Posted on 08/28/2025 6:24:39 AM PDT by Red Badger
Democrat commentator Julian Epstein said on Fox Business Wednesday that its leaders are driving themselves into political ruin by embracing fringe ideas that alienate voters.
With a sinking approval rating after their 2024 losses, Democrats scrambled to rebrand, as some conceded their message sounds more like a lecture than a campaign pitch. Appearing on “The Evening Edit,” Epstein said the party’s collapse stems from its fixation on cultural and ideological battles pushed by academic elites and activist groups.
“The Democratic Party is in the dumps. Every single indicator, whether it’s fundraising, party registration or ID, whether it is all of the public polling that we have on all of the lead issues from the economy to cultural issues, Democrats are cratering,” Epstein said.
Epstein said Democratic elites have prioritized ideological experiments over kitchen-table concerns, leaving everyday Americans feeling abandoned.
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“The reason for that is they continue to pray at the altar of these Pagan idols. Let’s erase gender. Let’s erase borders. Let’s ignore crime and erase the police. Let’s erase our energy dominance. And to most people, Ashley, these things are nuts. But they come from the academic. These ideas come from the academic and the activist left who is not concerned with voters,” Epstein told guest host Ashley Webster.
Epstein warned that activist academics are dragging the party into decline, adding they thrive by casting Americans as “victims of the oppressed” while leaving the Democratic brand “toxic.”
“They’re more concerned with indoctrinating enough people that they are victims, that they are oppressed. And that these activists and academics are liberators of the oppressed. It serves their career interests, but it is devastating for the party. And that is why the party’s brand is toxic,” Epstein said.
Voter registration data says Democrats lost about 2.1 million registered voters between 2020 and 2024 across 30 states and Washington, D.C., while Republicans gained 2.4 million during the same period, according to the New York Times. Several Democrats told The Hill the sharp losses highlight a trend that should serve as a wake-up call for party leaders.
At my church, anytime the pastor (very awake Republican conservative voter) talks about Satanic stuff the Democrat party is pushing, you can look around and tell that about half the congregation has tuned out. I have tried, but they have a closed mind.
Satan’s greatest achievement is convincing people that he doesn’t exist.................
He’d definitely be ostracized by the RATAs but he’d probably be embraced by sane people on the right. It happens. I think RFK still is shocked to realized that we’re not terrible people.
“Y whom? RINOs”
EXACTLY! The GOPe/uniparty/RINOs have enabled the left for decades and exactly why we are in the condition we are in.
The reason for that is they continue to pray at the altar of these Pagan idols.
And I wonder how literal that might be. A Baal shrine in hidden courtyard at DNC headquarters? A Mithraic temple in a subbasement? Moloch is big with the D. womyns.
(The R.s, of course, more go in for Mammon.)
(Interesting. Spellcheck doesn't flag Baal or Moloch.)
Epstein is Senior Counselor at APCO.
APCO.com / APCO Worldwide Amplifies Post-Election Advocacy, Campaign Capabilities, Expands Roster of Experts
Washington – December 22, 2020: In response to the growing complexity of today’s global political landscape, particularly following the historic U.S. elections, APCO Worldwide acquired two leading advisory and advocacy firms, Evan Kraus, global president and managing director of APCO’s Washington, D.C., office, announced today.
APCO’s recent acquisition of London-based international business strategy consultancy TWC Associates further strengthens the company’s extensive international market understanding and nuanced geopolitical insight.
APCO also acquired LMG, a leading consulting firm with deep policy experience in numerous areas such as telecom, content industries, intellectual property and aerospace—a combination which will considerably deepen the APCO bench. LMG brings the political campaign model to advocacy campaigns, and specializes in harmonizing the silos of strategy, policy, communications, research and organizing under one tent. LMG has been home to the chief counsels and staff directors of the House Judiciary and House Oversight Committees and to a wide range of veterans from Capitol Hill and presidential campaigns. The acquisition of LMG also brings President Clinton’s former chief speechwriter, David Kusnet, to the APCO team.
“For nearly 20 years, LMG has managed high-stakes advocacy campaigns and has a proven track record of success across a wide range of areas,” Kraus said. “With today’s complex environment and a new administration, this combination brings a whole new set of policy and communications expertise to our global team.” Tim McCann, senior vice president of LMG, added, “one and one generally add up to two, but here we think one and one add up to three. The marriage of LMG’s policy and campaign experience with APCO’s international scale and capacity is a huge win-win for everyone.”
To help clients build relationships and strong connections with critical stakeholders and the public, APCO creates and executes bespoke, fully-integrated communications strategies to inform audiences, challenge perceptions, mobilize allies and spark change with measurable results for clients and society. APCO continues to expand its market-leading campaigns and advocacy team and recently added former Google vice president of public policy for the Americas Susan Molinari; veteran political strategist, former senior government official and transportation expert Brandon Neal; technology, cybersecurity and government affairs expert Preston Grisham; and leading public affairs, government relations and political strategy expert Courtney Crowder.
APCO’s advocacy team—led by former RNC official Dan Meyers—and its International Advisory Council also comprise other renowned industry leaders and experts, including:
former member of Congress and U.S. Ambassador to India Tim Roemer;
former Ambassador of Liechtenstein to the United States Claudia Fritsche;
former member of Congress Cliff Stearns;
former senior advisor to the White House National Economic Council and National Security Council under President Barack Obama Gadi Dechter;
former high-ranking State Department official Frank Lowenstein;
former assistant for cabinet affairs to President Ronald Reagan and chief of staff to Vice President George H.W. Bush Craig L. Fuller;
former assistant to President George W. Bush and chief of staff to First Lady Laura Bush Anita B. McBride;
former HHS chief of staff Peter Urbanowicz;
former HHS deputy assistant secretary for public affairs Bill Pierce;
former HHS director for intergovernmental and external affairs Jack Kalavritinos;
former White House advisor HHS chief of staff Lance Leggitt;
Capitol Hill veteran and seasoned Democratic communicator Jim Manley;
former chief of staff and communications director for two senior members of U.S. Congress Dan Scandling;
former Conservative Party (UK) director of external relations and chief of staff to the chairman of the Conservative Party Zoe Thorogood;
former legislative director for a Los Angeles city council member and public affairs expert Matthew Gallagher;
APCO Senior Advisor Julian Epstein; and
APCO Insight Managing Director Bill Dalbec.
For more than 35 years, APCO has been a trusted advisor and partner to private, public and nonprofit clients as they try to identify and manage new and emerging issues, challenges and opportunities around the world. Established by Margery Kraus as a single-person operation in 1984, APCO has grown to a global advisory and advocacy communications consultancy with offices in more than 30 markets and experience working in more than 80 markets globally, providing in-depth advice, perceptive guidance and creative approaches for its clients
The left have become “Buffalo Bills”, out of the movie “Silence of the Lambs”, and have told us that’s normal.
Didn't click on the link. Is there any bad news in the story?
They are herd animals. Herd animals are not known for being intelligent! But inside the herd, the sheep with a peanut sized brain is king!
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