Why do the Democrats seem so ineffective?

[asahi]

@racepug

Y’know, I’ve long suspected that whatever the president does (or doesn’t do) has MUCH less effect on the economy than what people want to give him credit for (or to blame him for, whichever is the case) and I think that what’s going on under this current “president” proves that since he has absolutely no idea what the hell he’s doing. If what that moron is up to really HAS had an effect on our economy then he’s done nothing more than luck into it. Stupid S.o.B.

It’s just a given: if the economy is doing well, he’s going to get at least some credit for not screwing it up, and if it’s not doing well, he’ll get blame for not fixing it. The extent to which he had anything to do with this growth doesn’t matter – people will vote to keep him because while they might genuinely conclude that he’s a dumbass, sociopath, or both, they’ll also conclude that ‘things ain’t that bad, and he’s gone in 4 years.’

**People aren’t going to think about how Trump has already radically remade no less than one quarter of the federal judiciary in Mitch McConnell’s image, and by the time he’s done, we will undoubtedly have the most rock-solid hardcore, ideologically regressive right wing federal court system this country has seen in probably 125 years – and perhaps ever.
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Now, especially for the progressives who were so anti-Clinton that they really had to hold their nose and vote for her or who simply sat out the election of 2016 because they weren’t inspired…let that sink in. How in the hell is a progressive going to change anything when fighting not only a Republican senate, but an ideologically whacked out federal court system.

This ought to be fun.

And yes, it’ll get worse before it gets better.

Sorry.

[racepug]

@asahi

It’s just a given: if the economy is doing well, he’s going to get at least some credit for not screwing it up, and if it’s not doing well, he’ll get blame for not fixing it. The extent to which he had anything to do with this growth doesn’t matter – people will vote to keep him because while they might genuinely conclude that he’s a dumbass, sociopath, or both, they’ll also conclude that ‘things ain’t that bad, and he’s gone in 4 years.’

**People aren’t going to think about how Trump has already radically remade no less than one quarter of the federal judiciary in Mitch McConnell’s image, and by the time he’s done, we will undoubtedly have the most rock-solid hardcore, ideologically regressive right wing federal court system this country has seen in probably 125 years – and perhaps ever.
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Now, especially for the progressives who were so anti-Clinton that they really had to hold their nose and vote for her or who simply sat out the election of 2016 because they weren’t inspired…let that sink in. How in the hell is a progressive going to change anything when fighting not only a Republican senate, but an ideologically whacked out federal court system.

This ought to be fun.

And yes, it’ll get worse before it gets better.

Sorry.

Yeah, I get that. But to me that just shows how little thought members of the electorate, on the whole, choose to put into these matters (reminds me of one of the early Simpsons episodes when Bart is running against Martin Prince for class president and just before the vote Mrs. Crabapple says, “Now, for those of you who are willing to put any THOUGHT into this” before, I think, giving each candidate a chance to make a final statement). It just goes to show that the Founding Fathers were on to something about an “uninformed populace.” Difference is that people nowadays haven’t got NEARLY as many excuses for being uninformed about such matters as they had back then. And yet these folks are still allowed a vote in this country. Sad.

[iamthewalrus_3]

@racepug

Difference is that people nowadays haven’t got NEARLY as many excuses for being uninformed about such matters as they had back then. And yet these folks are still allowed a vote in this country. Sad.

I’m not sure that’s true. I think it’s as hard or harder to determine the truth now than it was before.

Sure, it’s easy to read and learn things, but there are so many sources pushing bullshit with a finely-tuned understanding of human psychology and no ethical restraints. Critical thinking is hard.