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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

No, it really doesn't. I can think them up by the dozens. If they're not going to pass, there's no reason to lay all the groundwork. But they're still good for rhetorical purposes.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sure you can think up the tag line line liner title for each item but what about all the details? How will they work the restrictions the requirements the funding. How much of that requires large amounts of work just to be shutdown and tossed by the Republicans

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

This is why Democrats struggle so badly, so I'll say it straight up: It's about sales. Reich is complaining that the public doesn't lose its shit over arcane policy details. Yeah, sit down for this truth bomb (/s): That's human nature. It's not fair. It's not right. It's not good. It's just the way it is. Complaining about it won't help, or change the content of headlines.

So somebody asks for examples of what can Biden do when he's blocked by Congress? I say: Sell, sell, sell. Get in the PR game. Put on a show that the people in the cheap seats can enjoy. (That is a metaphor for a rhetorical spectacle that even politically unengaged citizens will hear about.) Show everybody that the problem is in Congress.

What do the details matter? The headline is all that people will hear, and Republicans will block it, anyway. He needs to sell the perception that Democrats are trying. The details can come later, after they get the votes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Dozens? Off the top of your head? Name a dozen, for science.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Build a giant net on the border with Canada to keep geese out.
Make Friday part of the weekend.
Give every new baby a chocolate eclair.
Issue bulletproof vests to all citizens to help survive mass shootings.
No more speed limits in Interstate highways. (Okay, absurd ones are harder to think of than real issues that people care about.)
Cheaper health care.
Cheaper housing.
Cheaper groceries.
Cheaper fuel.
Codify reproductive freedom in law.
Hold the media accountable to the truth.
Ban insider trading in Congress.
Ensure that people have secure jobs, with dignity.

Details, schmetails. The post is a complaint by Robert Reich that voters aren't paying attention to details. And ITT, plenty of Lemmings pointing out that Biden can't pass very many policy proposals, anyway. The idea is to sell the perception that Democrats understand and care about issues facing Americans.

The big picture comes first to get Democrats elected, then get down to the details.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

The president doesn't have the power to do any of that.