• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I’m just saying the same things over and over again

    Yeah. You keep just repeating the same patently wrong, historically inaccurate characterization of Obama’s campaign. The discussion was about idealism and how it sells in-terms of getting elected. My central point, is that it absolutely does sell, even its just the trappings. You run as a progressive idealist, like Obama did or like Sanders did, or based on just lift and shift the progressive platform like Biden did, and you catch W’s.

    You want to win an election as a Democrat? Either run on a progressive platform, or at least paint yourself that way in your campaign.

    The idea that you can win as a Democrat running towards the center isn’t supported (at least since Clinton).