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Literally every four years we do this. Democrats sweep the elections promising huge economic reforms to benefit the poorest and most vulnerable people. The show up in Congress, fart around, complain that nobody gave them a 99 vote supermajority, and then write enormous concessions to the opposition party so they can claim they didn't turn the lights off at the Social Security office.

Under Carter, under Clinton, under Obama, and now under Biden. Same fucking story every time. Amazing that its worked this long and I can't say I'll be surprised to see it work again in 2028. But people just don't have any more fucks to give on this electoralism grift.

Georgia's still got enough die-hard Trumpies who haven't burned out on Republicanism as fast as Bidencrats have burned out on the Democrats, so it'll probably go to the GOP this time around. But we're burning the candle at both ends, here. Popularity is an increasingly scarce resource on either side of the aisle.

Democrats don’t understand that people living in the slums do not give a shit about China or Russia. They are not afraid of some Spetsnaz operator parachuting into Georgia and planting a flag.

You’d think with how obsessed liberals are with the war in Ukraine, they would’ve seen reports and interviews of the everyday poor, rural Ukrainian just trying to ignore the war and go on with their lives. They may have opinions, but guess what? Your stomach doesn’t stop growling just because of a two guys fighting each other outside your house.

The republicans will pay lip service and come up with 500 excuses and shift the blame to the liberals when they fail to help the poor. The democrats will do the same but blame republicans, but then they actively become hostile and berate poor people for gasp wanting the government they voted for to fucking help them. Like, they’re genuinely offended, hurt fucking feelings, because you dare ask them for a crumb of the infinite money pie. How dare you ask me for something, you piece of shit?

"If you don't vote for me you ain't black" - Genocide Joe

I'll admit, the one thing Trump nailed is his nickname for the DNC: 'Do-nothing Democrats.'

They literally spent 4 years twiddling their thumbs and they're going to scratch their heads wondering why Trump won again.

Biden and the Dems opening salvo after assuming power in 2016 was cutting the $2000 checks down to $1400 for no reason. That set the tone for the administration. Beyond that, there are a thousand slights that I can't even fully remember. Some greatest hits:

• The "no one wants to work anymore" narrative was allowed to spread which caused some states to cut unemployment benefits (which didn't magically fix the worker shortage) in the near term and sunset the rest of the expanded benefits.

• The $15 minimum wage died because the parliamentarian said so.

• The infrastructure bill had a stronger social spending component that got split into a separate bill. The corporate friendly part passed while the social spending didn't.

• Inflation was allowed to run rampant even though it was largely supply chain shock and corporate price gouging. The only approach considered was to raise interest rates which has an outsized impact on those with the least money.

• Put up the weakest case possible for student loan debt forgiveness. Let's not forget that during that debate, Silicon Valley Bank failed and had a bailout over a weekend even though it was not FDIC insured.

• The eviction moratorium ended along with the rent and housing markets are in the absolute worst conditions in a generation right now.

• Biden broke the railway strike over some fucking sick days while trains are derailing and poisoning entire towns.

I'm sure there's loads more I'm forgetting. And after that performance, their strategy is to scold voters and, I shit you not, bank on people forgetting all of this before next year.

The comments are horrible. It's comment after comment by Biden/dem apologists. The top comment...

Joe Biden didn't wave a magic wand and force my library board to approve cost of living increases in next year's budget, so I'm not getting one. Nor did he force the local grocery store to lower the cost of hamburger, the gas station to sell gas at $3 per gallon, or my landlord to rescind the $50 per month rent increase. Dang. I'm so angry at Joe for not knowing me, feeling my pain. I think I'll just vote for Trump, that'll show him.

People really think that Trump and 2024 fear mongering will be enough and I'm not so sure. There is a part of the population that is aware the US is blowing billions on Ukraine and Israel and hate it. There's plenty more who say they remember the economy being better under Trump and others being primed by the anti-woke propaganda. You've also got even more people who are just tuned out. They're not going to be posting on social media how the Dems have lost their vote. They're just not going to show up to vote and spend election night jerking off or something.

That was the feeling I got while in Upstate New York last year. The average normie isn't fond of Biden and the project 2024 fear mongering isn't as effective because it mostly centers around a group of people that isn't them.

It's honestly funny that the term Bidenomics might be a terrible thing what with how it's not working for the bottom rung and now his name is tied to it.

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory is what dems do best.

What'd you expect from the team behind this picture?

I hear them loud and clear and their voices are soooooo valid. That’s why it’s important to vote for the lesser evil in 2024. This is the most important election of our lives and democracy is on the ballot

Ah but look at this graph where line go up

Now you must vote blue