The Trump Coup Part 2

[Ford]

Biden doesn't need to be typing in all caps and posting at 3am, but he should be banging the drum about his economic wins very loudly. Should have been doing it for awhile now.

So true. His messaging is a reflection of his oration; low key, muddled, hard to discern and largely lost on any possible audience.
The FACT that he has done a truly exceptional job looking after the Country's needs might be noted in the history books, but it escapes the vast majority of those who benefit from it. If he had a tenth of say, Mayor Pete's articulation, he'd be a shoo-in.

Mayor...well...now Secretary Pete doesn't just have articulation. He's able to think on his feet. I saw a few of his appearances during the 2020 campaign, and noted that he did something different.

While other candidates would take a question (in a town hall, for example) and use it to launch into a possibly unrelated but rehearsed talking point, Pete would actually answer the question. Since becoming Secretary Pete, his media appearances have been a parade of deftly smacking down "gotcha" questions.

Unfortunately (getting back to the subject of the thread), that doesn't seem to be what the voters want. Rather than "okay, that's a great question, let's dive into that for a minute and talk about possible solutions" they seem to be gravitating towards shouting all caps messages. There was a story today of a MAGA guy who posted online threats against Biden and a few others. The FBI (as is their wont) showed up to question him, and he (apparently) decided to follow through on his promise to go down shooting. He did not win.

Granted, he is an extreme case, but in some areas he's being held up as a martyr along the lines of Ashli Babbitt. In order to have a coup, you have to have people who are willing to die for the leader.

 

[Elixir]

Mayor...well...now Secretary Pete doesn't just have articulation. He's able to think on his feet.

Good post, fully agree. Pete is entertaining and informative all the time IMO. Economy of words, clarity of expression... Information, unfortunately, is a poison pill on our political right. More of a threat than gayness or even “WOKE!”.

 

[BH]

The problem is so many in the American public consider winning an insult contest and/or being very rich is a sign of high intelligence.

 

[Elixir]

Could he still eek out a win?

I think the word you probably set out to use was “eke” but seriously - “eek” is more accurate.

 

[Worldtraveller]

The sane republicans missed the chance with the negative vote on the impeachment and it seems like they have abdicated their responsibilities to the legal system. I hope the legal system can do what it should. I have grave concerns if it cannot.

Honestly, we haven't had enough sane republicans to make a difference since Reagan's time (and he wasn't one of them).