Matt Taibbi

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11/11/2024, 7:26:57 PM
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Matt Taibbi
@mtaibbi
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“…And we can say that liberalism lost places like Shawnee and Wichita with as much accuracy as we can point out that conservatism won them over. This is due partially, I think, to the Democratic Party’s more or-less official response to its waning fortunes…”
Matt Taibbi
@mtaibbi
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“Liberalism may not be the monstrous, all-powerful conspiracy that conservatives make it out to be, but its failings are clear nonetheless. Somewhere in the last four decades liberalism ceased to be relevant to huge portions of its traditional constituency…”
Matt Taibbi
@mtaibbi
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That’s not on Tom. Reviewers only read and highlighted the parts that validated the idea that Republicans are irrational and unreachable. At the end he brutally excoriated Democrats and predicted future failures:
Brad Pearce
@WaywardRabbler
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@mtaibbi I never read the book but seem to remember the takeaway from the discourse on "What's the Matter With Kansas" is that Middle America "votes against their own interests" out of hatred and evil and it was a key point in the elites deciding they didn't have to care.

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