Re: Slouching Toward Kamala

On 5/25/26 8:42 AM, a425couple wrote:
> The Democrats are so damn stupid.
> Go ahead, I dare you to try that drunk dummy again.
> 
> from AOL - NY Post editorial board.
> 
> Slouching Toward Kamala
> In polling for the ’28 primaries, the “leading Democratic candidate is 
> consistently Kamala Harris, the face of the party’s 2024 debacle,” 
> marvels The New York Times’ Ross Douthat. Why? Trump’s unpopularity 
> makes Dems think “they can keep everything basically as it was in the 
> Biden era, with the same broad priorities and deference to activists and 
> interest groups, and float back to power automatically.” And Harris “was 
> a perfectly hapless embodiment of a Democratic establishment that 
> aspired to manage its base without ever strongly resisting its demands 
> and that aspired to win moderate voters not by moderating on the issues 
> but through a change of affect or a change of subject.” The party’s 
> poised to make “the exact same mistakes.”
> 
> from
> https://www.foxnews.com/media/former-dem-megadonor-blasts-2024-autopsy- 
> waste-time-says-reasons-loss-obvious
> 
> Former Dem megadonor blasts 2024 autopsy as waste of time, says reasons 
> for loss are obvious
> 
> John Morgan listed DEI, transgender athletes and border security as the 
> real reasons voters rejected Democrats in 2024
> 
> Madison Colombo By Madison Colombo Fox News
> Published May 22, 2026 11:44am EDT
> 
> Former Democrat donor John Morgan gives blunt autopsy on Democratic 
> Party failures
> Former major Democrat donor John Morgan critiques the Democratic Party's 
> direction, aligning with President Donald Trump's view that their 
> policies are detrimental to America. Morgan provides his direct 
> "autopsy" of the party's failures, citing issues like DEI, "woke" 
> culture, open borders and Kamala Harris' campaign. He suggests Democrats 
> are failing to address core voter concerns and are pushing away key 
> demographics.
> 
> A former Democratic megadonor blasted his party’s newly released 
> election autopsy, arguing the party doesn't need a lengthy report to 
> understand why voters rejected them.
> 
> John Morgan, who has previously given over a million dollars to the 
> Democratic Party, revealed he didn’t give "a penny" to the 2024 campaign 
> once Vice President Kamala Harris took the helm.
> 
> Speaking on "Jesse Watters Primetime," Morgan argued the DNC’s post- 
> mortem report misses the mark, failing to address the party’s decision 
> to embrace certain progressive social issues.
> 
> "I don't know what they spent on this autopsy, but they could have given 
> me nothing and I could have done it in a few seconds," Morgan said 
> Thursday.
> 
> TWO BLUE STATE HOUSE DEMOCRATS SLAM PARTY'S STANCE ON TRANSGENDER 
> ATHLETES AFTER HARRIS' DEFEAT
> 
> Kamala Harris speaks at teachers union convention in Houston.
> Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at the American Federation of 
> Teachers’ 88th National Convention on July 25, 2024, in Houston, Texas. 
> (Montinique Monroe/Getty Images)
> 
> He laid out that he believes the Democratic Party’s decision to embrace 
> issues such as transgender athletes and diversity, equity and inclusion 
> (DEI) initiatives hurt the party’s chances at the ballot box.
> 
> "One, DEI is D-E-A-D. Two, woke needs to be put to sleep. Three, 
> transgender swimmers don't get to swim against girls, it's unfair. Four, 
> you need to seal the border tight. And five, anything to do with Kamala 
> or her staff," Morgan said. "That's the autopsy. Period, end of story."
> 
> The report itself, first released by CNN, takes a different perspective 
> on the party’s 2024 election loss. It argues the party weakened its 
> infrastructure through declining voter registration, cuts to state party 
> support and a failure to listen to certain groups of voters.
> 
> DEMOCRATS HAVE HIT 'ROCK BOTTOM,' PARTY LEADER SAYS; HERE'S HIS 
> UNORTHODOX REBOUND PLAN
> DNC chair Ken Martin makes a speech during the press conference for the 
> DNC site visit at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado
> DNC Chair Ken Martin makes a speech during the press conference for the 
> DNC site visit at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, on Wednesday, May 6, 
> 2026. (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
> 
> But donors like Morgan believe there’s still a chance for the Democrats 
> to make inroads during upcoming elections. He noted that the party has a 
> "deep bench" of candidates, including Andy Beshear and Rahm Emanuel.
> 
> "But they [Democrats] may find a way to lose, because if you go with 
> anybody with ‘socialists’ at the end of ‘Democrat,’ you are going to 
> lose because socialism is the first cousin to communism, and we always 
> know how it goes," Morgan added.
> 
> The report notes that the party must have a renewed focus on voters in 
> Middle America and the South. It has already sparked controversy within 
> the party. Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin publicly 
> distanced himself from the autopsy, saying it doesn’t meet his standards.
> 
> U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks to members of the media
> Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks to members of the media as she 
> arrives for the last votes of the week at the U.S. Capitol Building on 
> May 21, 2026, in Washington, D.C. Ocasio-Cortez criticized the recently 
> released DNC autopsy of the 2024 election's timing and its exclusion of 
> any mention of Gaza. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
> 
> CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP
> 
> "I am not proud of this product; it does not meet my standards, and it 
> won’t meet your standards," Martin said of the report, adding that he 
> could not "in good faith put the DNC’s stamp of approval on it."
> 
> Martin emphasized that he was releasing the report for the sake of 
> transparency "as I received it – in its entirety, unedited and 
> unabridged – with annotations for claims that couldn’t be verified."
> 
> Fox News Digital's Stephen Sorace and Paul Steinhauser contributed to 
> this report.

Now if only that sleazebag Tom Steyer would get his eyes opened by an 
under-spending R listed as #1..

Or maybe Caliphonyans are stupid enough to let him buy the election.

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