• jabeez@lemmy.today
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    13 hours ago

    This is what’s really amazing to me, his whole 1st term, which culminated in a year so bad it was a running joke and then a coup, was completely forgotten about by so many, and practically never brought up by the (D) side. I live in a swing state too, and while I don’t watch many ads, I certainly saw a bunch the last 6 months, and don’t remember one that even brought up his first term at all. Some had some footage of J6 with no context/explanation of what it was (I know, most know/should know, but still), but then it was all pretty generic crap. Political malpractice, once again, have to wonder if the good cop/bad cop conspiracy is true and they don’t really want to win.

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      2 hours ago

      Democrats should be free to run whoever they wish. Just as 3rd parties deserve to run who they wish on a even playing field.

      I personally don’t see either legacy poltical party surviving true electoral competition being opened up to 3rd parties. They’ve used First-past-the-post voting as a crutch for so long their muscles have atrophy and they cannot walk unsupported. Much less sprint in a race to the finish line.

      Fortunately for the two mainstream parties, the public at large are heavily influenced by Stockholm syndrome and a giga sunk cost fallacy.

      Nothing lasts forever…