No where am I arguing for a person like Trump to be nominated. I just do not think being a "compassionate" person is going to get a fair shake from the media. Period.93henfan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:23 amSo why fight it and commit political suicide? Play the game, and win. Being the loudest, most principled, and still losing gets your rights and income and property taken away.Winterborn wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:21 am
The suburban mothers vote is all part of 88's squishy middle. It is all how a candidate is portrayed and the media controls that influence.
Would it be a wining strategy in a arena where they had a fair shake from the media? I think so and that you are right. But we don't and the media will vilify any candidate that the R's nominate (look at the stunts pulled by both sides in the last two elections. It was not because who the candidates were, though that helped, but the stance the media took and what they wanted). A person that is predominantly "compassionate" is going to be labeled as soft on everything, whether or not they are.
What is needed is a person that can come across as genuine and being able to stand firm on some issues and willing to work on others. But it is going to take very strong character and integrity to accomplish that and there is maybe one person other there on the R's side that has it (Haley and that is a maybe,IMHO). Whoever the candidate is will have to buy off not only the media, but members of their own party. It will take clout, charisma, and stones to do so. As zero favors will be given. Republicans have always been a bit more fractured then Democrats (comes with being more independent) and it is going to take more to bring the different parts together, compassion alone is not going to do it. The fringes are in control in both parties. You can take a moderate stance, but what is it going to get you when the other side isn't willing to work with you? So you win the Presidency, what about Congress? The times the Republicans controlled all three, they still didn't get shit done. When the best thing is gridlock, neither side is worth a hill of beans.The pendulum is swinging back and forth faster and faster and I do not think it will be stopped. I hope I am wrong though.
It doesn't matter who is elected, both sides do not give a crap about the common person and all they are concerned with is sucking the money of our paychecks into their pockets. The only difference is how fast it is happening and what tune is on the radio as we are all speeding down the highway. After the last 8 years, the speed isn't even that much different, only the optics that is being shown.