Moral Bigotry, the Beginning of All Lost Causes, Distracted Democrats from #1 Obligation: To Win February 26, 2025 Vol. XVIII, No. 2 11:13 am Moral bigotry is the beginning of all lost causes Not that long ago, Republicans were characterized as the party that would rather be right than win. Today, it’s the Democrats. In
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Moral Bigotry, the Beginning of All Lost Causes, Distracted Democrats from #1 Obligation: To Win
February 26, 2025 Vol. XVIII, No. 2 11:13 am
Moral bigotry is the beginning of all lost causes
Not that long ago, Republicans were characterized as the party that would rather be right than win. Today, it’s the Democrats. In 2024, Democrats became so morally arrogant that they actually expected voters to accept their liberal priorities over kitchen table concerns like inflation and immigration.
A New York Times/Ipsos Survey conducted in January 2025 asked Americans, “Which of the following issues are most important to you personally?” The top three replies were, “The economy/inflation,” “Health care,” and “Immigration.” Next question, “Which of the following issues do you think are most important to the Democratic Party?” The top three replies were, “Abortion,” “Gay/Lesbian/Transgender Policy,” and “Climate Change.”
Therein lies the problem. During the 2024 presidential and congressional elections, it was shocking to see just how many national Democratic leaders and their media allies came across as bigoted authoritarians who thought they were better people than most voters because of policy priorities.
Is bigoted a fair characterization of national Democratic Party leaders in 2024?
Well, a bigot, per Britannica Dictionary, is “a person who hates or refuses to accept the members of a particular group.” Throughout 2024, Democratic leaders, from the DNC to MSNBC, could not say the acronym MAGA without spitting hate. President Biden’s retort, “The only garbage I see floating out there is his [Trump’s] supporters,” is a typical example.
Moral bigotry is the beginning of all lost causes. That’s because it distracts you from the most important obligation of any political candidate or party, the obligation to win the race.
Simply put, Republicans in the Trump era are too competitive to risk giving political battlefield leadership roles to Democrats based on anything other than cold-blooded, Machiavellian political ruthlessness.
What Democrats must do to win back the US House in 2026?
Democrats have an opportunity to thwart the Trump agenda in two years by taking back the US House in 2026. Here are the three things Democrats need to do to accomplish that goal:
#1: Adopt the strategic motto, Don’t get mad, get even.
#2: Get rid of all leaders who advised the 2024 strategy of prioritizing issues like abortion, LGBTQ+ rights, and climate change over the most important concerns of voters, the economy/inflation, health care, and immigration. Those leaders are too ideologically bigoted to lead winning campaigns.
#3: Get rid of all leaders from the Civil Rights Era of the 1960s and 1970s. They are like old generals still fighting the last war with obsolete weapons, like race and hate mongering. They have their medals.
Again, the most important obligation of any political candidate or party is the obligation to win the race. For Democrats, to win in 2026 they most drop the low priority agenda items along with hateful, authoritarian leaders who say either get with our agenda or we will persecute you to the full extent of the law. We will ban your speakers from our universities, label you a racist, and boycott your businesses.
Democratic leaders driven by MAGA hatred are weak leaders, as are those who prioritize identity politics over winning when selecting political organization leaders and political consultants. Those leaders and their consultants cost Democrats the White House and the Congress in 2024.
Last year, morally bigoted authoritarian Democrats distracted the party from focusing on its #1 obligation: to win. Democrats must change their motto to Don’t get mad, get even. They must get rid of all leaders who think they are a better person because of their public policy views; bigoted leaders who encourage hatred for those who disagree.
After all, moral bigotry is the beginning of all lost causes. It’s why Republicans used to be the weaker of the two parties. It’s why Democrats are the weaker of the two parties today.
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