Quote (bogie160 @ Nov 6 2024 07:27am)
It begs the question. How do you control such total control of the media apparatus, the overwhelming monetary advantage, a virtual lockdown on academia, NGOs, and government bureaucrats, and still lose?
The post mortem needs to be brutal.
Every single conventional flag was red for Kamala
All the keys to the white house that Lichtman blatantly disregarded by trying to create the most absurd excuses in each category
The economy was abysmal which spells doom for an incumbent. Kamala was an astoundingly unpopular politician with a 36-53 favorability prior to the nomination. The democratic base was in disarray and openly challenging the incumbent, voting for 'uncommitted' against Biden and the DNC wound up scuttling primary elections entirely. They had the worst foreign policy disaster streak in modern history, making even George W. Bush look good in retrospect. Kamala had the personal charisma of a lobster.
Kamala had the unconventional advantage of billionaires funneling her records amount of money, the mainstream media behind her and her opponent being persecuted by the establishment to the point she can call him a convicted felon and hope that scares the elderly.
It wasn't enough.
This post was edited by Goomshill on Nov 6 2024 07:47am