In the Twin Cities, Biden is running a new ad where he condemns the rioting BUT also blames the cause on Trump and his supporters.
In fact, much of the ad seems to spend time blaming all the unrest on Trump and promising that he’ll increase the level of proper discourse if he’s elected President.
I suspect he saw something in his polling number that made him believe that he had to address the unrest. But he f’d up by making it more about Trump than he did about wanting to restore law and order.
That will play will with his base but for any voters out there in the middle concerned about civil unrest, he didn’t do much to reassure them.
“That will play well with his base but for any voters out there in the middle concerned about civil unrest, he didn’t do much to reassure them.”
You’ve put your finger on the Democrats’ weakness:
Their “base” is composed of life-long Democrats - but not just any life-long Democrats. These are the ones remaining despite being told nothing but lies for decades. And not even very convincing lies.
Think of the steady diet of bullshit these people (their base) are fed over at ABCNNBCBS. Do you know anyone else dumb enough to believe any of it? Would your three year old grandchild believe it? Would your cat fall for it?
I think the Democrat base is what remains after normal people with even a smidgeon of intellectual honesty and curiosity got tired of being lied to and taken for granted. Their “base” is the dregs of the dregs. Their “base” is composed of people who are at the same time foolish, blind, stubborn, and shameless in their willingness to defend the indefensible, and hate Trump at all cost.
I realize there are ntelligent Democrats who remain in the party and still call themselves Democrats. But they do not constitute the “base”, and they know when they are being lied to. They are not going to blindly vote Democrat.
My point is that, truth be told, the Democrat Party is offering up a giant turd in 2020. There is no way to argue rationally and honestly that Joe Biden should be President. There is no way to argue rationally and honestly that President Trump should not be re-elected.
So, other than their deluded and dishonest “base“, who will vote Democrat?
How are they going to expand their base?
Is It possible to imagine there being anyone who currently sees through the Democrat and fake news lies, but who in the next eight weeks will come to believe them?
I highly doubt it. Their lies have become so blatant and bald-faced that it is highly unlikely they will win any new converts - the only ones stupid enough to are already in their “base”.