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Indeed. I remember probably as far back as 2016, and certainly by 2018, joking that Democrats were calling Trump "Giga-Hitler" was considered trite. I don't know whether to even believe that this is something that counts as an "October surprise" due to how banal this is. If it's an actual attempt at a coordinated smearing, it speaks to an incredible level of incompetence in the Democratic party and its media supporters. A level of incompetence so great that I wouldn't have believed that it was possible until this year. Unfortunately, after what I've seen this year, it actually seems depressingly plausible that the top decisionmakers for a movement that believes that this election will literally determine life and death of democracy in America, thought that this would be an effective tactic.
Again, if they really believe it's a matter of "life and death of democracy in America," why would they limit themselves to just trying to win the election with this — as opposed to using it as laying groundwork for exceptional measures after the election.
Because the other side gets a say in extraordinary measures too.
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True, it's pretty stupid. But the ability to get the same story published in every single mainstream media publication on the same day is an amazing demonstration of power. Imagine what a competent actor could do with that power.
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