Everyone read this Twitter thread

[Cary]

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[uponit7771]

1. Tim Wise is correct; Drive up turnout by pointing to Trumps evils & acting as a team to defeat it ..

... make that part of the policy push.

[in2herbs]

2. Read it yesterday and have been forwarding to others since then. nt

[nilram]

3. Thanks. Also here...

With the complete thread

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212301582

[Cary]

6. Thanks

[TreasonousBastard]

4. Been reading it and passing it around...

He is absolutely right. Elections are like marriage, buying a car, and other major choices that we insist on believing are rational, but rarely are.

We voted for Ike because he saved the world. For JFK because Nixon didn't shave before a TV appearance, for Carter because he was the "not Nixon", for Reagan because he was a better actor than anyone thought...

Go out and find a hundred people and ask them about policy positions. I doubt you could find a dozen who could actually name a policy screamed about by policy wonks.

I ran into a 20-something who had never heard of the Census.

Local cable news runs a feature where a features reporter goes to a mall or busy streetcorner and asks basic questions-- "How many Colors in the Flag" would be a typical one. No idea how many people she asks, but they do show a lot of the clueless.

[Cary]

7. I have been saying that we should forget the authoritarians

And motivate our base.

VOTE DEMOCRATIC!

[secondwind]

5. Wow!!!!