Comments on: Democrats Hold The Winning Hand On COVID Relief Bill http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/02/23/democrats-hold-the-winning-hand-on-covid-relief-bill/ Reality-based political commentary Sat, 20 Jun 2026 02:48:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/02/23/democrats-hold-the-winning-hand-on-covid-relief-bill/#comment-175313 MtnCaddy Thu, 25 Feb 2021 01:49:27 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20087#comment-175313 <i>Democrats need to point this out, in the strongest terms possible -- right now, later on when everyone's vaccinated and the economy has recovered, and definitely during the 2022 and 2024 election cycles.</i> I agree that failure to do so would be political malpractice. <b> But there's still the problem of separate information ecosystems.</b> Millions think Trump was a great Prez, the election was stolen, Covid is fake, wearing a mask is oppression, that Black Lives Matter is a Marxist organization bent on destroying the American family and way of life, etc. Say, didn't Bernie (and Pete?) go on Fox News, to good effect? If the bleeping Dems pass Democratic legislation rather than GOP-lite legislation then I hope they'd relish going on Fox to <i>meet the other half where they're at, not where we'd prefer them to be.</i> You know...out of the rabbit hole...here in Reality.*sigh* Democrats need to point this out, in the strongest terms possible -- right now, later on when everyone's vaccinated and the economy has recovered, and definitely during the 2022 and 2024 election cycles.

I agree that failure to do so would be political malpractice.


But there's still the problem of separate information ecosystems.

Millions think Trump was a great Prez, the election was stolen, Covid is fake, wearing a mask is oppression, that Black Lives Matter is a Marxist organization bent on destroying the American family and way of life, etc.

Say, didn't Bernie (and Pete?) go on Fox News, to good effect?

If the bleeping Dems pass Democratic legislation rather than GOP-lite legislation then I hope they'd relish going on Fox to meet the other half where they're at, not where we'd prefer them to be.

You know...out of the rabbit hole...here in Reality.*sigh*

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/02/23/democrats-hold-the-winning-hand-on-covid-relief-bill/#comment-175309 nypoet22 Wed, 24 Feb 2021 13:13:16 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20087#comment-175309 @don, it was mcconnell's senate that killed the stimulus last summer, not pelosi and not even trump. and take your own advice - what you're doing here isn't useful to anyone, least of all yourself. get edible. JL @don,

it was mcconnell's senate that killed the stimulus last summer, not pelosi and not even trump.

and take your own advice - what you're doing here isn't useful to anyone, least of all yourself.

get edible.

JL

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/02/23/democrats-hold-the-winning-hand-on-covid-relief-bill/#comment-175305 nypoet22 Wed, 24 Feb 2021 02:31:08 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20087#comment-175305 get something useful done first, worry about the political impact later. get something useful done first, worry about the political impact later.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/02/23/democrats-hold-the-winning-hand-on-covid-relief-bill/#comment-175304 Elizabeth Miller Wed, 24 Feb 2021 01:24:47 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20087#comment-175304 Republicans may be counting on this relief bill not working because they have a failing record themselves on the economy and then using that to win in 2022. That would make sense. Ahem. Republicans may be counting on this relief bill not working because they have a failing record themselves on the economy and then using that to win in 2022. That would make sense. Ahem.

]]> By: John M from Ct. http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/02/23/democrats-hold-the-winning-hand-on-covid-relief-bill/#comment-175303 John M from Ct. Wed, 24 Feb 2021 00:49:56 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20087#comment-175303 Since your case is seemingly so obvious, I would like to have heard more than one unnamed Republican and one strawman campaigner explain the party's 100% opposition to such a popular and necessary bill. Despite your explanation of a mass suicide impulse in an entire Congressional delegation, it still doesn't make sense. They have strategists, they have pundits, they have poll-watchers. By your account, this will utterly doom them in 2022, assuming the Democrats do their damn job as politicians (I know, I know...). It doesn't seem enough to just say "Trump" and invite liberals to sit back and watch the resulting mass political death. Since your case is seemingly so obvious, I would like to have heard more than one unnamed Republican and one strawman campaigner explain the party's 100% opposition to such a popular and necessary bill.

Despite your explanation of a mass suicide impulse in an entire Congressional delegation, it still doesn't make sense. They have strategists, they have pundits, they have poll-watchers. By your account, this will utterly doom them in 2022, assuming the Democrats do their damn job as politicians (I know, I know...). It doesn't seem enough to just say "Trump" and invite liberals to sit back and watch the resulting mass political death.

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