Bumbling idiot Trump can do no wrong and competent, hard working Biden was constantly criticized

[Chasstev365]

AWOL Draft Dodger W Bush was a hero, while a two tours of duty volunteer, wounded purple heart recipient John Kerry a villian who was successfully swiftboated without any media push back.

Until Democrats admit this is the reality of the corporate media landscape and develop effective ways to combat the billionaire class controlling the narrative, every election will be a constant uphill battle no matter how badly Republicans are destroying the country.

I wish the Democratic Party would hire, young talented internet media experts to capture the youth vote and get them to actually turn out to vote. I would also love to see Leftwing Podcasters counter all the rightwing "brosphere" followers.

[Irish_Dem]

1. America's values have changed.

We assume Americans value hard work, competence, honesty, integrity.

The voting data tells this is not true.

One third value these things.
One third value dishonesty, crimes, hatred, racism.
One third don't give a damn.

So the problem is much bigger than just getting a better PR team for Dems.

[FakeNoose]

9. You forgot about the other one-third

... who refuse to vote for a minority candidate no matter how qualified they might be.

[AZLD4Candidate]

11. One third wants to kill one third while the other third didn't care. Sound familiar?

And MAGAts that have rudimentary knowledge of history say it's linear and not cyclical.

[Irish_Dem]

12. The MAGAs/evil ones are killing Americans every day.

All the public shootings with military grade weapons.

Gun violence is the leading cause of death for American children.

No vaccines, no healthcare, closing hospitals.

So we are in a civil war with daily deaths.

No one cares enough to do anything about it.

[AZLD4Candidate]

23. That's because the masked singer is on or someone's getting kicked in the nuts on tiktok.

[Scrivener7]

2. Where is our bot farm!

They work! And it's cheaper than buying up all the media, and probably reaches more people anyway!

[EdmondDantes_]

3. What have media have you been looking at?

Looking at Politico, CNN, NBC News, and MSNOW all have negative stories about Trump featured prominently. The New Yorker Politics podcast the last couple of weeks has primarily been about being unprepared for Iran.

[Chasstev365]

4. Now, yes, but the man never should have been reelected and only was due to a biased media.

He got a pass on trying to overthrow the government and so much more, while one off night made Joe Biden a comatose imbecile.

Also, Harris was never good enough for the American media

[OldBaldy1701E]

6. I hear you.

But, it was not 'biased media' that refused to prosecute that orange gibbon or his cronies on January 7th, 2021.

[EdmondDantes_]

15. I think that's a hard argument to make quantitatively

The media coverage of Trump has historically been very negative. Maybe not as negative as we would like, but that's not their job.

[maxrandb]

8. The problem as I see it

is that the ONLY bipartisanship that exists in this country, is when the left and the right team up to attack the left.

You'll see it regarding the Epstein files, where anyone on the "left", no matter how innocuous their connection, will lose their positions (political, professional, or academic), while those on the "right" will hold their positions, even if there is video of them dancing with Epstein while oogling 12 year old girls.

Unlike Democrats, Retrumplicans are NEVER required, nor expected to hold their leaders accountable.

See Al Franken for example #127,543 of this phenomenon.

[Scrivener7]

24. That's not what most people under 40 are looking at.

[catsudon]

5. the way president biden was betrayed

from all sides still left me with a bad taste in my mouth

[MustLoveBeagles]

22. I'll never forget

[Lonestarblue]

7. The DNC had David Hogg but Martin was threatened and got rid of him.

We have too many people clinging to what worked in old elections. We are a long way from 2008, perhaps not in years but certainly in the social media landscape and the economic realities facing younger voters today. There seems to be little recognition of a new reality by the entrenched wing of the Party.

[Chasstev365]

10. Excellent points!

[LuvLoogie]

13. I'm sure James Carville has another decade in him.

[Historic NY]

14. Time to be ruthless, niceness isn't working

Exactly what Tim Walz was saying

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVtT5ccjcBp/]

[4bonhoffer]

16. Spot on!

Hopefully someone in the DNC monitors this site

[Wednesdays]

17. We can start right here.

I'd say the median age of DemocraticUnderground members is close to 60 or older. Is there a way we could attract a younger membership?

[dlk]

18. The "brosphere" ignores the lived experience of the majority of the population

Namely, women.

[Chasstev365]

19. Yep!

[angrychair]

20. What is being a "Democrat" mean?

I mean for far too many people it just means being Republican but just with a little less racism, misogyny, xenophobia and bigotry.

I mean the only thing some Democrats hate more than Republicans is Progressive Democrats.

I mean if you mention things like "Medicare for all" or "student loan debt relief" or "paid maternity leave" is fastest way to get yelled at by both Democrats and Republicans about how it will never work or is too expensive or nothing like being told I'm a freeloader for wanting that type of of stuff...by other Democrats.

The rapid shift of some in the Democratic Party to the right has been disturbing as is our reliance on sternly worded letters.

I don't know what the answer is but with every passing election I feel more and more that as a progressive I'm not wanted in this party. That I'm more looked at as the enemy then the actual Republican pedophiles and their enablers.

[Chasstev365]

21. AOC and Bernie Sanders are "Radical Leftist."

There views are in line with FDR, Truman, the Kennedys, LBJ and HHH.

THAT'S how far to the right we've been pushed.