Hardkill

People on here are coming off like they know sure how the Democratic Party to run a strong, charismatic leader: Yet, I haven't found anybody on here having given a viable, logical strategy for how this would work for the Democratic party ever in the future. Should it be something similar to how judicial nominees for the Republican party and the right-wing are vetted by leaders of the conservative movement and judicial nominees for the Democratic Party and the left-wing can be vetted by leaders of the progressive movement? I know that many Dems and even some progressives out there have been saying stuff like "Democrats have a whole bench of young and very talented potential candidates for president" including as the prime-aged liberal Democratic stars from the more establishment wing of the party like Newsom, Shapiro, Whitmer, Pritzker, Moore, Walz, Buttigieg or Beshear. Even James Carville already said things several times before over the past year such as "Josh Shapiro is such a skilled politician, it's like ridiculous! In fact, he is as talented and as charismatic of a politician as anyone can get!.....The same thing with Whitmer. Andy Beshear is so frickin' skilled! Wes Moore! Warnock! Gina Raimondo! Newsom!.......Don't worry, there's plenty of people to pick up the ball.....Warnock is unbelievably skilled!" Yeah, we've all heard that before from Democratic party leaders for many decades now. Since the 1960s, none of the Democratic candidates they put up ever lived up to their promise, except Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. The divided and weakened Democratic party in 1968 caused the election of Nixon, who by 1974, became the most criminal president in US History, until of course Trump in 2016. Actually, Clinton failed to secure 50% of the popular vote in his presidential victories and ultimately damaged his party's reputation." His stupid fucking shenanigans with women probably caused the election of W. Bush, the second-worst president since the 1980s. Even Obama himself turned out to be arguably the worst party builder compared to any other president since the end of Herbert Hoover's presidency in 1932, which greatly contributed to the election of and the rise of Trump. Now, Biden will forever be blamed for the re-election of Trump. So, what exactly should the Democratic party do to feasibly carry out a successful vetting process for finding that FDR or Obama-like "savior" who can save the party and save the country?

Putin is also 5'7". Apparently, the Russians don't seem to care about the height of their strongman leader.

The only thing Democrats can do to hopefully improve their chances of ever winning back the presidency, Congress, and more power is: Figure out a message or messages that connect with the American people Play hardball much more Stop playing "not to lose" and try ballsier strategies Even so, I still am not optimistic that doing all of the above will be enough to save our country as long as the right-wing propaganda machine and right-wing billionaires, racism, sexism, hatred, fear, etc. all continue to dominate the country permanently.

A majority of Americans never fully knew or really realized this because of this abominable media environment we are in. Most people in the country were infected by the worst amount of fake news, right-wing propaganda, and false equivalence to a degree that's never occurred before in US History. What's even worst is that most people no longer believe in the mainstream media news or real news reports anymore. That's why Democrats can no longer do right in the eyes of a majority of Americans anymore. This is exactly what George Orwell feared what could happen to our country. Democracy in our country is dying. This is a truly far beyond a sorry sight for America.

Yeah, we desperately need a massive cultural movement for economic justice and civil rights like the one led by the Populist Party in the 1890s to 1900s decade or the civil rights movement led by MLK and Malcolm X again. I don't understand why that hasn't arisen yet.

Well, I wouldn't count of Trump doing a fantastic job on it. I don't even think he's going to be to get a border security bill passed through Congress. He got the least amount of significant legislation passed through Congress compared to any other president since the late 1800s.

He said that he very possibly might have to add a 14th key in future after conceding that his prediction was wrong. This election was truly unique.

Still has had a much better record of predicting presidential elections compared to any other model or system or poll in US History.

You know that's very difficult to describe. Here's professor Lichtman explanation of it: "Observers have long tried to link various attributes of personality to electoral success: warmth, likability, appearance, trustworthiness, optimism, eloquence, vigor, and even height are said to give one candidate the advantage over another. To some extent, this hodgepodge of personal traits may influence voters. The historical pattern indicates that personality is a significant factor only at an unusually high threshold, and even then, personal appeal never has overcome the separate verdict of the political and performance keys." The Republican and Democratic parties have jointly produced only seven exceptionally charismatic presidential candidates since 1860: James G. Blaine (1884) William Jennings Bryan (1896 and 1900) Theodore Roosevelt (1904) Franklin D. Roosevelt (1932 to 1944) John F. Kennedy (1960) Ronald Reagan (1980 and 1984) Barack Obama in 2008. Additionally, there have been only two clearly exceptionally heroic nominees, both of whom attained this stature through vital leadership in war: Ulysses S. Grant (1868 and 1872) Dwight David Eisenhower (1952 and 1956) These nine nominees truly transcended party lines with their broad appeal. Each of them successfully converted an unusually large percentage of individuals from opposing parties/ideologies into supporters for their respective eras. Additionally, they won over a remarkably high percentage of moderate, Independent, and undecided voters for their respective eras. Bill Clinton (1992 and 1996) was certainly charismatic during his time and Donald Trump (2016, 2020, and 2024) is too, but their appeal never reached beyond their own party bases.

Nobody knows who really are strong appealing candidates until they've been tested in the white heat of the primaries. Many Republican leaders thought that Ron DeSantis would be a very promising strong candidate for president, but in the end he failed miserably. Plenty of other examples of this having happened if you look at US History.

The part I am truly terrified by is ".....Unless all hell breaks loose imperialist style."

The United States of America has essentially turned into the Orwellian States of America:

Most people these days now listen to fake news and believe that the fake news is real news. Yes, Biden probably made the mistake of not dropping out a year earlier than he did, but he governed extraordinarily well, even arguably better than Obama did, and is a truly honorable man. Yet, sadly in the eyes of the majority, he could do no right no matter what he did. Biden's legacy will likely be tarnished unjustly probably even more so than Truman's legacy was:

Even though most of the voting demographics throughout the country shifted towards Trump in this election, one peculiar thing I noticed was that Kamala Harris actually got about the same percentage of the white vote as Biden did in 2020. Look at the voter demographics for this election according to the Edison Research exit poll for the 2020 presidential election in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election#Voter_demographics Now, look at the voter demographics for this election according to the Edison Research exit poll for the 2024 presidential election in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election#Voter_demographics Even AP News showed the same percentage of the white vote she got: https://apnews.com/article/election-harris-trump-women-latinos-black-voters-0f3fbda3362f3dcfe41aa6b858f22d12 CNN's further breakdown of that same Edison Research poll for 2024 actually shows that she got the same percentage of the white male vote as Biden did in 2020 and a higher percentage of the white female vote throughout the whole country than Biden did in 2020: https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2024/politics/2020-2016-exit-polls-2024-dg/ Interestingly, the 2024 Edison Research poll revealed that Harris tied Trump among white voters aged 18-29, a feat even Biden didn't achieve in 2020! In fact, Harris is the first Democratic presidential nominee since either 1964, 1978, or 1996 to match or surpass her Republican opponent's percentage among this demographic, except for Obama in 2008! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election#Voter_demographics Finally, what's even more interesting is both the 2024 Edison Research and AP VoteCast polls revealed that Harris tied Trump among voters 65 and older, a rare feat for a Democratic presidential nominee, considering old people or senior citizens tend to be more conservative, nationalistic, racist and xenophobic than younger generations of Americans. Since the early 1960s, Lyndon Johnson (1964) and Bill Clinton (1992) were the only Democratic presidential nominees before Harris to achieve that feat. This disparity highlights the significant age-related divide in American politics, with younger voters overwhelmingly supporting Democratic candidates, while older voters, particularly those 65 and above, consistently lean Republican. It turns out that prime-aged white voters (30-64 years old) or middle-aged white Americans (40-64 years old) became the MOST conservative, nationalistic, racist, and xenophobic voting bloc in the country. Latino voters under 65+ years old became the second most conservative, nationalistic, racist, and xenophobic voting bloc in the country. So, did xenophobia play a larger role than racism or sexism in Harris' loss to Trump?

I am now filled with such incredible fury. I can't even begin to truly describe my raw hate for the god damn conservative movement in America. Yes, I get now that most Americans are afraid of fast liberal/progressive changes. However, I fear that even real centrism is dying! The right-wing terrorism of Trump, MAGA, and corporate tyranny won the battle in 2024. DEMOCRACY IS ESSENTIALLY DEAD! THE TRUE SILENT MAJORITY OF AMERICA IS LOSING THE MESSAGING WAR! So, how can build a nationwide movement against these right-wing terrorist monsters? Would we need to build a massive private militia to support this pro-democracy movement? Any suggestions and thoughts that would seriously contribute to fighting this war are welcome.

You say that one day: But I think that Harris would have defeated Trump and Trumpism if not for the influential right-wing propaganda machine. You know, I thought that Democrats were winning the messaging war before the 2024 election with their build-up of their progressive media ecosystem in recent years, but now I see that I wrongly thought that. Democrats are losing the messaging war so badly! With the Republican Party's growing influence, particularly among working-class voters, and the widespread dissemination of conservative messaging, how can Democrats regain power?

Btw, even Van Jones, who is a well-respected mainstream media commentator from CNN, also said that unprecedented misinformation caused Harris and her party to lose:

Sorry, but that doesn't make sense to me at all. War is sometimes necessary for the survival of oneself and one's country. You can't just focus on developing yourself to save yourself and your people. What would Dr. Martin Luther King do?

So, why the hell isn't there a major civil rights movement for this? What does it take for this to happen?

Yeah, I will meditate a lot more. But the right-wing media needs to be destroyed. Otherwise, we won't have a country anymore.

They stayed home because of the right-wing media disinformation and because of racism, sexism, and xenophobia. Besides, I don't know how to find any of these 14 million Democrats.

Yeah, and I am still seriously considering that too, but I can't just pack my bags and leave this country immediately. It will take me years for that to work out.

Yeah, but what if enough right-wing propaganda out there can override all of that to secure right-wing tyranny permanently no matter what happens under the watch of Trump or Trumpism?

How can we stay calm about this when we can't even have a serious conversation about this matter?

But that's already been tried by countless left-wingers and progressive activists for many years now and apparently that's not working as well as I thought it was or as much as I hoped it would. Brian Tyler Cohen and Dan Pfieffer from Pod Save America said that we are so greatly outgunned by the right-wing media ecosystem that the gap between the progressive media environment and the radical right-wing environment is so enormous. In fact, I fear that the cancerous right-wing media ecosystem will continue to grow non-stop that we may never be able to catch up to it before it's too late. Am I wrong? I am so desperate to figure out and know any viable solution to this. I am honestly so scared that I feel like we really could be living in a Neo-Nazi regime. Jewish people including myself swore that we would never again let ourselves ever be oppressed again. Just like African Americans swore to never be oppressed ever again.