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“Florida Democrats don’t know why Taylor Swift is naming an upcoming song on her new album ‘Florida!!!’ or the reason she chose to hold three concerts in Miami less than a month before the November elections,” Politico reports.

“But their excitement around the news is less about ‘why?’ and more about leveraging Swift’s celebrity status to fill the blank space for beleaguered voters tired of losing to Republicans.

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[–] febra@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Meh. Imagine having such a weak political stance that you need to rely on artists to do your political campaigns. The dems need to pick themselves up if they want some real gains, not these half assed attempts.

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Imagine having such a fucking weak-minded electorate that some trendy twat (or a career criminal who spray paints his face orange) sways the course of politics.

[–] febra@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Yeah. It’s sad honestly

[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Celebrities have endorsed and platformed for candidates since we’ve been holding elections. This isn’t a sign of a weak campaign. It’s a sign of anything that will help.

[–] febra@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah. But claiming that "It's the democrats' wildest dream" makes it sound like they're relying on this shit instead of actually properly going in the offensive and attacking the GOP for the shit they do. The dems just sit around and hope shit falls out of the sky half the time

[–] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Nobody said they were relying on it.

[–] febra@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

Then what the heck are they doing. Because to me it looks like all the democrats are doing is laying a red carpet for republican populist/extremist propaganda all the damn time. They never go in the offensive, they just do weak ass defensive damage control.