• Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      But they HAD to! The shutdown was so UNPOPULAR that democrats all LOST in the most recent election!

      /s not because the sarcasm isn’t obvious, but because I don’t trust centrists to not ignore the sarcasm on purpose.

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        The shutdown was so UNPOPULAR that democrats all LOST in the most recent election!

        If you think that the FEDERAL shutdown was a major issue for the Mayor of New York City (who had been leading in the polls for months) and the governorship of New Jersey and Virginia (where the polls had also been clear since before the shutdown), you’re out of your gourd.

        Or bullshitting in bad faith, as per usual.

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          If you think that the FEDERAL shutdown was a major issue for the Mayor of New York City (who had been leading in the polls for months) and the governorship of New Jersey and Virginia (where the polls had also been clear since before the shutdown), you’re out of your gourd.

          If you think that the voters didn’t respond well to a party that was finally pretending to start stand up for them, you have no idea how branding works. Well, at least they capitulated like they do on everything but genocide support, so healthcare subsidies are going away. So it’s a win for you. Democrats existing brand, the one everyone but centrists like you were pissed off about, is maintained.

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            If you think that the voters didn’t respond well to a party that was finally pretending to start stand up for them, you have no idea how branding works.

            The same voters who increasingly blamed the Dems for the shutdown as it’s dragged on?

            I’m sorry that you live in a fantasy land instead of the real world. I understand that the reality-based community is deeply offensive to you.

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              The same voters who increasingly blamed the Dems for the shutdown as it’s dragged on?

              I suppose we’ll see if capitulation makes them more popular.

              I’m sorry that you live in a fantasy land instead of the real world.

              Says the guy who is trying to convince people that capitulation is a good thing after the party was rewarded for standing its ground.

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                Says the guy who is trying to convince people that capitulation is a good thing after the party was rewarded for standing its ground.

                Is it that you can’t parse what I’m saying, and thus have no choice but to fill in the blanks with fantasy; or is it that you find it more satisfying to tilt against windmills?

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                  Is it that you can’t parse what I’m saying,

                  I’m not buying your pro-capitulation bullshit. None of it. Democrats were more steadfast in their support of netanyahu’s genocide than they have ever been about healthcare.

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                    I’m not buying your pro-capitulation bullshit.

                    I don’t support the 8 Dems who broke ranks, but that’s fucking different from pretending that this was a popular shutdown.

                    Sorry, was that too far back for you to remember?

                    Democrats were more steadfast in their support of netanyahu’s genocide than they have ever been about healthcare.

                    Where the fuck did I say otherwise?

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      fetterman isnt surprising he made pretty known like a year now. the other 8-10 dinos felt safe to come out of the woodwork to show them they are really DINOS.