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In reply to the discussion: If Donald Trump were to become a registered Democrat, would you support him? [View all]JonLP24
(29,322 posts)The reason Dukakis lost was because he had no message. Good jobs at good wages is not a message. Saying that the election is not about ideology but about competence is a joke.
Elections are about ideology. Theyre about values and what you stand for. We didnt offer any vision for the future, any argument for change. The kind of change we were offering said, Well get rid of their hacks and put our hacks in.
The Democratic Party has become the other Inside party. In 1988 there was an incumbent inside party and a challenger inside party. There was no candidate that got up and said we must have a crusade to save America.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/mainstream-democrat/
Anyways MCC called for the end of Medicare & Social Security.