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maxrandb

(15,320 posts)
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 09:02 AM Nov 2018

We need to control the narrative and push back hard

Every time the media, or some Retrumplican ass-pickle starts describing what Democrats in the House are going to do to Donnie Shit for Brains as an "Investigation", Dems need to push back relentlessly and continuously with extreme fervor that the correct term in OVERSIGHT

Don't let these pricks set the narrative that all Dems are going to do is "investigate" the Donnie Fungus Dick mis-administration, when what they are truly doing is THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO PROVIDE and CONDUCT OVERSIGHT

Words matter, and the narrative matters.

Just like the Mayor of Amityville said; "you yell Barracuda and people go 'Meh', you yell SHARK! and you've got a panic on your hands on the 4th of July"

It's CONSTITUTIONALLY MANDATED OVERSIGHT...not investigation

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Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
1. Exactly. Precise wording, unambiguous message. No mealy-mouthed shit.
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 10:10 AM
Nov 2018

Mueller can help himself and the country. Wait until January 4, then drop indictments like a mofo.

bullwinkle428

(20,629 posts)
2. I want to see LOTS of Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell, Maxine Waters,
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 10:13 AM
Nov 2018

Jerry Nadler, and Ted Lieu my TV screen, among many others.

 

allgood33

(1,584 posts)
3. Yes! House should hit the ground running and force Trump to veto important legislation like DACA
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 10:14 AM
Nov 2018

We had an agreement on the table before, put it out thee again. Put those infrastructure bills out there that have laid dormant since Obama proposed them. GET THE FIXES OUT THERE FOR THE ACA AND undo some of the shit legislation the GOP passed over the past 16 months.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
4. YES! McConnell has already referred to it several times as harassment of the President.
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 02:19 PM
Nov 2018

We need to use TALKING POINTS...repeatedly, and often.

We need to control the way that oversight is portrayed. Not harassment. Not grudge. Not witch hunt. It's OVERSIGHT, doing the job as dictated by the CONSTITUTION.

DemocracyMouse

(2,275 posts)
7. Is there a Democratic committee rolling out talking points?
Thu Nov 8, 2018, 05:38 AM
Nov 2018

If so, here are a few more:

OUT: rich/poor
IN: overpaid/underpaid

OUT: socialism vs capitalism
IN: infrastructure generating free enterprise

OUT: infrastructure
IN: regenastructure (regenerative infrastructure)

OUT: diversity is our strength
IN: democratic diversity is our strength


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