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[–] Khanzarate@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not fully convinced the conspiracy is that deep, but also if hard evidence came out saying so, I wouldn't be surprised.

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

I’m not fully convinced the conspiracy is that deep, but also if hard evidence came out saying so, I wouldn’t be surprised.

You don't have to believe my word, but answer this question. You are a Democratic veteran. You KNOW for a FACT that you need Democratic and Independent voters to win. Simple mathematics demands that you do so to win.

Why, oh why, would you pursue the Republican vote? They've never done this before in a Presidential election. It can't work. It's never worked before, anyway.

This was discussed openly during the campaign, tons of Republican outreach and advertising with the Harris run... why?

I cannot think of any other reason, I would actually feel a lot better if there was a logical reason, somebody help my troubled mind

[–] Khanzarate@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I think they sorta reasonably might have thought kamala would be another Bernie, who was pulling republicans from trump during the primaries against Hilary. They thought kamala had that sort of appeal.

It's not sound logic, but I think someone in politics who doesn't understand what drew people to Bernie could see the parallels and conclude if they focus on it, they can draw those Republicans in.

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 1 points 24 minutes ago* (last edited 19 minutes ago)

I think they sorta reasonably might have thought kamala would be another Bernie

Reasonably? For what reason?

Bernie didn't win the Presidential election. He couldn't even win the nomination.

"Let's try something that has failed, instead of doing something fundamental that we have repeatedly used before to win elections."

"Let's try this idea! It's just Trump, who has won before. No worries"

Come on, she is not that stupid.

They are not that stupid.

Side note: They collected over a billion dollars for this failure (that we know of). New record!