Fishful Thinking

Do the work. Stop trying to fix cultural problems with politicians.

"Beautiful Chaos" - Pete Buttigieg and Jamie Harrison

[Fishful Thinking @FishBanc]

Unpinning my 9 year-oold tweet with over 20M interactions to pin this one.

[Stephen Robinson @SER1897]

@FishBanc @TheStefanSmith @RachelBitecofer I think Democratic voters should support the candidate who they think best promotes the issues important to them. I think trying to game the bigotry of other people is to effectively enable that bigotry. We shouldn't *not* vote for someone because of their identity.

[Fishful Thinking @FishBanc]

@reesetheone1 Of course.

[Fishful Thinking @FishBanc]

So another case of what I call civic terrorism in store...frankly there are so many cases of economic terrorism I would have thought we would get Trump on one of those long ago. Here we go again, have to rely on the guardrails and then we'll also blame the guardrails.

[Stephen Robinson @SER1897]

I know @atrupar has argued that re-electing Trump was one of the most self-destructive acts an electorate could have inflicted on itself, but this is one of those moments where I still can't believe it happened.

We're likely heading for another January 6, perhaps worse.

[Fishful Thinking @FishBanc]

@Rodericka

[Fishful Thinking @FishBanc]

@leslie_beemer @chyeaok Clearly the guy sits around feeling like he put himself out there and then she went and did that...I can see why it's on the tip of his tongue even if not for everyone else. I mean hell, Walz had even fewer than 107 days didn't he...

[Fishful Thinking @FishBanc]

@chyeaok @leslie_beemer I agree with you, my guess is he was.
That said, when Doug says they made moves that weren't with running again in mind, it brings me right back to her saying that in her book. Who does that if they EVER plan to be in politics again?

[Fishful Thinking @FishBanc]

@LGBTQPete I prefer to see it as "Even this knucklehead has the sense to see what is right in front of us as the way to go."

[Nerdy Pursuit 🐉 @nerdypursuit]

I missed this tidbit the other day. 👀

While speaking at Georgetown on October 15th, Tim Walz was asked to give advice to the national party.

His answer: "Pick Pete Buttigieg."

It's around 19:20 in this video:
https://t.co/Ana93hCfN0

[Andy Kim @AndyKimNJ]

It was great joining my long time friend @PeteButtigieg in Georgia with a visit to Conyers to help fire up volunteers. This community is so excited to help deliver Georgia for Democrats and lift up next generation leaders like @jasmineforga and @ossoff to Congress.

[Scott Colom @scott_colom]

Mark your calendars because on Tuesday, October 27th, Secretary @petebuttigieg is joining me on the Coast for a rally! We’re going to bring the energy, talk about what’s at stake for Mississippi and get ready to send Cindy High Prices packing in less than 10 days.

RSVP today, spots are going fast! ➡️ https://t.co/oVJuM8WUWe

[Fishful Thinking @FishBanc]

@mehdirhasan @AbdulElSayed It is completely ok and consistent to say AES will/should receive the most votes *and* that because he was a bullying asshole to Stevens she is allowed to say just as she did.

[Fishful Thinking @FishBanc]

@SER1897 remember correctly: the team wasn't even going to honor Conald with a debate - until they felt they had no choice because the numbers didn't say anything close to "soul of the nation" anymore.

[Fishful Thinking @FishBanc]

@SER1897 Wasn't timing. I saw Biden in Los Angeles on Feb 20, 2024 and knew immediately why all of the "did anyone get that on camera?" or "is he still fit?" talk was rampant that winter. I saw at that fundraiser what the world saw at the debate. Sleep wouldn't have changed a thing. You

[Fishful Thinking @FishBanc]

@SER1897 @jiggafras Exactly

[Fishful Thinking @FishBanc]

I hate this question and it's stupid every time it is asked.
But what I really hate is how stupid Democrats are when they say "the country isn't ready for one" rather than asking the question, "Why will the GOP be first when we claim to be the civil rights party?"And they will

[Dr Charlie Ward™ @realdrcharliewa]

TMZ: “Are we going to have a female president first or a g*y president?”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY): “Well, we don’t know if we’ve already had a g*y president. I think there’s chances maybe we have but I don’t know.”

[Fishful Thinking @FishBanc]

@jiggafras @SER1897 And I wouldn't call it misogynistic when they still voted overwhelmingly for Harris.

[Fishful Thinking @FishBanc]

@jiggafras @SER1897 That's not what happened there.
The first polls to come out in April 2024 revealing that 80% Black and 90% Hispanic voters felt the economy was only "fair to poor" came out of Georgia. They were the first concrete info for what would be more widely seen.

[Fishful Thinking @FishBanc]

I see political forces in percentages of demographics very much like physics.

And it requires significantly more force to get a car moving from 10mph to 20mph than it does to get one moving from ~47mph to ~53mph.

[Stephen Robinson @SER1897]

The Democratic Party was in denial about this -- still framing the narrative as Trump's victory serving as further proof of white supremacy.

Harris's performance among Black voters, the supposed "base" of the party was generationally bad for a Democratic nominee.

[Fishful Thinking @FishBanc]

Knew it

[Conor Sen @conorsen]

Big new demographic tool from the NYT — they find that between 2020-24 in Georgia, white voters shifted one percentage point towards Democrats while Black voters shifted 5 percentage points towards Republicans: https://t.co/hV5LJ3wYDG

[Lis Smith @Lis_Smith]

People—Democrats, Republicans, Independents—clamoring to support the Peltolas and Coopers is actually a validation of their candidate quality!

It’s good to have candidates people want to associate with and that should be a factor when assessing candidate quality!