Post #4051072

2026-07-24 01:28 UTC

Now THERE was a triumph of #marketing indeed! Pres. Obama was completely outmaneuvered. Faithful to the politically self-defeating "centrism" of mainstream #Democratic politics, Pres. Obama thought he'd achieved an ideal compromise by rebadging Mitt Romney's Heritage-Foundation scheme for legally compelling more U.S. denizens to sign up for corporate health #insurance. He forgot that all Republican policies only work in Republican hands. He laid an egg in full sight of the nation, playing right into Republican hands: they instantly turned face and mercilessly shredded their own plan, successfully fastening Obama's own surname onto it as a slur. (cont'd)

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@mxchara@seattle.pink 2026-07-24 01:31

Yes, it achieved some short term benefits which have surely almost completely evaporated now that GOP Trump-branded fascısm has been in solid control of the United States since 2016. Joe Biden was worse than useless at shaking the Republican grip on politics, and he betrayed the nation by letting all of Trump's worst decisions stand. The #Democrats are now paying the price for an unbroken decades-long record of political cowardice and faithlessness to their duty of safeguarding the peoples of the United States. No amount of #marketing is fixing this. The Democrats really believe in the stuff, though. It's been their doom. They've marketed themselves into diminishing spirals until now there's hardly anything left. (cont'd)

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