I learned that, after it was called to Mr. Barro's attention in 2016 that the Republican party was full of Republicans, he bailed on the GOP and registered as a Democrat in 2016. And it seems pretty clear that he was at least partly motivated to do it so he could use the swipe card Dems give new members to get into our locker room and take an individual dump in everyone's locker.
I learned that Barro believes he has superhuman insight into what "normal" people want. From the podcast blurb:
For the Democrats to win, they need to focus on what normal people think about — which is NOT Jan. 6 and the potential end of democracy. They want Covid shut down and the economy opened.
I learned that Barro also believes he has deep insight into what black Democrats want. You will be shocked to learn that black Democrats don't really care all that much about voting rights. Also that all the stuff Republicans are trying to pull all over the country is fairly trivial. Nothing at all to worry about. Democrats might want to take a shot at reforming the Electoral Count Act, but even that is kinda meh.
I learned that you and I have been duped into believing voting rights is under attack and that black Democrats care about it only because [and these quotes are all direct from the podcast] our "national conversation" about voting rights is dominated by certain "prestige national outlets The New York Times and NPR" as well "web-first outlets,,,like Vox" which are all controlled by "people who voted for Elizabeth Warren".
That the reason Democrats are putting on a show about fighting a fight they know they'll lose is probably to mollify "a constituency of political donors...and activists".
I learned that Barro knows all this because although he is "not normal", he is "more normal" than you and me.
Heh. (h/t E Buzz Miller)
When you’ve waited at a diner for 7 years for @CNN to interview you & other normal people on current events. pic.twitter.com/bVCbE1uXyT
— Just Listen to Hillary (@HillaryIsComing) January 17, 2022
And then they were off to the races:
Sykes: But y'know, as you point out, that y'know having this national conversation you know by and for people who, y'know supported Elizabeth Warren does explain where we're at here. Because it really does badly mislead you about where normal people -- the average voter -- what they think about, they believe, what they care about. What motivates them...
Reminder that this is coming from a guy who lost his entire political party because he swears that for decades he really had no fucking clue about what the average Republican voter really believed, or wanted, or cared about.
Eventually I turned it off and began to wonder who I have to see about revoking certain people's Democratic party swipe card.
Burn The Lifeboats
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