It is a supreme irony that with urban Democratic leaders easing ill-advised restrictions on police, Republicans in Congress have managed the only successful federal attempt to defund the police.
The Democrats need to get a whole hell of a lot tougher on messaging. Biden needs to stand in front of crowds and cameras and call Trump exactly what he is: a traitor, a criminal and a dangerous Russian asset. Fuck statesmanship at this point. Trump should have never, ever been able to get this close to the presidency again, yet here we are.
It’s not enough to just be quietly polite when your opponent wants to destroy the rule of law and order. I’m so entirely sick of watching as the Democrats blow opportunity after opportunity to win big.
The bases for the two parties are very very different.
It’s why Republicans can, with little consequence, call Democrats pedophiles, crooks, etc.
Democrats have a big tent, with a lot of moderates in the base. Moderates, for the most part, see democrats as the paragons of virtue, people who should stand tall while their opponents throw shit at their face and call it confetti.
Moderates won’t vote for Democrats if they feel like they can’t be polite. They won’t vote for Republicans but simply keeping them out of the ballot box is enough for Republicans to win.
The only good way to deal with this is as a SuperPAC. Running attack ads and forcing Republicans to play defense. But remember that conservatives have significant backing from rich assholes and they have their own SuperPACs.
While I agree with your assessment, I don’t think it’ll have much of an impact on turn out. Everyone who’s paying attention has likely already made up their mind.
What I think we need now is more peer to peer grassroots messaging. Get those who aren’t paying enough attention informed and motivated, while not wasting time on trying to -change- minds.
Well I think we agree. It’s not about changing minds but getting people fired up enough to go vote. Democrats win when voters show up in large numbers. Those not paying attention need to be given reasons to do so.
The biggest difference someone can make is driving people to the polling places on Election Day for the Democratic Party. GOP voters can walk for all I can, they better get used to it in their Gilead anyways.
The Democrats need to get a whole hell of a lot tougher on messaging. Biden needs to stand in front of crowds and cameras and call Trump exactly what he is: a traitor, a criminal and a dangerous Russian asset. Fuck statesmanship at this point. Trump should have never, ever been able to get this close to the presidency again, yet here we are.
It’s not enough to just be quietly polite when your opponent wants to destroy the rule of law and order. I’m so entirely sick of watching as the Democrats blow opportunity after opportunity to win big.
The bases for the two parties are very very different.
It’s why Republicans can, with little consequence, call Democrats pedophiles, crooks, etc.
Democrats have a big tent, with a lot of moderates in the base. Moderates, for the most part, see democrats as the paragons of virtue, people who should stand tall while their opponents throw shit at their face and call it confetti.
Moderates won’t vote for Democrats if they feel like they can’t be polite. They won’t vote for Republicans but simply keeping them out of the ballot box is enough for Republicans to win.
The only good way to deal with this is as a SuperPAC. Running attack ads and forcing Republicans to play defense. But remember that conservatives have significant backing from rich assholes and they have their own SuperPACs.
Actually the corporate news media should be doing that.
Because it’s news. and true. and important to upholding democracy. Which is the entire fucking purpose of a free press
That ship sailed with end of the Fairness Doctrine and rules against media cross-ownership.
While I agree with your assessment, I don’t think it’ll have much of an impact on turn out. Everyone who’s paying attention has likely already made up their mind.
What I think we need now is more peer to peer grassroots messaging. Get those who aren’t paying enough attention informed and motivated, while not wasting time on trying to -change- minds.
Well I think we agree. It’s not about changing minds but getting people fired up enough to go vote. Democrats win when voters show up in large numbers. Those not paying attention need to be given reasons to do so.
The biggest difference someone can make is driving people to the polling places on Election Day for the Democratic Party. GOP voters can walk for all I can, they better get used to it in their Gilead anyways.