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Posted on 12/18/2025 4:36:00 AM PST by MtnClimber
Josh Shapiro is routinely described as a popular and formidable political figure -- a rising star within the Democratic Party whose appeal is said to extend well beyond Pennsylvania. The claim is repeated so often that it has hardened into assumed fact.
Yet when examined closely, it does not hold.
What Pennsylvania and the nation are being shown is not a strong candidate buoyed by organic support, but a carefully engineered projection -- a political hologram sustained by money, messaging, and controlled conditions.
Like all holograms, the image appears solid from a distance. It occupies space, commands attention, and seems persuasive until tested. But it has no independent existence. Turn off the power -- the capital, the narrative reinforcement, the constant image maintenance -- and it fades.
This is not an argument about ideology. It is an argument about political substance.
What “Popularity” Really Measures
Modern political popularity is a blunt and misleading instrument. Job-approval polls do not measure depth of support, loyalty, or enthusiasm. They measure visibility, tone, and the absence of a defined alternative.
Voters are asked whether they “approve” of an officeholder’s performance, rarely what they approve of, whether conditions are improving, or whether they would actively support that individual in a contested environment.
Shapiro benefits enormously from this structure. He presents well on camera, speaks fluently in press settings, and projects competence in brief, discrete moments. Stage-managed appearances during emergencies or infrastructure incidents create an impression of leadership that polls readily capture -- but rarely interrogate.
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An engineered projection like what they did with the Magic Negr0.
The Demonicrats will pick the worst demon from hell as their next presidential candidate.
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One of the great lessons I learned from Rush is that Democrats have to pretend they are moderates to get elected.
We all know why he is being pushed so hard. Fortunately, it will not ever happen.
Just to see how far the populace has come towards electing someone like him. Slowly but surely is their mindset.
Palestinian issues are part of the left’s intersectionality.
Shapiro is going nowhere.
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersectionality
And he’s jewish in a party(democrat) that is very much anti-jew. tough sell. Maybe he’ll become a Rastafarian. Then hell have a chance. Or turn gay. dye his hair purple. and wear falsies.
Pennsylvania Ping!
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He’s VERY thin skinned.
Yes. But first they play “progressive” during the primaries. Will the candidates savage each other and still keep their hands clean.
Calling out “socialists “ does not have the ssme effect as it did in the past. Patronage and income redistribution/ welfare expansion is accepted among the expanding “post work” economy.
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