(08-10-2024, 12:53 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote:

(08-10-2024, 12:36 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: I've explained this over and over.  If she wants to win, read that again, IF SHE WANTS TO WIN, she should run on image and likeability.  

I'm not saying I want her to do that. Read that again.  I'M NOT SAYING I WANT HER TO DO THAT.  I'm saying that is her path to victory.  She has an advantage in that area that she doesn't have on the issues.  

It's how JFK won.  It's how Barack Obama won.  Image.  This is reality.  I'm not saying it ought to be that way, or that that's all we should be concerned about.  I'm saying it's how a lot of politicians win races.  It's not my wish that she should do that.  But it's how she could win.

It's like if I say, "The Texans can beat us if they control the line of scrimmage."  And your response is, "Oh, so you want the Texans to win?"  Don't be obtuse.  You are capable of understand what I am saying.

No, it's like saying if the Texans want to win, they need to have the best uniforms. The Jaguars strategy should be to score more TDs. It's an asinine scenario. They aren't even playing the same game. It would ONLY make sense in a world where the refs could give the game to the team with the best uniform. 

You moderate Republicans have been conditioned to accept different terms. It should offend you that she only has to run on image and likeability. It should speak volumes to how disparate the standards are for Democrats compared to Republicans. She's not even playing the same game, and you have the audacity to fixate on Trump attacking people who propagate these different standards like it's normal. It's not.

You don't seem to understand.  People vote for different reasons.  AGAIN, I'm not saying this is the way it ought to be, or that I approve of it.  I'm saying this is the way it is.  She is currently winning on image and likeability.  If she can keep that up, she can win the election.  

Again, I am not endorsing this.  I'm saying this is the world we live in.  For example, male candidates these days need to be tall, and good looking, and they need to have a full head of hair.  You think that has anything to do with issues?  It's image.  You say I shouldn't accept it.  Well, I don't have any choice but to accept it, because it's reality.

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