I wonder how many people watched it? I figured I would just read about it later because there is no way I’m sitting through listening to disgusting Raphael Cruz’ bullshit for an hour or more.
It was only an hour actually, so in all reality Cruz maybe only got ~25mins of speaking time. I wasn't sure of viewership count either, so I figured it was more likely to have viewers here than outside of the fediverse.
He's been positioning himself as a moderate, so there we already knew there'd be compromises but I agree it's pathetic to see these folks turn a blind eye to certain things.
Yeah Healthcaredotgov was one of the most ambitious of our millenia and they act like it's too much to be critical of it and ask for change; at least with expansion there could be more people covered better, like those suffering from chronic conditions such as myself (chronic pancreatitis).
Allred came across weak, because he has the same position as Ted Cruz/Republicans on some of their worst policies (immigration and Israel), but he has to slightly "moderate" them a little to avoid turning-off base Democratic voters. This is a problem with the Democratic party as a whole, and it's a losing strategy. Voters who strongly support Israel and being "tough on immigration" will be more swayed by the person that full-throatedly supports these position, and voters that disagree with these policies won't be swayed by inconsequential concessions to them.
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reddig33@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
I wonder how many people watched it? I figured I would just read about it later because there is no way I’m sitting through listening to disgusting Raphael Cruz’ bullshit for an hour or more.
Johnmannesca@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
It was only an hour actually, so in all reality Cruz maybe only got ~25mins of speaking time. I wasn't sure of viewership count either, so I figured it was more likely to have viewers here than outside of the fediverse.
JDPoZ@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Johnmannesca@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
He's been positioning himself as a moderate, so there we already knew there'd be compromises but I agree it's pathetic to see these folks turn a blind eye to certain things.
JDPoZ@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Johnmannesca@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Yeah Healthcaredotgov was one of the most ambitious of our millenia and they act like it's too much to be critical of it and ask for change; at least with expansion there could be more people covered better, like those suffering from chronic conditions such as myself (chronic pancreatitis).
OlPatchy2Eyes@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 1y
Allred had a good chance to contrast himself with Cruz by answering the questions directly and I think he failed. He seemed nervous.
31337@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Allred came across weak, because he has the same position as Ted Cruz/Republicans on some of their worst policies (immigration and Israel), but he has to slightly "moderate" them a little to avoid turning-off base Democratic voters. This is a problem with the Democratic party as a whole, and it's a losing strategy. Voters who strongly support Israel and being "tough on immigration" will be more swayed by the person that full-throatedly supports these position, and voters that disagree with these policies won't be swayed by inconsequential concessions to them.