I'm voting Biden, but every time they ask me for money I'm telling them no and I'm telling them why. And they ask me for money A LOT.
I replied to one text explaining how I can't trust the DNC after the 2016 "donor sharing" and the NH primary was cancelled, so I'd only give directly to progressive candidates.
I was just venting, but it worked.
Haven't got a single email/text asking for money again and it's been a couple months.
Which honestly, is concerning.
Getting big 2016 Hillary "if you don't already love me, fuck you I don't need your vote" vibes.
Last time Dems used that strategy, we got stuck with trump for four years. And Biden himself has always had a habit of lashing out when people don't bow to him. It's what crashed his 1988 primary and stopped him from running for president for 20 years until Republicans lowered the bar enough on what was acceptable behavior from a presidential candidate.
Back then lying about plagiarizing speeches, law school grades, and screaming at reporters about how much smarter you are was disqualifying.
I remember 1988... it was the plagiarism that killed it back then... and we ended up with Dukakis (sigh).
Edited:
Whoops, Mondale was 84 and not as progressive as I thought.
His dad was the Mondale that kept pushing the New Deal, this Mondale was already wanting to drag the party right.
Zero idea why I saw Dukakis and my brain jumped to Mondale
I'm voting Biden, but every time they ask me for money I'm telling them no and I'm telling them why. And they ask me for money A LOT.
I replied to one text explaining how I can't trust the DNC after the 2016 "donor sharing" and the NH primary was cancelled, so I'd only give directly to progressive candidates.
I was just venting, but it worked.
Haven't got a single email/text asking for money again and it's been a couple months.
Which honestly, is concerning.
Getting big 2016 Hillary "if you don't already love me, fuck you I don't need your vote" vibes.
Last time Dems used that strategy, we got stuck with trump for four years. And Biden himself has always had a habit of lashing out when people don't bow to him. It's what crashed his 1988 primary and stopped him from running for president for 20 years until Republicans lowered the bar enough on what was acceptable behavior from a presidential candidate.
Back then lying about plagiarizing speeches, law school grades, and screaming at reporters about how much smarter you are was disqualifying.
I remember 1988... it was the plagiarism that killed it back then... and we ended up with Dukakis (sigh).
Edited:
Whoops, Mondale was 84 and not as progressive as I thought.
His dad was the Mondale that kept pushing the New Deal, this Mondale was already wanting to drag the party right.
Zero idea why I saw Dukakis and my brain jumped to Mondale