Conservatives have for years been branding themselves as the "real Americans," exalting the virtue of "small town values" (whatever those might be) over "big city values," (or "New York values," as Ted Cruz put it, in what one might reasonably suspect was an anti-Semitic dog whistle). Mike Huckabee drew a distinction between "Bubbas" (i.e. proud Southerners and Midwesterners) and those in the "bubble" (i.e. the coastal elites).Indeed, this "basket of deplorables" recognized the not-well-disguised hostility of many liberals and progressives towards them. — Bitter Crank
Many in the working class voted for Trump because the liberals were speaking words which did not come close to addressing their concerns. — Bitter Crank
the good old days, when everyone owned a home, had a job, a dog, and a clothesline. — Wayfarer
The Past - the good old days — Wayfarer
Wall Street and the academic elites isn't the natural home of Democratic liberal, progressivism. — Bitter Crank
The Dems didn't lose the election, they won the popular vote by a margin wider than most historical presidential elections. The argument that they did not listen to their grass roots is mistaken. They lost in the states where the Electoral votes counted the most. They were out played, out strategized, by the Republican political machine. — Cavacava
The Dems didn't lose the election, they won the popular vote by a margin wider than most historical presidential elections. The argument that they did not listen to their grass roots is mistaken. They lost in the states where the Electoral votes counted the most. They were out played, out strategized, by the Republican political machine. — Cavacava
Have you heard of George Soros? The top donors to the Democrats at the election were:
University of California $1,945,782 — tom
The Dems didn't lose the election, they won the popular vote by a margin wider than most historical presidential elections. — Cavacava
The Dems need to move past their failures, not wallow in them. — Cavacava
The only way to deal with Trump is to keep him (personally) and his policies in court continually over the next 4 years. — Cavacava
And, no, it was not the Republican machine that secured Trump anything. The Republican machine hated Trump, did everything it could to block Trump, and is now trying to figure out how to deal with Trump.
The Republican's ability to marshal their members is, to my mind, their key to winning. — Cavacava
They need to mimic what the Republicans did, which started with gerrymandering their way to optimal Congressional districts. The Dems need to legally challenge the lopsided nature of many of these districts. — Cavacava
You mask yourself as a social conservative, but the truth is you are a liberal and progressive through and through. You don't want to talk about social conservatism using the excuse they are "hot button topics" because you're not a social conservative at all - you're a liberal. At least have the shame and decency to admit that. — Agustino
What won the election was Trump in all his absurd blazing glory. — Hanover
A demagogue /ˈdɛməɡɒɡ/ (from Greek δημαγωγός, a popular leader, a leader of a mob, from δῆμος, people, populace, the commons + ἀγωγός leading, leader) or rabble-rouser is a leader in a democracy who gains popularity by exploiting prejudice and ignorance among the common people, whipping up the passions of the crowd and shutting down reasoned deliberation. Demagogues have usually advocated immediate, violent action to address a national crisis while accusing moderate and thoughtful opponents of weakness or disloyalty. Demagogues overturn established customs of political conduct, or promise or threaten to do so. Most who were elected to high office changed their democracy into some form of managed democracy
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