Newsom's message to the Democratic Party: Be more 'culturally normal' (CNN)

[Eddie Haskell 60]

35. I listen to a lot of Reich-wing radio

They love his approach to politics. He exploited unwritten rules and tradition. He tells people what they want to hear and knows what they don't want to hear. Project 2025, for example, he denied knowing anything about it yet once he got into office he followed it page by page.

It reminds me of what my old favorite liberal blogger used to say in that people WANT to be lied to. Mondale told the truth at DNC in 1984 where he said, "Mr. Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did." Mondale lost 49 states that year.

So how to fight? Hold principles and don't run away from them. Don't try to play the middle and lie when required. I can't tell you how many times I heard on Reich-wing radio how they want an unapologetic and uncompromising conservative.