• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    They could have handled the Michigan problem in a lower key. Letting them speak at the convention and promising real investigations with paused shipments. That way they get the moral high ground for both sides without taking a side.

    And as for the affordability crisis. All they had to do was say, we know we have more work to do, we successfully avoided a recession and more we must make sure we don’t leave everyday Americans behind. Then go on to talk about trust busting, grocery prices, housing prices, car prices.

    Instead they chose fear mongering and status quo. It was an out of touch campaign run by out of touch corporate elites.

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      They could have handled the Michigan problem in a lower key. Letting them speak at the convention and promising real investigations with paused shipments.

      Exactly. As much as I wish Americans were ready to cut off aid to Israel, that’s just not the case. The majority of Americans disapprove of Israel’s actions in Gaza, but they’re still broadly supportive of Israel. Labeling the conflict a genocide and ending all military support would have won me over, but it probably would have been a net loss. Still, there were a lot of small steps they could have taken to show support to the Palestinian population and capitalize on the growing disapproval on Gaza, and instead they chose full-throated support.

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        Basically she wasn’t willing to throw Biden under the bus even a little, and that was the problem.