The threat of misinformation, conspiracy theory and social media to our democracy

[David Horn]

(05-01-2022, 11:49 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:

(05-01-2022, 03:52 PM)David Horn Wrote:

(04-30-2022, 03:06 AM)beechnut79 Wrote: In many people's minds Ron DeSantis is so scary that he has been given the nickname DeSatan.

That's good!  DeSantis, unlike his "mentor", has the wherewithal to actually do serious harm.  Here's the question: is that his intent?  I tend to see him as an autocrat in performance clothing.  Is that a benefit to him personally or not?  It's hard to see it helping him do anything but play his base like a fiddle or fail miserably trying to do something substantive.

DeSatin's score is only 12-10. He may be able to get away with a lot in Florida, but he won't be elected president unless the Democrats nominate Harris, Booker, Klobuchar, Buttigieg, or some other loser (among all of the many failed 2020 Democratic candidates, only Bernie could beat him, IF nominated, and he's getting too old).

Whoever the Dems run, s/he had better be bold, decisive and as plain spoken as possible.  And s/he had better avoid the demure word-parsing Dems use to try to explain why they aren't really like the Reps say they are ... really!  It comes across just the way it sounds: weak and apologetic.  Dems need to apologize NEVER.  it doesn't work for them, and it's stupid to boot.