Comments by "Deborah Freedman" (@deborahfreedman333) on "'It is over': Christie urges GOP to move on from 2020" video.

@knolsey Have you gotten the vaccines? I had long Covid from an infection in March 2020, and didn't feel normal again until I got vaccinated. Sometimes, even when you think you've completely licked the virus, there are reservoirs in your eyes or testes (if male). It doesn't work for everyone, but getting vaccinated does get rid of long Covid, in some.
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@danburnes722 And yet, in the home state of Robert E Lee, a Republican won, without being racist, and making a speech that sounded like he was channeling MLK. He won because he listened to voters concerns. And the Democratic response to his win, was to call all those who voted for him racist. Rural schools are academically worse than inner-city schools, and Democrats never discuss this disparity. Republicans will keep addressing local concerns, and most Democrats will keep ignoring reality, and calling them racist. Which is the winning approach?
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It worked for Youngkin, in a purple state.
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I came from rural California town, and suffered from the shitty education you get there. The only private school was run by the Jesuits, so it was public school for me. My high school had no AP classes, and didn't even offer calculus. When I got my degree in microbiology at UCLA, I had a lot of catching up to do. Other HS friends tried to survive science in the UC system, and all flunked out. Until the Democratic party starts recognizing that rural schools are worse than inner-city schools, that a lot of inequity is not due to race but location, and tries to address that disparity, rural voters will continue to vote Republican. But, keep insulting them, because that strategy has worked so well.
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Sending 'working people' as representatives, is how you end up with a Marjory Taylor Greene. Rural folk are uneducated, because rural schools are terrible. Sports are everything, and a high school will hire a teacher for math or science, so they can have another sports coach. Insulting rural people, because they are uneducated, is like insulting someone for starving in a famine.
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The party in power always gerrymanders. It isn't just a GOP thing.
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@ce4616 Our side has its crazies too. And, many voters find our nuttiness scarier than theirs. When people are upset because their children haven't been to school in a year, and our side is in lockstep with the teachers' union, they think we're out of touch. When terrible, destructive riots occur, and crime is on the rise, and we call them peaceful protests, and talk about defunding the police, many voters think we are both deluded and dangerous. When inflation just keeps getting worse, and our answer is to pump more money into the system, with big spending bills that only help a small segment of the population, voters think we don't care. It's all very good, to point out the lunacy of the other side, but not if we ignore the lunacy on ours. And a comment full of all caps, and spelling errors, doesn't make anything we say seem thoughtful. (hint credible, not creditable)
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@grannypantsification When did Republicans say roads are communist? And why do you think they are socialist? I'm old, and never heard anyone on the right speak against roads. Also, you need to look up the meaning of socialism, because roads may be for the common good, but are not socialist.
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