Advice for Democrats

[iris lilies]

in the aftermath of analyzing what the Democrats did wrong, I keep hearing how it was such a mistake for Kamala to skip the Joe Rogan podcast.

I don’t know that it was. Rogan would probably be easy on her, he’s not all that invested in particular politicians, though he endorsed Trump after a while. But I don’t see that format as strength for Kamla. They got far enough negotiations that her team asked Rogan for a list of questions in advance, and they wanted to know if he edited the podcast. These questions are not necessarily bad.

It was a huge win for Donald Trump, mainly because that format suits Donald Trump. Three hours of bros sitting around bullshitting is pretty much what the Donald is good at. I haven’t listened to that podcast, not sure I will. A few years ago I listened regularly to Rogan in selected bits (seldom the entire 3 hours show) before he became repetitive on his pet subjects, but now he is too predictable.

[Alan]

Look, you've made it pretty clear that you are not a MAGA follower, and my comments aren't directed at you, or at any specific person. But I tend to revert to that old "if it walks like a duck" idea. If someone supports a person who has been convicted due to a sex crime, who has laughed about sexual aggression, who encourages violence - then why, in heavens name, do those supporters think that others are going to see them as kind, concerned, tolerant Americans?? If you sleep with the dogs, you're going to smell like the dogs, yes? So how can you be surprised that other people don't want to ignore the dog smell??? (I like dogs, btw. This is not about dogs or their actual smell) We are all tarred with the brushes of the company we keep, and the MAGA crowd is tarred with misogyny, racism, and the encouragement of violence.

That's probably the same outlook which caused the FEMA official in North Carolina to order FEMA workers to ignore any households with 'Trump advertising' on their property. I wonder how widespread that sort of thing is?

[bae]

That's probably the same outlook which caused the FEMA official in North Carolina to order FEMA workers to ignore any households with 'Trump advertising' on their property. I wonder how widespread that sort of thing is?

I think they fired that FEMA person:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20g31ln2wgo

Around here, there are some addresses our emergency services will not enter without law enforcement presence. This generally doesn't have anything to do with the political affiliation of the residents.

[iris lilies]

Here is the true reason why the Democratic ticket lost at the presidential level this year:


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=00bGPh...ZW4gYWNyZXM%3D


it is undisputeable that if their candidate had gotten up on stage to sing the theme from Greenacres, she would’ve won!

[early morning]

That's probably the same outlook which caused the FEMA official in North Carolina to order FEMA workers to ignore any households with 'Trump advertising' on their property. I wonder how widespread that sort of thing is?

First off, I am not advocating for any such nonsense, just pointing out that people can interpret many different things from the same list of statements. You see Thump, I see a disgusting bigot. Same person, different viewpoints. So what?

And the FEMA person should have been fired. As this guy should have been, but he's a white policeman, and he was apparently under the influence of "sleep aids", so he's off the hook:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/05/us/oh...ats/index.html

Maybe the FEMA worker should have blamed sleeping pills.

[Alan]

Maybe the FEMA worker should have blamed sleeping pills.

She actually blamed FEMA itself, implying that her bigotry was institutional within the agency.