Why would you bring flowers to a knife fight?

[FrodosNewPet]

School board elections will be an early test of what issues motivate voters

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/20/1047532269/school-board-elections-will-be-an-early-test-of-what-issues-motivate-voters

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But Republican pollster Christine Matthews, who spends a lot of time doing focus groups with suburban women, isn't convinced this strategy will work for the GOP.

"This is not something that's going to bring a swing suburban mom into the fold," said Matthews, who is president of Bellwether Research. "In fact, what swing women tell me that they hate almost more than anything right now is the division between people in our country, the fights."

She said it excites Republican base voters but for independent voters needed to win elections, this could actually cause a backlash to all the chaos. Unlike a presidential election, where the candidates are distant and the stakes abstract, with school boards, people's kids are involved and school board members are trusted members of the community.

There were some early signs of backlash in Centerville, where a group of moms have gotten together, united by their frustration with the fights. Most of them haven't been active in politics before — but now they're working to get the slate of incumbents reelected to the school board.

"We are a top-performing district," said Bonnie Smith. "We are a reasonable community. And to create this friction and this chaos is inappropriate and personal."

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[FrodosNewPet]

1. Let trumpists be trumpists

What they spew is horrible.

But boy howdy they can sure turn off the moderates and independents far better than Dems can attract them.

And when you shut them up, they cry censorship and all of a sudden they have a legitimate point which brings sympathy around to them.

As frustrated as many reading this may find it, Dems need to be the nice party. The healing and rebuilding party. Because they will NEVER beat the trumpists at the trumpists' specialty.

[House of Roberts]

2. Why wouldn't you bring flowers to a knife fight?

What better way to hide your Glock?

[AZSkiffyGeek]

3. I'm sure I've seen a movie where they hid a Tommy gun in a bouquet.