The blame game...

[u/Veshaad]

[u/Pretend_Ad_8465]

The reason I am SOOOOO frustrated with Democrats is that they have completely failed to capitalize on these facts. They should be flooding the airwaves pointing out Republican lies and hypocrisy but it's like they just rolled over and died save for a few luminaries like Talarico. Broadcast the obvious, let people know your game plan and maybe this red scourge can be eliminated from Texas once and for all. At the very least Texas with all its diversity should be a purple swing state.

[u/Msagtab → u/Pretend_Ad_8465]

They should be flooding the airwaves pointing out Republican lies and hypocrisy

I don't think you realize how unrealistic this is. This takes money. That's sort of the entire reason our Democracy in this country got turned to shit with Citizen's United. Turns out billionaires and big lucrative industries have a lot more money to throw at whatever party is going to be nicer and bend over to their demands. This is the Republican party they're dealing with, they'll do literally anything and aren't tethered to any political morals or ideals. Democrats will never have the same money at their disposal. So Republicans have the money to flood the airwaves, Democrats pretty much don't, as far as fundraising they have to rely a lot more on spam campaigns that annoy the shit out of even the constituents that vote blue. Hell, even that takes money.

On top of that, as we've already established Texas is Republican controlled. This can manifest against Democrats in several forms. This cycle we've seen Gina Hinojosa struggle to get information out to the public about texts between Abbott and Musk. She basically has to challenge a Republican government to rule against their own party in a timely fashion. In 2019 there was an AI ad challenge that took way too long to get anywhere because Republican created deepfakes were being used to smear a Democratic candidate. Prior to that Paxton filed a lawsuit as AG against a Democrat organization that made ads on a bunch of horseshit reasons that would never happen to Republicans. They control the government and have all of the ability to make sure they don't have to play fair while the Democrats are hamstrung.

Now if that weren't enough, most stations, at least in my area, are owned by Conservative media concerns. This obviously presents another layer of challenges.

So I hear what you're saying but I think it's steeped in the kind of narrow scope of typical leftist concerns directed at their own party that ignore the real mechanics of the bigger picture.

[u/Msagtab → u/Msagtab]

Oh and add polling onto this. Sometimes you lose voters when you get down in the mud with your messaging. You just make both parties look similar and cloud the decisions of voters.

[u/Pretend_Ad_8465 → u/Msagtab]

Using too many words to say a WHOLE bunch of nothing. I have always been an independent never registered to either party so I do not get why you'd attack me as a leftist for stating obvious facts. Its clear that right wingers like you are hell bent on ensuring that the Dems never wake up and completely give up! Outreach and civic education really doesnt cost that much and the the money IS there, Democrats just do not allocate it appropriately because the national party leadership is myopic, deeply flawed amd beholden to too many special interstate groups. They CAN do it but they REFUSE to do so.

[u/CelticSnakes → u/Msagtab]

This, 100%.

Control the airwaves, control minds. Who owns The Media? Billionaire MAGA supporters.

The ones who would burn this nation down if it meant not paying a farthing more in taxes.

[u/Sonoran_Ghosts_81 → u/Pretend_Ad_8465]

Been like this all 30 years of my political life.

I am convinced they are controlled opposition at this point.

They snatch defeat from the jaws of victory over and over.

[u/Fighter_Jet_enjoyer → u/Pretend_Ad_8465]

Nc roy Cooper ad has called out Micheal Watley ad for straight up lying but that is the only example I can think of.

[u/UnconfidentShirt → u/Pretend_Ad_8465]

This is the sad truth a lot of us are waking up to. The democrats are in on the grift, just like all capitalists in power. They play the game and fool us by throwing the progressives a bone every now and then, but it’s always “gosh darn it if we didn’t just lose again!” on every bill that would make positive and meaningful change for 90% of society.

We should all feel betrayed and vote them out. Who are we voting out? Well, anyone from the old guard who actively destroy things for the benefit of the elite (republicans) and anyone that pretends to care but ultimately gets paid by the same donor elites and have their interests in mind solely (democrats).

Most of our politicians are compromised and don’t care about us, basically.

[u/9fingerwonder → u/UnconfidentShirt]

I'll take the occasion bone vs being dragged back to 1950 "idealized" america. No politician is going to align to everything I want but one side tries, poorly, while the other takes great effort to remove the progress we have gained.