• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    Did Biden or Harris mention bird flu even once on the campaign trail? It certainly didn’t come up during the debate.

    They just dug in their heels and insisted inflation was over

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      1 hour ago

      In any sane world, would something as specific as eggs drive politics? They also didn’t weigh in on how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie-pop. That’s fine, they should be concerned about bigger things

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        2 minutes ago

        In any sane world, would something as specific as eggs drive politics?

        Mass media is one hell of a drug. I remember the Swift Boat Veterans making the 2004 election about whether or not John Kerry faked his war wound to win a purple heart. And then there was the 1988 race, where the national news collectively shat itself over Dukakis doing a photo op in a tank (OG Tankie).

        Conservative news outlets hammering every outlet with “Eggs! Too expensive! INFLATION! INFLATION! INFLATION!” stories made this a touchstone for a low of traditional media consuming voters.