If you’re explaining, you’re losing
A sometimes unfortunate rule of politics is that: “If you’re explaining, you’re losing.” Even if your policies are good and things aren’t nearly as bad as they may look, people typically go with whatever their initial impression happened to be. They don’t stick around to hear a long winded explanation of how you’re going to fix healthcare – but if they hear that a candidate’s going to lower their taxes, they’ll make a priority of voting for that.
All too often, this rule of politics gave Republican a bit of a disproportionate advantage. It was easy for them to run on a platform of national security and low taxes, while Democrats were stuck with trying to propose healthcare without trying to frighten off moderate voters.
Nowadays, however, the shoe is on the other foot. Donald Trump had to inevitably spend the last week explaining to people that he’s not a nazi – and it’s a place you never want to be, as a normal person would find the accusation so ridiculous it’s not worth engaging. When you have indeed engaged in fascistic rhetoric for the better part of a decade, however, and your act is largely getting stale, you could probably see why Trump is trying to keep those on the political fence from catching on – and why his running mate, a job which is essentially being Trump’s toady, is trying desperately to do the same.
The more these people try to say they aren’t who they are, the more of a win it is for us. While they’re busy explaining, it’s time to run up the score and shore up support for Kamala Harris – let’s get her elected on Nov 5 with a Democratic trifecta, and we can turn the page on the former guy for good.
James Sullivan is the assistant editor of Brain World Magazine and an advocate of science-based policy making