Mostly a good article, but I'll take issue with this:
We don’t need to normalize Trumpism or empathize with white supremacy to reach these voters. They weren’t destined to vote for Trump; many were Democratic voters. They aren’t destined to stay loyal to him in the future. To win them back, we must address their material concerns, and we can do that without coddling their prejudices. After all, America’s most famous progressive populist—Bernie Sanders—won many of the counties Clinton lost to Trump.
And how would Bernie have done had he been running against Donald instead of Hillary? Considering that, for example, Russ Feingold (who ran on a Sandersesque platform) lost Wisconsin by more votes than Hillary did, Zephyr Teachout didn't win her race, and the voters who said the economy was their main concern voted for Hillary, I really doubt the answer is as simple as focusing on economic issues.
I will grant that I wish Hillary had pushed her economic policies harder in her ads (she had some good ones), but downplaying the role that prejudices played in 2016 would be another wrong lesson to learn IMHO. (Sorry if I sound grumpy, but I'm sick of the BoBs in one of my resistance groups who keep pushing the "Hindsight is 2020" narrative.)
There’s danger ahead if Democrats don’t act quickly. The Traditionalist Worker’s Party has already announced plans for an outreach push in greater Appalachia. The American Nazi Party promoted “free health care for the white working class” in literature it distributed in Missoula, Montana, last Friday. If Democrats have any hope of establishing themselves as the populist alternative to Trump, they can’t allow American Nazis to fall to their left on health care for any population.
Mostly a good article, but I'll take issue with this:
And how would Bernie have done had he been running against Donald instead of Hillary? Considering that, for example, Russ Feingold (who ran on a Sandersesque platform) lost Wisconsin by more votes than Hillary did, Zephyr Teachout didn't win her race, and the voters who said the economy was their main concern voted for Hillary, I really doubt the answer is as simple as focusing on economic issues.
I will grant that I wish Hillary had pushed her economic policies harder in her ads (she had some good ones), but downplaying the role that prejudices played in 2016 would be another wrong lesson to learn IMHO. (Sorry if I sound grumpy, but I'm sick of the BoBs in one of my resistance groups who keep pushing the "Hindsight is 2020" narrative.)
There’s danger ahead if Democrats don’t act quickly. The Traditionalist Worker’s Party has already announced plans for an outreach push in greater Appalachia. The American Nazi Party promoted “free health care for the white working class” in literature it distributed in Missoula, Montana, last Friday. If Democrats have any hope of establishing themselves as the populist alternative to Trump, they can’t allow American Nazis to fall to their left on health care for any population.
Take note McCaskill et. al.
Maybe a new logo.
<img src="http://img10.deviantart.net/e688/i/2016/120/a/b/nazi_donkey_by_thecartoonloon-da0rvhk.png" width="300" height="300">
Is that a Trumpkopf or a Jackboot Ass?
Yes.
It's a wry, yet still lame, joke about how to attract 卐 to the Dems.