clv101 wrote: ↑21 Jul 2024, 22:05
Expect only a woman can beat Trump at this stage - but it's a tall order!
Why can only a woman beat Trump? From my perspective, the Democrats appear to be about to make a monumental mistake. What they need to be thinking right now is one thing only: Who is the best candidate to beat Trump? What they are actually thinking seems to be "It's time for a black-asian female President!" They are thinking about which candidate
they would like to see win, for
their reasons, instead of thinking about who is most likely to win over the swing voters in swing states who will actually decide the result.
I don't know much about US politics. Maybe Kamala Harris is the best candidate. If so, then people should be saying she's the best candidate, not that America needs a female president [because that would be a great victory in the culture wars]. Surely all Trump needs to do is paint a picture that this is indeed what has happened -- that the Harris was chosen because of her identity rather than her ability -- and he's laughing all the way back to the Whitehouse.
"We fail to mandate economic sanity because our brains are addled by....compassion." (Garrett Hardin)