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ABSOLUTELY!!! I kept waiting for that discussion immediately after that speech and it didn’t happen. WTH?

He is in NYC

Of course, you need to have a vocabulary of more than 500 words (cough Trump cough) to do so. Oh, and reporters and politicians alike: The meaningless phrase “move forward” is just a synonym for “uh.”

I always got irrationally annoyed when Dems (Obama did this a lot) get trained to cut the "ing" off of words to sound folksy ("talkin', doin', hopin'")

His speaking style is extremely effective for dealing with Trump and the current GOP - he can joyfully eviscerate them without stooping to their schoolground bully level of discourse. Obama's style was an effective response to Bush/Cheney, and Mamdani's style is the perfect response to Trump.

This!!! We can't win the race to the gutter. We win by lifting

Maybe being intelligent is great again.

Excellent point. Well said

Yes! Which is why I love to listen to him.

No you don't you just make them feel it doesn't matter how it's accomplished either way. 🤷‍♂️ in my unsolicited opinion

Here’s my take. He doesn’t sound like an elitist. The mark of any good communicator is to take complex issues and make them understandable to everybody else. When I listen to him the BS meter doesn’t go off either.

So are new englanders and northwesterners,I think.

1000 times this.

Yes, but that would make Maga sheep feel miserable. Show some mercy.

More "bigly" then "strangely" it was like something that's never been seen before.

But will It play in Peoria?

The best message is to use both academic & simple language at the same time. Saying an erudite adult word like you said, followed by a synonym in a simple language.That helps the uneducated voter to understand the message, while acquiring new vocabulary Not everybody had the chance of an education

A more fleshed-out version of this thought: www.anildash.com/2025/11/05/t...

had to look that up

Makes Josh Shapiro seem like a bad cover band..

You lost me at “erudite”…🤣😂

And starting off by recalling and quoting Eugene Debs was emblematic of not just his erudition but of a fierce fearlessness in his convictions.

And even if the words aren't understood, the authenticity is seen.

So that means that the 🍊💩 didn't understand it...

Sigh. I’ve written #Speeches for Dem Appointees inside big Fed Agencies (not for Dem Political candidates—too Skeevy for my liking.) Can confirm that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social + his StratComm team are really talented. If the OG DemParty StratComm Industrial Complex doesn’t learn from this …. 🥴

keep in mind you have to think like an adult in order to speak like one.

I actually do like the idea of voting for someone smarter and more competent than I am

Imagine that!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

That works especially well in a city where the average person still reads

Yes!! The current administration talks like idiots! You see Obama, Clinton and even former Republicans speaking and you absolutely see the difference in intelligence. They think they look the part and then they open their mouths and show that they’re stupid.

🎯

His message discipline was incredible but mostly I think the consulting/pundit class hasn’t put together that’s it’s the product of actual organizing—debating theory and method and persuading people and trusting your audience and… all products of organizing

Yes, I loved this!

Are you referring to just his election night speech, or his speaking throughout the campaign?

Part of reestablishing norms is not even coming close to electing perverts

Thank you. So sick of lowest common denominator vocabulary.

And he did not brag about what he accomplished, but what his voters accomplished.

Yes! Yes! Yes!

People whose opinions are worth listening to want to be talked to like adults.

This may work for men, sure.

Incredibly refreshing and invigorating to hear someone speaking this way as they take office.

Thank you! Yes!!!!!!

Ok, now he’s in charge of picking up trash, dealing with rat infestations and making sure trains run on time, with no prior operational experience even though he is an articulate speaker. What I’ve never understood about elections is voters never approach it like a hiring decision, which it is

⬆️⬆️⬆️ This.

Poor Donnie is incapable of doing that!

Poor Donnie is incapable of doing that!

I'm just a stupid Swede and I understand him perfectly without any issues. Why wouldn't Americans?

The ignorant should make an effort to get informed.

Thank you! This!

Absolutely true. Opening his speech with a quote from Eugene Debs was just.

Such a refreshingly wonderful change! Perhaps that’s another reason Crumpet detests him so much, he can only understand one out of ten words Zohran employs.

💯

From the very beginning they wanted politicians who were willing to fight instead of falling back into procedural entropy.

Absolutely. Excellent point

Absolutely, Anil, it’s refreshing to see a politician engage voters with intelligence and nuance. Treating people like adults makes for a much more informed and respectful political discourse.

He quoted his opponent's successful FATHER for contrast with his loser son

"I am your retribution." That was a fancy word.

I would expect nothing less from a true New Yorker!

He better get a prime time spot at the Democratic convention.

Hoping UK gov also takes note. I’m sick of three word slogans and giant flags.

Amen

indeed-time to put the LITracy back into PoLITics.🧐🎓

OR having that vocabulary to draw on in the first place. Bigly.

*without

Are you trying to imply that his words are more intelligent and inspiring than our dear leader's moving words like "it can only good happen"?

Something Mario Cuomo used to pull off

@robertsaunders.bsky.social Gladstone would be proud of the lad

Something tells me that this is NYC specific…

I don’t think it play well with the flyover states.

Meidas touch is a good example of this too.

It was much-needed after the hell of the past year.

All that And this...

With a certain demographic of cretins, certainly.

True, it wasn't about what grade level you speak with but it is the message you get from Bernie, AOC and now Mamdani... And it's the message that Trump stole and lied about... Break the establishment. Represent the people. Improve lives!

The quote from Debs was perfect!