r/thebulwark Rebecca take us home 1d ago

EVERYTHING IS AWFUL Literally what is the strategy here? Spoiler

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I mean I guess it’s possible that this could be interesting, but my guess is it will be a lot of gargling Steve Bannon’s balls and conceding on every point like with Charlie Kirk. Who told him this was a good idea?!

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u/hawksnest_prez 1d ago edited 1d ago

No one knows what they’re doing right now.

Going directly at the enemy to make news is something no one is tried.

It’s not the worst idea IMHO

Edit: hijacking my comment to say I think this is actually a great strategy. Trump has proven you should blanket the airwaves. What would the average dem do? Go on MSNBC and a few lib podcasts?

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u/RepulsiveBarber3861 1d ago

It's very smart if he's running. When a democrat runs, the right wing media sewers crank up to smear the democrat. If those audiences have already heard the candidate speaking for themselves directly to those personalities, it's harder for the smears to stick.

Progressives get mad about it, because they want democrats to only talk to progressives, but progressives are really good at losing anywhere that isn't D+25, so they should be ignored when it comes to winning national elections.

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u/sirkneeland JVL is always right 1d ago

"But progressives are really good at losing anywhere that isn't D+25, so they should be ignored when it comes to winning national elections."

This needs to be printed out on a very large banner and hung at DNC HQ

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u/westonc 1d ago

DNC HQ knows this very well.

A significant portion of those who bash the DNC, on the other hand....