open Thread”

1. Mope then think rationally. Trump respects power and he likes flattery. Now is the time to take prisoners. Colorado should be prosecuting as much of the 2020 voter fraud cases now! These can be used in prisoner exchange.

   Second we need to set up a propaganda wing of communications to expand Colorado Democrat values. Build a brand. Donald Trump hates his followers we should build his brand better a thin sexy brand of young sane thinkers who have fun sexy times. Stop chuckling to yourself, you live in the Trump administration timeline, do you want to win?

   Remember this guy beat you! His religious group beat our national organization. https://religionnews.com/2024/11/05/jason-yates-promoted-christian-values-as-ceo-of-my-faith-votes-he-now-faces-child-porn-charges/ 

   Log in to Reply

2. Ritchie Torres understands …..

   NY Democratic Congressman Says Best Ally to Trump Was 'The Far Left'

   Log in to Reply

3. Why the Latinos voted for him …..

   Maybe these folks saw that a joke – even an offensive and distasteful one – is only a joke and not a hate crime.

   They were more concerned about who would protect their jobs and who would keep prices from going up again.

   The Dems may want to find themselves a left-wing populist if they want to compete successfully.

    

   Log in to Reply

4. The last post from "pyro boy" Rob Reiner on his X account is "Kamala Harris will be the 47th President of the United States"  posted on November 5, election day. Since then nothing.  One hopes the Meat Head is safe and in the care of mental health professionals experienced with treating those with Stage Four TDS.

   Of course the liberal celebrity Trump haters  never carry out their promises (one can only wish they did). In 2016 Barbara Streisand promised to move to Canada if Trump was elected president. The Canadian government even offered her a permant work visa as long as she sang  Oh Canada before every hockey game, but alas eight years later Babs is still with us.

    

   Log in to Reply

   1. Zzzzzz.  You can't even gloat well.  But just remember, trump will not last long.  He's old, obese, and demented.  Nice hero you've chosen.  Take pride in your clown.  But brace for the cost of tariffs.  Welcome to 1893!

      Log in to Reply

   2. I remember Limbaugh saying he'd move to Costa Rica if Obama was reelected.  He died in the US.  Ted Nugent said he'd be dead if Obama was reelected and, for better or worse, he's still alive.

      Bottom line, celebrites of all stripes say stupid things…we just have more celebrites than you do.

      Log in to Reply

   3. 

      Log in to Reply

5. Democrats have had a problem with effective messaging for a long time, BUT blaming the Democrats misses the core issue: Propaganda works! Lies work! People in the US have been propagandized (by right wing media and right wing political "leaders") to believe that the Dems caused inflation, the Dems caused foreigners to believe the promise of the Statue of Liberty (who, last I heard, was headed back to France), the Dems caused the lack of upward mobility (why can't we all be billionaires like Trump). And there is always "the other" to blame for everything that goes wrong in my life.

   Nina Burleigh sums it up well:  https://open.substack.com/pub/americanpoliticalfreakshow/p/the-unforgiven?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

    

   Log in to Reply

6. My latest Creating a New Paradigm for the Democratic Party – Change is hard, but irrelevance is worse

   As I wrote in my discussion of what happened, we Democrats need to come up with a new paradigm. Otherwise, we’ll be left working to tweak the details of the Republicans new system they’re busily working to make the baseline political philosophy of the country.

   We can, and should, stay true to our ideology of helping everyone and treating everyone equally. Being open and supportive to all. But what that means – we need to radically change.

   The following are my thoughts, at the moment of what we need to do. And for each, then some specifics. And this will be fought by many because most of the activists in the party are very comfortable with our present philosophy. Fundamental change is hard.

   …

    

   Log in to Reply