Comment by bloomingeek
3 days ago
Most of the grooming came from Limbaugh, Rove and Gingrich. Then the entertainment "news" Fox network finished the job. At the core, though, was a large segment of the voting population that gave up on knowledge and reason.
Yep the hate-talk show hosts started so early that really is like the initial grooming period.
By the time Trump's face was on TV every day it was already full-blown abuse.
Also, I think a big element was the rallys.
Once Trump was confirmed as the big loser in 2020, he immediately started his comeback, live and in person.
Constant rallys for 4 years, real slim attendance at first but eventually getting a baseline crowd who would make gatherings seem more popular than they were. Traveling from one rally to another like many Taylor Swift fans do, but all Trump rallied about was hate.
That's the crowd that he grew by testing different targets of hate, running it up the flagpole to see who salutes.
By the time Biden started campaigning in earnest, Trump already had four solid years behind him and his pitch was tested and honed well enough to draw a much more loving and obedient crowd. Of haters. Nothing less would be appropriate.
Giving thousands of disgruntled voters a full "live concert" or "game day" experience like they never had before, making a strong impression that lasted and put him over the top. Across the country.
And the Democrats did nothing like this. Biden was already moving slow and was never an emotion-driven attention-getter, plus he was busy doing the job he was elected to do and nobody dreamed of putting him on the road full-time like Trump.
It might have taken more than 4 years of Democrat rallys to compensate also, so starting early makes a big difference.
By now there's not 4 years remaining and they're still not doing squat.
Success at the midterms is more critical than ever and that's much less than a year away too.
Dems need to bring forward a new personality now that they can rally behind all the way to the top. Get the show on the road and pack those stadiums constantly, similar to "modern" Trump voters, an actual platform is not necessary.
None of the strategists who dropped the ball for Biden and Harris seem to be doing anything different yet.
Why continue with the same failed machine that is proven not to work against built-up MAGA hate?
If Democrats aren't going to hate back they're surely going to need to express their dissatisfaction a lot more strongly.
Every false move that Trump makes would be plenty of new fodder, an unending well of new topics to rouse the crowds' congealment around when they come up. If a nationwide tour were constantly underway, these could be added to the pitch while taken in stride, and the momentum could be made to increase each time Trump makes a new foible which the opposition can focus on to gauge the popularity impact.
That may still not be enough and it may take longer than it should so you've got to start earlier rather than too late.
Ideally a new attractive personality will bypass the failed old Dem machine, and with nothing but positive aspirations from the podium, trigger a natural gut response from the crowd, whatever stadium the tour takes them to.
Could anything be more appropriate than thousands of more patriotic ralliers than ever cheering for the Democrats in unison, spontaneously repeating the rallying call "Lock him up !" ?