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[-] meep_launcher@lemm.ee 129 points 1 month ago

I think it is fair to judge Biden by his record more than his accute gaffs. He's old af, so on a minute to minute basis, he's unable to keep a coherent thought. But if you look at what he does in a more macro sense, his administration has been brilliant. It's the entire "I'm smart in my head but I can't fully articulate it" situation. Basically he has solid philosophy, he just can't sell it anymore.

Frankly, if Biden didn't have to go into the public, he would be a great president for the next 4 years (with the support he has). Harris will be sharper in public, and I think she will take the Biden positions one step further.

Ultimately to win elections, Democrats need to be better story tellers. They keep pulling up statistics and data, but they need to create a more visceral message. The GOP fear monger with stories of "an immigrant invasion", but Dems have yet to create a blockbuster "women dying of lack of abortion access" story. I mean those stories are out there, they just need better messengers.

[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 21 points 1 month ago

Telling me stories isn't going to impress me with the party that's done very little in the last 20 years to make life better for the average American, even when they had Congress and the White House.

I want to know what's going to be different this time. I want to know that the Democrats are actually going to pass legislation to make things better in the medium run and in the long run. And we've seen some good ideas. The idea to reform the Supreme Court, that's a good one. I want to see more ideas like that, and I want to see centrist Democrats being pressured into publicly endorsing them.

I want Democrats to refuse to take money from crypto billionaires. I want Democrats to tell all of us how they're going to stand up against monopolies. I want Democrats to risk angering the large corporations that dominate US politics, because I know that's the only way that life will get better for the average American.

Of course you can't always get what you want. So if the Democrats want to tell stories better, I guess that's better than nothing, but don't expect me to respect them.