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Vicky & Dan's avatar

These are good principles.

Republicans believe in most or all of them. And people trust Republicans to adhere to them.

Plus, they miss something that's critical: "Progressives" now own the Democratic Party and they are folks who enjoy their special status and who are convinced they are "right" (which is more important to them psychologically than is winning).

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Ronda Ross's avatar

Great points, but until Dems purge the term "uneducated" from their vernacular, they will never again be a coalition of much, but college graduates. Many, way too impressed with their C averages, in Gender Studies. Everyone is educated in something. Even a medical degree is of limited use , when your car breaks down or the heating system bites the dust, during a blizzard. If Dems cannot manage to respect everyone, who makes the US economy possible, Reps are going to have a good run.

The outright distain, many Dems have for the people, lacking sheepskins,, can no longer be denied, and it begins at the top. Listening to the Obamas, with their $75 million dollar real estate portfolio, label, lower and middle class voters, racist or misogynistic, if they refuse to support the person that made voter's lives, $13K a year, more expensive, was a new low in US politics. 1/2 of US families live on $75K, or less a year. Of that group, 40% live on, less than $45K a year. They are irredeemable, If they refuse to ask for more inflation, and millions more unvetted migrants, to flood their already failing schools?

Along with losing the phrase "uneducated", the party must stop, actively making the lives of middle and lower earners worse. Dem policies did not just fail to improve the lives of lower and middle earning Americans, Dem polices made their living standards worse. They are poorer, less safe, and already failing schools, are now overflowing with new students, in need of special assistance. Imagine how the parents at the most exclusive US private schools would react, if suddenly, student numbers increased by 25%, and new students were unable to speak English, or lacked any previous formal education.

Dems, literally, removed even the little luxuries, lower earners enjoy. It might be a monthly trip to a McDonalds, a long drive to visit Grandma, summer day camp, or a very modest vacation. Dems took all that away, without a thought, and expected voters to say thank you, and ask for more? Along with a change in language, Dems need to acquire humility and empathy or be prepared, for a very long political winter.

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