If You Want Me Back I'm Not Changing

[Independent thinker]

This is so true. We were seeing commentary and discussions all the time that 'what the Democrats are selling the people aren't buying' or 'the Democrats should move back to the center.'

But we are almost five months from the election now and we haven't seen a single proposal for doing things differently, no vision, no game plan for change and a better Democrat Party. More than one observer has noted that the only visible leader of the party these days is AOC. (!) They've even floated the idea of running her for Senate and replacing Chuck Schumer with AOC as the Senate Majority Leader. That's how insane it has become.

The only thing the Democrats seem to be able to promote these days is spreading as many lies and disinformation as they can and using lawfare as much as possible to make it as difficult as possible for Donald Trump and the GOP to govern.

There are good, honest Democrats out there in the USA. But alas, there don't seem to be any in the Democrat elected representative and leadership or their surrogate media and benefactors such as exists. All that is visible there is whiny destructiveness too often bordering on evil.

They have no interest or intention in changing.

I realize they are the democrat party and have their policies which they adhere to and don't want to change. I can understand that. But, when the public completely rebuffs the totally insane woke policies of the lefty progressives, the democrat party should listen to their very own party voters and jettison the progressive policies while keeping their core party values. Their biggest problem is they want to please everyone but those on the right so they let their party move so far to the left that people in their very own party didn't want to vote for them. And, months after the election, they still refuse to jettison the woke bullshit that caused them to lose. They're just hoping and trying to make sure that Trump fails so people will come back to them while also telling them, "if you want us back we're not changing anything".

 

[boilermaker55]

A little slow on the uptake it seems.
Oh well!!!

What? What was wrong with my relationship? We've been married for over 20 years now.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Kind of depends on what you call long lines. Sure, you can stretch it and say there are long lines. There probably are in places.

Reminds me of politicians who do rallies and 10,000 people show up and they think how great that is. Meanwhile, there are close to 200 MILLION people who vote so 10,000 was really never anything more than a very small drop in the bucket.

There are no long lines to see how Snow White.

 

[Independent thinker]

There are no long lines to see how Snow White.

While their receipts are far lower than expected and the movie could be a huge loser to the studio, you can't really say there are NO long lines to see the movie.

 

[fncceo]

Never change who you are, unless what you change improves you as a person.

So DO change?

Who decides what constitutes improvement?

 

[EvilCat Breath]

While their receipts are far lower than expected and the movie could be a huge loser to the studio, you can't really say there are NO long lines to see the movie.

Are you claiming to say there are long lines and empty theaters?

 

[TemplarKormac]

So DO change?

Who decides what constitutes improvement?

The individual. If he thinks it is an improvement by his standards, so be it. I'm not telling him what to do. Change or don't change. To be or not to be.

 

[Independent thinker]

Are you claiming to say there are long lines and empty theaters?

I'm just being realistic and honest. First, theaters aren't empty. The thing sold 45 million dollars in ticket sales over the weekend, even though even they label that a huge disappointment. That's not empty theaters. And, I have no doubt that on weekend nights in the dark blue liberal cities that people were waiting in long lines to see the movie. Just because it has been a bomb doesn't mean that somewhere out there there weren't long lines.

 

[Moonglow]

Many, many moons ago my current wife was married to someone else. She wasn't happy so they separated. During that time she met me and we really hit if off. We dated for over a year and it was obvious things were working out. But, she was still legally married. So, she called her "husband" and wanted to meet with him at a restaurant and tell him that she wanted to get the ball moving on an official divorce as soon as possible. He wasn't really aware of what she wanted to talk about. So, they started dinner and before she could say much of anything he blurted out, "If you want me back I'm not changing". Needless to say he soon found out that wasn't what she wanted to talk about.

In any event, you and the moderators are probably wondering why I am putting my personal story in the politics section of USMB. The answer is because the current democrat party reminds me of what happened back then years ago. They are waiting for Trump to fail and hoping that voters will come back to them and they are telling those voters, "See, we told you so. If you want us back, we're not changing anything. You take us the way we are, with the very same policies that led you to vote for Trump in the first place".

After months of reflection after their election losses, they have decided on this strategy of not changing anything that caused Biden to have a 37% approval rating with only 25% of Americans thinking the country was going in the right direction. This is the basket they are putting all of their eggs in.

Pfft.

 

[Correll]

The individual. If he thinks it is an improvement by his standards, so be it. I'm not telling him what to do. Change or don't change. To be or not to be.

If a person is so fucked in the head that htey can't even identify their problems,

then they need help.


Most people know what their problems are.

 

[Carl in Michigan]