Ambitious Democrats Have a New Game Plan: Yak It Up About Sports

[Shrek]

NYT : https://archive.is/yZRRG

The hot takes are flowing as a parade of ambitious Democrats talk sports, trying to accentuate their salt-of-the-earth credentials and forge stronger bonds with voters.

These Democrats are flocking to sports radio shows and podcasts as their party tries to correct for what it widely takes as an article of faith: that President Trump won back power with help from young men who found themselves drawn to him through what was once an apolitical sphere of the media.

As their party reels from the impact of Mr. Trump’s policies and struggles to craft a new strategy and message, Democrats have found that yakking about sports is perhaps the easiest way to reach skeptical or disengaged audiences who might not otherwise want to spend time listening to a politician.

[-misanthroptimist]

1. Jesus Christ. *shakes head and wanders away* nt

[rurallib]

2. May I join you?

[Bettie]

6. Right there with you

what. are. they. doing?

[Ferryboat]

3. Waste of time

In my experience, those that obsessively follow sports seldom pay attention to much of anything of importance outside of that subject.

They could tell you anything about their teams, but couldn't tell you what the 3 branches of government are or how they work.

As always there will be exceptions.

[CTyankee]

10. Not true for my husband. He's a huge liberal Dem and also into sports big time.

This time of year he's glued to the TV obsessing with basketball. He's a huge UCONN women's team (who isn't) and I love Geno Auriemma for what he's done for elevating women's basketball, but it gets to be too much for me.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Sounds like it came from the Nancy Pelosi playbook.

She did the same thing to sidestep an issue during a tense time.

I thought it was pathetic.

[quaint]

5. Ambitious?

They remain clueless.

[Blasphemer]

7. Lawd. Democrats did not vote. Court THEM! nt

[cadoman]

8. not really a game plan -- just common sense

If you can credibly work the sport circuit it's the same as working the state fair or a synagogue or a college.

This is not advice for all candidates, but it's clearly working nicely for the ones mentioned in the article.

[LoveSucky]

9. Might be worth it if we can connect Trump with Nico Harrison.

[Old Testament Libera]

11. This is the way backward.

We need to talk about the following:

- Musk is taking away your Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid
- He is doing that so he and other billionaires can have a huge tax cut
- Democrats promise to tax the rich so they pay their fair share
- Trump is responsible for the ever-rising price of everything.

F__K sports. This is just idiotic. John Kerry tried to talk about hunting and Nascar and where did that get him?

Democrats cannot pretend to be something they are not and get away with it.

[Elessar Zappa]

12. Umm.. plenty of Democrats love sports.

I’m one of them. When Trump attends football games, half the crowd boos him.

[CTyankee]

13. Here's the problem: these voters are wannabes. The wannabe rich like Trump, so they vote for him.

He shares their contempt for those "lazy black people who aren't working but cashing in on the taxpayer's money through Medicaid."

It's the old, old story. But here's my hope: enlisting Elon Musk was a BIG mistake. He's an asshole and acts like one. Too clever by half, IMO. That chainsaw prank was a step too far. He's getting on people's nerves.

[Aristus]

14. Waitwaitwait. We're trying to get the votes of people who voluntarily watch overpaid millionaires give each other

traumatic brain injuries?

...Why?...