Что думают либералы
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ny_quantПонравились комментарии ниже, особенно второй. У нас в ЖЖ никто так не формулирует. Выделение моё.
1. Biden/Pelosi/Schumer have done pretty well so far. They passed two large spending bills despite having narrow majorities. It is likely they will pass another one by year end. If they manage somehow to pass a voting rights bill and conclude a successful January 6th investigation it would be a phenomenal performance...but they are absolutely failing when it comes to optics... And by the way, AOC is a lousy politician. She torpedoed a once in 50 year opportunity for NYC to redevelop an area of Queens that was one of the laggard areas of the city. All for nothing- a skilled politician would have negotiated some additional benefits for her constituency instead of torpedoing a once in a lifetime opportunity to redevelop WIllets Point-Shea area of Queens. She has a lot to learn about policy.
2. Look at the polls. And those bills don’t actually amount to transformational change. Telling everyone healthcare is totally free is transformational. Telling everyone community college is totally free is transformational. Anything you have to explain won’t work for a public that’s enamored with tweets, TikTok videos and looped gifs of Ron Burgundy catchphrases.
I mean, come on. Only 10% of registered voters were confident they could identify specifics in the social spending plan as of early last month. If this were Trump, he’d be holding a rally every two days and tweeting non-stop about every conceivable benefit until every, single one of his supporters could make a list of at least five things they were getting out of the legislation.
Trump had people believing he was delivering benefits that weren’t actually even in any legislation. At one point, headed into the midterms, he told the public that a middle class tax cut was coming within two weeks and there were literally no plans whatsoever anywhere among anyone for such a proposal. He just made it up. He convinced the very same farmers that his trade war bankrupted that they were somehow better off for the deal.
It’s nice that smart people who read think Biden, Pelosi and Schumer are doing a pretty good job, but what percentage of the voting public is comprised of smart people who read?
There are four ways to win: Lie, cheat, be undeniably charismatic or do something so big and bold that people can’t help but notice.
Biden, Pelosi and Schumer aren’t going to lie. They aren’t going to cheat. They aren’t charismatic. And besides the stimulus checks and other pandemic transfer payments, average people can’t name a single thing they’ve done.
And AOC isn’t a lousy politician if you consider the real goal of politics, which is to win and gradually wield more and more sway, influence and power. That’s my whole point about AOC. She’s a good politician. She’s a good celebrity. So far, though, she’s a terrible revolutionary.
3. One Year After Trump’s Election the Stock Market Return Was 21.69%
One Year After Joe Biden’s Election the Stock Market Returned 40.91 %
Biden’s Advantage Over Trump:
+19.22 Percent In 1 Year!
And not a single tweet from Joe about Dow Jones or 401Ks.
1. Biden/Pelosi/Schumer have done pretty well so far. They passed two large spending bills despite having narrow majorities. It is likely they will pass another one by year end. If they manage somehow to pass a voting rights bill and conclude a successful January 6th investigation it would be a phenomenal performance...but they are absolutely failing when it comes to optics... And by the way, AOC is a lousy politician. She torpedoed a once in 50 year opportunity for NYC to redevelop an area of Queens that was one of the laggard areas of the city. All for nothing- a skilled politician would have negotiated some additional benefits for her constituency instead of torpedoing a once in a lifetime opportunity to redevelop WIllets Point-Shea area of Queens. She has a lot to learn about policy.
2. Look at the polls. And those bills don’t actually amount to transformational change. Telling everyone healthcare is totally free is transformational. Telling everyone community college is totally free is transformational. Anything you have to explain won’t work for a public that’s enamored with tweets, TikTok videos and looped gifs of Ron Burgundy catchphrases.
I mean, come on. Only 10% of registered voters were confident they could identify specifics in the social spending plan as of early last month. If this were Trump, he’d be holding a rally every two days and tweeting non-stop about every conceivable benefit until every, single one of his supporters could make a list of at least five things they were getting out of the legislation.
Trump had people believing he was delivering benefits that weren’t actually even in any legislation. At one point, headed into the midterms, he told the public that a middle class tax cut was coming within two weeks and there were literally no plans whatsoever anywhere among anyone for such a proposal. He just made it up. He convinced the very same farmers that his trade war bankrupted that they were somehow better off for the deal.
It’s nice that smart people who read think Biden, Pelosi and Schumer are doing a pretty good job, but what percentage of the voting public is comprised of smart people who read?
There are four ways to win: Lie, cheat, be undeniably charismatic or do something so big and bold that people can’t help but notice.
Biden, Pelosi and Schumer aren’t going to lie. They aren’t going to cheat. They aren’t charismatic. And besides the stimulus checks and other pandemic transfer payments, average people can’t name a single thing they’ve done.
And AOC isn’t a lousy politician if you consider the real goal of politics, which is to win and gradually wield more and more sway, influence and power. That’s my whole point about AOC. She’s a good politician. She’s a good celebrity. So far, though, she’s a terrible revolutionary.
3. One Year After Trump’s Election the Stock Market Return Was 21.69%
One Year After Joe Biden’s Election the Stock Market Returned 40.91 %
Biden’s Advantage Over Trump:
+19.22 Percent In 1 Year!
And not a single tweet from Joe about Dow Jones or 401Ks.
