Wow, this is a blast from the past. I remember reading this in 2004 and being perplexed by it, and now that I'm 40 I more or less see where this undecided voter is coming from. The idea that an elected president is going to reach that deep into his ideology to take an action seems, well, unlikely.
Thanks for the link. I had never seen that. Hayes’s experience jibes with my experiences phonebanking for campaigns since 2018. Undecided voters just do not like politics.
I wonder if there’s any part of this, 20 years on, @chrislhayes.bsky.social would change. I’m not sure there’s any of it I would. And that was the days of at not completely being silo’d in media cocoons.
I guess some people just don’t think deeply. Maybe they’re just trying to put food on the table. It seems shallow and thoughtless, but could be just survival.
'merica
Governance focused on clueless suburbanites that trend towards "America strong" vibes and no concept of issues or reality.
In my daughter's mandated health course in a blue town, a cop talked for 3 hrs
"The only cure for junkies is death"
"Weed is gateway to being junkie"
Sad fact.
Most of the biggest complainers about “politics” and “politicians” are people who are *willfully* ignorant of anything to do with the topic…
