I AM SORRY

Now that I’ve had time to process the election, a few thoughts. Obviously, I’m disappointed in the verdict of the American people. But, for a democracy to work, you have to accept that your candidate won’t always win. There has been plenty of frustrations voiced about how the American people voted, and I have nothing to add to the subject that you haven’t already read.

A few random thoughts: I’m not a fan of the way Harris staffers are throwing Biden under the bus to the press. Should he have dropped out earlier? With the benefit of hindsight, yes. But I’m sure Biden thought he would perform a lot better on the debate stage than he did. And none of us had “Trump getting shot” on our 2024 bingo cards.

Say what you will about Biden’s policies and presidency, but people on both sides of the aisle say he’s a fundamentally decent man who devoted 50+ years of his life to public service. He committed a selfless act of patriotism and deserved a better end to his career than tire marks on his back.

Like JFK once said, victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan. 100+ days is plenty of time to run a presidential campaign. Most people don’t even start paying attention until after Labor Day. If you are a former presidential candidate who holds the second-highest office in the land, you should already have a vision for America that you can easily articulate and sell. The problem wasn’t that there wasn’t enough time. The problem was that the Harris team did a poor job with the time they had.

There is no reason it should have taken weeks to get a single policy position on the Harris campaign website, for example. This is a common mistake Democrats make. They waste way too much time focus group testing and (over)analyzing policy and messaging.

As someone who shapes public opinion for a living, I’ll let you in on a little secret — most people have no idea what the heck they want, until you show them. Stand for what you believe in, and sell it to the American people. If you have a viewpoint that’s unpopular, so what? Make it popular. You believe in it for a reason. Get others to believe, too.

Americans will vote for people they disagree with on certain issues. What they wont do is vote for candidates who appear to lack courage in their convictions. Americans like leaders with guts.

The party would have benefited from an open convention in which candidates could make their cases to the delegates — and, more importantly, the American public watching at home — for why they should be the Democratic nominee. If that candidate turned out to be Kamala, great. If not, that’s great too. In any case, there should have been an open and transparent process in which the American people felt that they had a voice. There are few things that frustrate people more than feeling unheard.

And here’s one thing that everyone got wrong, including me. Being “not Trump” just wasn’t enough this time around. It was enough in 2020. Americans were just coming out of a year in which Trump bungled a pandemic so bad that 1,000,000+ people died — including two friends of mine who did everything right.

But Americans have the attention spans of gnats. No one remembers that they were wiping their hindquarters with coffee filters four years ago. They do remember that eggs cost a buck more last week than they did back in the “good ol’ days.”

Trump is a polarizing figure who has been in the forefront of American politics for nearly a decade now. People have made up their minds about him. There needed to be a stronger case made for why Harris should be president, not why Trump shouldn’t. The case against Trump had already been litigated ad nauseam.

In you’re still with me, thank you for reading my self-therapeutic ramblings. Just like eight years ago, I will give Trump a clean slate on January 20, and he will have my support until he does something to lose it. I hope it takes a lot longer this time.

May God bless America. 🇺🇸

    The People Have Spoken

Why is there no data yet? Very confused because every state ground it has data even if results aren't finalized?

They have no data on the votes how did she win it?

vote for me & let's make America great again

I warned you Mike Johnson, that if you didn't call a vote and pass HR 2 that I was going to vote a straight Democratic ticket.

Time us up.

Republicans don't want to fix the border.

They wanted to play football with this issue ALL YEAR.

So reap what you sow. Y'all made me vote for Shiff.

But at least one of us is good on our word.

Maybe in 2028 you will have your shit together again instead of this clown show.