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In reply to the discussion: Do they REALLY think MOOD is the reason for less holiday spending?? [View all]lunatica
(53,410 posts)They still think they have us where they want us in spite of all the evidence to the contrary.
For years DUers and political junkies in general have been whining and complaining about how people need to wake up. Well this last elections showed us all that people are waking up. That even surprised me a little, so I give a lot of credit to the younger Americans who have a different way of gathering information. It seems to be more accurate, and they seem to be under the radar to the pundits and the majority of politicians. And they're far more diverse now, and they've been paying attention.
When you have a population of people who are paying attention you're in deep trouble if you're the kind of party that counts on a low information electorate. The Republicans have received their first major defeat because of an informed and interested electorate, and, of course they think that's a terrible thing. But they can't figure out how to deal with it. Honesty and real service are just not in their vocabulary, so they keep missing the point with their wild gyrations on what and who to blame. It's everyone and everything but themselves.
It's fun to watch.