a very good question. OK democrats, what is your next move?
I think there is indeed an issue now of where Democrats go from here. They freaked out on the RINO squish Bush II and said that he was “Hitler.” Then they freaked out about the RINO squish McCain and called him (you guessed it) “Hitler.”
Then they got all worked up about yet another RINO squish in Romney, saying how he was a man who was cruel to animals and a guy who trapped women in binders and gave them cancer. And he was (wait for it, waaaait for it) “literally” Hitler. Now, for the last decade, they have freaked out about Donald Trump, calling him yet again, (ho-hum…) Hitler re-incarnate. Oh, and the “literal” antichrist. Yeah, THAT’S the ticket!
But where can you go from there?
Where CAN they go? They seem to have “shot their wad“ on Trump. Now, if they go back to calling, let’s say, JD Vance “Hitler,” they will get laughed out of regular society, as well they should be. We’ve ALL seen this particular song and dance before and it’s not at all entertaining anymore! Hey Democrats, ya got anything NEW?
We are almost at the point where Democrats have no choice but to focus on actual matters of policy. And THAT is horrifying to them. That approach has been anathema to them for a long time. They’re really no good at all at it–their persuasion skills have atrophied into a vestigial tail. But where else can they go?
I guess they could say that JD Vance is “weird” and is sullied by his association with Trump. Maybe they can say that Vance is an ÜBER Hitler! But, on second thought, that seems to be pretty darn weak sauce.
I just think that now that the Left has turned up the volume to a 10 and no one even cares what they say anymore, it’s unlikely for them to effectively turn it up to 11 now. There really is no more conceptual “head room.” Maybe they will try, anyway. They actually have a little other choice–none that they would actually take, anyway.
But, they do need to find another strategy, because this one is old and tired and totally lame. At this point, where can they go but to logic, policy, and persuasion? And those are things that they are exceedingly weak at. You can almost hear them scream, “No, anything, but that!“