The difference between Democrats and Republicans is that Democrats let specifics get in the way of a good message. How we pay for shit literally doesn't matter at this stage. Messaging does. Hell, it's how Buttigieg has been able to gain so much ground on the other candidates. There is no "there" there in Buttigieg's policy proposals. It's just great messaging that appeals to midwestern Boomer rubes (and Ph).
The problem is way more people think they are in the middle class than are actually in it.
This ad is already running. "Same thing."
Strick and townie, if you guys don't already follow Adam Gaffney, he's the best single payer/no cost sharing/m4a advocate in my mind. This piece in the Boston Review is really good. http://bostonreview.net/science-nat...fney-what-health-care-debate-still-gets-wrong
That's how M4A has gotten as popular as it is.
Against Warren and Bernie this ad will go on steroids.
Others will be able to say, "We are trying to fix it."
You are freely admitting that the GOP would be lying with these ads right? And your premise seems to be that the ads will work, even though they are lies. So if that is the case, why wouldn't they run the same ads against Biden or Mayor Pete or whatever?
Against Warren and Bernie this ad will go on steroids.
Others will be able to say, "We are trying to fix it."
The point is that they are branding all Dem positions as the same so they can attack them all with similar ads, regardless of the candidate.
That's literally the point that I'm trying to make. Buttigieg doesn't have anything beyond "this is too ambitious"-messaging that plays really well with the boomer and up crowds, as well as with younger moderates.
When Biden, Sanders, and Warren press him to explain in fairly granular detail on how he can expand healthcare access through policy, which I'm assuming is going to happen in the next debate (since he was such a raging dickhead towards Sanders and Warren in the last one), he will fall flat on his face.
Like I pointed out in my post to itc, we - educated voters - know how we pay for this stuff already. It's not like anything would change for an M4A-type program. This shouldn't be this hard of a concept to understand.
The point is that they are branding all Dem positions as the same so they can attack them all with similar ads, regardless of the candidate.
It plays well because implementing it is literally impossible even in a best case scenario where she can implement a wealth tax. Spoiler alert she can't because it is unconstitutional and if it wasn't it would be effectively impossible collect revenue in that manner. See every other country who tried.
Of course Liz knows this, but she is ok deliberately misleading the American people.
So people who aren't idiots are gravitating towards Pete. Makes sense.
Did you take "socialism 101" with sailor, Whatamount?
No, but I know a charlatan and Bernie, Trump, and Liz are all rowing the same boat. Populists are the absolute worst. Left or right.
Well if the Republicans won’t like it we better not try
You feel comfortable equating Sanders, Trump, and Warren? You are honestly asserting this and definitely not trolling when you do so?
“If you don’t support sanders you’re a republican”
Difference is one out of the three wouldn't crash the economy.