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t1_it9z0sr wrote

But saying …this ad is wrong because blah blah

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t1_itbupnq wrote

Lie gets halfway around the world before the truth can tie it's shoes.

Once you establish a bullshit narrative with a ton of dark money and outside spending groups, it's difficult to tell folks that everything they have been hearing that aligns with their established bias is a lie.

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t1_itbyffv wrote

While this partly true…the silence against the attacks leads people to believe they are true because you are not giving them anything else to believe

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t1_ita1yh5 wrote

What's the point. If they listen, they decide it's a lie and they just dig their heels in.

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t1_ita4eu6 wrote

That’s not how swing voters work

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t1_ita7sid wrote

There aren't any swing voters this time.

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t1_itajjjd wrote

There are swing voters. I’m a swing voter and I’m voting for Fetterman. Please don’t believe that people’s minds can’t be changed.

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t1_itajuhe wrote

But was there any reality where you would vote for Oz? I would hope not.

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t1_itak2ip wrote

Before I knew much about either candidate, sure. The more I looked into their backgrounds, the more I’ve been convinced.

Trust me—there are many many right leaning moderates who no longer trust the Republican Party and approach each election willing to go either way depending on how much sense the candidate makes and how married they are to Trumpism.

How would you classify yourself politically? And how long have you held those particular beliefs?

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t1_itd2o7a wrote

It was a pretty straight forward choice for me, as I disliked Oz even before he decided to run. McCormick, I would have actually given an open mind and the possibility of winning me over. I would have preferred Lamb over Fetterman.

A decade ago I would have called myself a swing voter (I've voted for R's in the past) but I find that increasingly hard at this point in history. I'm not on the left "the right was always bad" lines of thinking but at this point I don't think there's much of a middle remaining. You either side with the party falsely claiming "it was rigged" or you do whatever it takes to push the fanatics back into obscurity.

The fact that Trump is still the favorite for 2024 after everything while the Dems pushed Biden over someone like Bernie clearly shows the difference between the two parties at this time and place. Anyone endorsed by Trump should automatically be written off.

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t1_itd7tss wrote

I agree with you completely and I’m terribly disappointed that something as important as the governance of our nation has been reduced to keeping the crazies out by any means necessary.

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t1_itabcww wrote

That’s wrong. Why do you think the polls keep shifting

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t1_itabo7d wrote

Because they are inaccurate.

I suppose my statement is wrong though. The swing voters this time are much further right then usual.

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t1_itbxci7 wrote

The swing voters have been far right for many years. They claim to be independents who do not know who they will vote for until they enter the voting booth, but they lie. Trust me, they lie. Every. fn. Time.

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