Scripting News podcast

A Wednesday morning ramble


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We start with what didn't work about the election of 2024 as the question du jour, and the answer is basically everything. The Democratic Party is a funnel which tries to funnel what the elites think we need without triggering Jake Tapper or Maggie Haberman or the publisher of the NYT. As the Bidens discovered this is a hopeless cause, so no one liked Joe, and they didn't have a feel for Kamala, and they aren't wrong they're right.

The world changed and it's time for the old Democratic party to be replaced by a completely new version, as happened already with the Repubs. We're going to be much better at what we believe in, as they are much better at what they believe in. Our goals won't change, but we'll have candidates that rise from the people, instead of being filtered and handed down from above.

We're not connecting with people because they're not connecting with the people we give them. These people do know how to run the US government, but they aren't doing it the way we want them to. Change isn't happening fast enough to keep up with the demands of a changed country. I doubt if the Dems would disagree with that. Okay we see how to fix this. I explain in this long ramble, if you're patient enough to listen that long!

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