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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat do you think of when someone says, "the immoral, corrupt, criminal Administration"?
More than likely, you think of Donald Trump?
Is there a difference in personalizing this "immoral, corrupt, criminal Administration" with Donald Trump?
Rather than directing the criticism toward Donald Trump, would it make any difference if we just called it the "immoral, corrupt, criminal Administration"?
If we used this terminology over and over, repetitiously, would it be more effective than criticizing Donald Trump personally?
Brand Donald Trump by branding his Administration?
Socal31
(2,484 posts)Takket
(21,529 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)And now all the cult members are buying the pencil neck t shirts and laughing.
Sorry, but I'm really pessimistic now.
PandoraAwakened
(905 posts)I think the Millenials and Gen Z, which combined will make up the largest voting block by age that the U.S. has ever seen (yes, finally the Baby Boomers' death grip on societal power is going to slip) would respond more readily to the truth about what is at the heart of where we are today:
The Federalist Society began its takeover of the Republican Party in 1982 and has presided over criminal cover-ups of all three of our most recent immoral, corrupt, and criminal administrations (and always, friggin' always, in collusion with the Saudis; Russians are just the latest to join the party):
Reagan/Daddy Bush
Bush Jr./Darth Cheney
tRump/Pence
Of the above, tRump is the only one that doesn't come out of the bowels of the Federalist Society, and if it wasn't so terrifying (i.e., given the horrors the Federalist Society has instigated in the past), it would almost be comical watching the most corrupt and dangerous organization in the world daily trying to wrangle and control the world's most corrupt and dangerous man not of their own making.
Shift the focus from "which administration" or "which individual" to "which ORGANIZATION" has been responsible for the most governmental corruption and criminality in our country's history and you arrive at the Federalist Society. Their three-decade takeover of the Republican Party and infiltration of our judicial system is now all but complete (except for one batshit-crazy squatter in the Oval Office...heh, heh...evil mf'ers didn't see that one coming; I consider it karma).
Anyway, in my experience, Millenials and Gen Zers (who are going to be determining the outcomes of all elections going forward) respond to truth backed by facts. And the truth is that it is not any one administration or individual, but rather the Republican Party itself, wholly owned by the Federalist Society, that presents the greatest threat to their future.
Package that, and you've got a winning path.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)criminal, extremist, incompetent, and treasonous.
We really, really, really need to make people understand this about today's Republicans in national government because they ARE completely unfit for any position of authority and are running our nation into the ground, and the public needs to be protected from them. They are our big electoral competition for power. It's us or them, not us or Trump. If Trump dropped dead today, nothing would change except they'd have someone they could work with a lot more effectively in the WH.
kentuck
(111,052 posts)Although there are many adjectives to accurately define this Administration, this is short and easier to remember. It doesn't mention Donald Trump and is not automatically shut off by people that may have voted for Trump.
It is natural to connect words to other people, places, and things, without directly mentioning the name. It permits a person to ask themselves if they really want to support someone who is Corrupt, Immoral, or Criminal.
In my opinion, we need to stop talking about Trump, the person, and begin talking more about his Administration. It would be a better way to communicate.
Otherwise, we are simply wasting out breath attempting to get Trump supporters to recognize what they are voting for.
PandoraAwakened
(905 posts)Must pull back the curtain on who and what the Rethuglicon Party/Federalist Society actually is.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Then Bush 1 and then 2 and then our current whatever this thing is.