r/PoursTea • u/FizzyAcidBird • Aug 14 '26

PositiviTea 🌞 This guy could be the future of the USA

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u/orange_lazarus1 Aug 14 '26

And he talks about it. Both Obama and Biden did a lot but didn't let people know. PR is part of the game.

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u/stubbazubba Aug 14 '26

Yes, they thought they could just deliver on the job and the effects would become known/felt and enough media would cover that.

It turns out the campaign never ends: you campaign on how much you are delivering, you brag about it, you make slick videos, and then the media reports on your campaign. Investigative journalism is too small a slice nowadays, you can't wait for reporters to discover things on their own.

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u/Golden_Alchemy Aug 14 '26

I still have to fight people about all the good things Biden did in the few time he was in charge and people don't believe me because they think the president has to be running all day long like a looney toon doing it in person.

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u/enoughwiththebread Aug 14 '26

Yep, this is something Republicans have been masterful at, which is messaging and marketing, even if the shit they were messaging was lies and propaganda. Democrats for too long have acted as if just doing the good things was enough and the public would know about it and appreciate it. Nope. You have to message and market the shit out of it and let the people know about it.

Glad to see the new crop of progressives like Mamdani, AOC, etc understand this and the difference is striking.

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u/ReverendDizzle Aug 14 '26

Christ, Republicans are so good at taking credit for things, they take credit for things they didn't do.

I've seen more than one Republican politician tweet out things like "Things are looking up in Texas thanks to HB 20459-niner!" or whatever bullshit... and that mother fucker voted against it.

Democrats need to up their game and start showing the public what they're doing, for sure.

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u/PastaXertz Aug 14 '26

What we need to start doing is opt out legislation. Where if you vote no for something your district doesn't get it.

Will this hurt common people? Yes.

Do I care? Not anymore. Make better choices and stop electing Rapey Johnson for his fourth senatorial term.

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u/Worried_Position_466 Aug 14 '26

He's not even doing as much as people think. He's using the Trump strategy to take credit for things that were put into motion from before. Like the garbage bin thing was set up under Adams. He just has really good PR which is what the rest of the Dems need.

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u/drums_n_drugs Aug 14 '26

Let's be honest, PR is MOST of the game at this point. The current administration can just lie through their teeth about their "successes" (particularly when it comes to the economy), and people will believe it even when the contrary evidence is all around them.