Stay safe my friend. I’ll be thinking of all of you.

Maybe…is there an equivalent of DMs on this site. I think we are each trying to make points within the character limit. If there is a way to have the conversation without worrying about 300 characters, I think we can make points and figure out where we actually agree and where we disagree.

I have no idea why that crazy Q shit doesn’t hurt them. I have a sbelief that people vote their wallets. The Trump ad about Harris being for they/them & he is for you was very effective/powerful. Dems have lost that connection.

Maybe years of extreme left calls for things people don’t like or want makes it hard for people to embrace a Dem candidate. Maybe then pull to the left in 2019 led Kamala to say things to curry favor but made her unelectable. Defund the police ain’t a winner in purple states; it’s electoral death.

People need healthcare. I do support expanding ACA breadth. I support tax changes to help the middle class; taxes on unrealized wealth are a bad idea. Unworkable and confiscatory. I regret you equating disagreement to a support for Trumpism. That’s unhelpful.

Love the reduction to dramatic whining. Widely used does not equate to meaningful. But more important, I am not a fan of Trump, voted against him twice. But I can read data and interpret results. The country ain’t buying what you are selling. Because it is well intentioned, but wrongly conceived.

You presume, incorrectly, I’ve not engaged with Bernie’s policy preferences. I have read his speeches & am comfortable with my understanding. Your term “hypercapitalism” is a made-up term. If that is the best you have, Dems will continue to lose elections. The evidence is clear on that.

What is “hyper capitalism”? His desire for confiscatory taxes is extreme, as are his foreign policy views. I favor tax reform; he favors redistribution through taxation. His environmental views: extreme. He is extreme relative to the body politic and are in this country. His views lose elections.

To begin, he calls himself a socialist, so there’s that. His views on a variety of issues—taxation, defense, transgender issues, among others—place him on the left side of the political spectrum. His all-or-nothing takes on corporate regulation do as well. That’s a start. Hope that helps.

I disagree. Moderate Dems allowed Hillary to be close in an election she butchered & allowed Harris to be close. Dems can’t win embracing the extreme left. Bernie’s critique is tired crap. Culture issues, arrogance (things are fine, trust me): that’s what lost the working class. Not policy.

If Bernie thinks that moderate Dems want to follow him down a road to election loss after loss, he’s wrong. He is a one-note politician who is just not worth the attention he claims.