Sarah Longwell
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like who their leaders are gonna be in the future, but I also think they're gonna have, it's such a tone shift to go from Trump's just casual way of being up there, the bombasticity to sort of the like very Washington, I'm going to read a speech now. I'm gonna do it very proficiently. The substance is going to be very good. But did I make you, did I light you up?
like who their leaders are gonna be in the future, but I also think they're gonna have, it's such a tone shift to go from Trump's just casual way of being up there, the bombasticity to sort of the like very Washington, I'm going to read a speech now. I'm gonna do it very proficiently. The substance is going to be very good. But did I make you, did I light you up?
Did I make you feel like I was your champion? And I was, no. And like, that's kind of what people, I know that's what, I listen to Democrats all day long. And if you ask me, what do Democrats want? I'll be like, they want to win. They want to feel like they are winning something and they want someone to go make them feel that way.
Did I make you feel like I was your champion? And I was, no. And like, that's kind of what people, I know that's what, I listen to Democrats all day long. And if you ask me, what do Democrats want? I'll be like, they want to win. They want to feel like they are winning something and they want someone to go make them feel that way.
We used to have this joke in conservative circles where we would talk about how conservatives didn't make good protesters, because it would be like, what do we want? slow and gradual change. When do we want it in the due course of time? You know, like, uh, and it's a little bit, it's the way that everything is upside down.
We used to have this joke in conservative circles where we would talk about how conservatives didn't make good protesters, because it would be like, what do we want? slow and gradual change. When do we want it in the due course of time? You know, like, uh, and it's a little bit, it's the way that everything is upside down.
Now it's a little bit where Democrats are like that, where the, the, the sober and serious people in the party really, who I think appeal to swing voters and can win in a lot of these swingier places. Like they're not filled with the passionate bombastic intensity of, uh, what I think a lot of people are yearning for out of leaders in this moment, right?
Now it's a little bit where Democrats are like that, where the, the, the sober and serious people in the party really, who I think appeal to swing voters and can win in a lot of these swingier places. Like they're not filled with the passionate bombastic intensity of, uh, what I think a lot of people are yearning for out of leaders in this moment, right?
They're, they are, they are threading a needle by saying, yeah, like what's happening right now is strange, but they're also like, but I'll work with him and I'll do, and you know, they, and that it's like Obama when he sat there chatting with Trump or Joe Biden went to the office. There's, there's this, there's this real dissonance between the guy is a really bad guy destroying democracy.
They're, they are, they are threading a needle by saying, yeah, like what's happening right now is strange, but they're also like, but I'll work with him and I'll do, and you know, they, and that it's like Obama when he sat there chatting with Trump or Joe Biden went to the office. There's, there's this, there's this real dissonance between the guy is a really bad guy destroying democracy.
Well, I think, you know, it's funny. Normal person is better than normal politician. Yeah. So I think here's here's the voters just say it all day long. They're like, I don't. So and so seems like a regular politician. And I guess that's my. Unfair because I liked it. Knock on the speech as it seemed like sort of a regular political speech.
Well, I think, you know, it's funny. Normal person is better than normal politician. Yeah. So I think here's here's the voters just say it all day long. They're like, I don't. So and so seems like a regular politician. And I guess that's my. Unfair because I liked it. Knock on the speech as it seemed like sort of a regular political speech.
What voters say that they want actually was talking to Dems right now is a real is funny because it's just a bunch of it is like it's black women and it's it's. older white men, everybody sort of agrees, we need a straight white man who's not a politician.
What voters say that they want actually was talking to Dems right now is a real is funny because it's just a bunch of it is like it's black women and it's it's. older white men, everybody sort of agrees, we need a straight white man who's not a politician.
It's like everyone has really internalized this idea that everybody is too racist, because people will be like, you know, I love Pete Buttigieg, but we're never electing a gay guy. Or I love, you know, Jasmine Crockett, but we're never electing a black, like everybody's just like, who is a white straight man who's also not part of like the Democratic firmament?
It's like everyone has really internalized this idea that everybody is too racist, because people will be like, you know, I love Pete Buttigieg, but we're never electing a gay guy. Or I love, you know, Jasmine Crockett, but we're never electing a black, like everybody's just like, who is a white straight man who's also not part of like the Democratic firmament?
And then, you know, everybody just goes, Mark Cuban. Yeah. Uh, like if you raise Mark Cuban to voters, they're all like, yeah, that guy, or they bring it up. Uh, and so, and what they mean is can we get our own bro-ish billionaire who can go on every podcast and talk normally, but also basically shares our values.
And then, you know, everybody just goes, Mark Cuban. Yeah. Uh, like if you raise Mark Cuban to voters, they're all like, yeah, that guy, or they bring it up. Uh, and so, and what they mean is can we get our own bro-ish billionaire who can go on every podcast and talk normally, but also basically shares our values.