The more "crazy" that the repugs throw against the wall

[Ferrets are Cool]

ie: CRT, wokeness, sexual math, grooming...etc the more the Democrats have to scramble to deflect back to the truth.
They (repugs) are not doing this by accident folks. It is a tried and true method of getting us away from taking about the real problems in America. It's just that they are getting desperate and are making up more and more crazy shit in an attempt to make SOMETHING stick.
I just hope our candidates stick to the facts. We (Democrats) have enough ammunition to sink these bastards in November. USE IT!!

[Mad_Machine76]

1. I wonder

how much all of the Republicans' craziness is resonating with all of those "swing voters" and "independents" out there? I would like to think that this stuff is too "nutbar" for them and that maybe they realize that Republicans have truly gone around the bend? Or are they just going to sit around and wring their hands about "the border" and gas prices and inflation and (for whatever reason) think Republicans will do jack about them (even though Biden can't do a whole lot about them)?

[lagomorph777]

3. Hard to say, but if we have a majority of people dumb enough to fall for that shit,

we probably can't survive anyway.

Maybe it was all those years of leaded gasoline that destroyed so many brains...

[Celerity]

6. if you go by polls like Quinnipiac (granted an outlier at moment, but the others are not a game-

changing amount, on balance, better for indies, atm) then it's resonating far more than it should in a sane world.

25% approval level resonating.


Latinos: 24% approve, 54% disapprove (30 points underwater)

Independents: 25% approve, 55% disapprove (30 points underwater)

18-34yo's: 21% approve, 58% disapprove (37 points underwater)

35-49yo's: 34% approve, 50% disapprove (16 points underwater)

50-64yo's: 34% approve, 58% disapprove (24 points underwater)



https://poll.qu.edu/images/polling/us/us04132022_upip76.pdf

[Ferrets are Cool]

11. Those numbers are so crazy.

It's hard to believe Americans are so fucking stupid.

[LymphocyteLover]

12. I'm sure it's turning a lot of moderates off and is keeping the polls from being

worse than they already are for Dems

[pwb]

2. I think our votes are building.

We are on to their game. A loud few, and a complicit media is not enough to hold us back. When pukes say look over here? look over there because they are hiding something for sure.

[usonian]

4. Short message and powerful.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=16589262

I believe that this four-line message cannot be refuted by the RW's and will sway the swayable.

Fraud
Fear
Fascism, and
"Every accusation is a confession."


Copied here:
Elections seem to be won "at the edge"
by those mysterious "undecided" or "swayable" voters, something I could never understand.

Here are some issues I reposted yesterday in another thread. Hopefully, THEY can SWAY.

2. MESSAGING. Short and sweet. Many of us have bitched about lack of a "message" while RW's are on the offensive and we seem to have been only reacting.

2A DNC Chair Jaime Harrison has cone up with a message we can use. Simple is beautiful. This is accurate AND punchy.

From DailyKos:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/4/6/2090427/-Democratic-Party-chair-nails-the-GOP-It-is-a-party-built-on-fraud-fear-and-fascism
Kerry Eleveld
Daily Kos Staff
Wednesday April 06, 2022 · 10:41 AM PDT

Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison on Wednesday offered a particularly apt summation of Republicans on MSNBC's Morning Joe.

“It is a party built on fraud, fear and fascism," Harrison said. "They don’t deserve to be in power.”

The three Fs—Fraud, Fear, and Fascism—are a perfect alliteration for the GOP. The fact that it could fit on a bumper sticker is also a notable advancement for Democratic messaging.

---------- snip

More here, and at the DKos link.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216571510

2B. More specifically to the complete obsession with sex, IT IS ENTIRELY "PROJECTION". Yardwork stated it very clearly in a post.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=16580495

"Every accusation is a confession."
We could start saying that to anybody who complains about Biden, stolen elections, brainwashing children in schools, killing babies, etc.

It's short and to the point. It doesn't use any bad words. It can be said in a mild tone of voice. I think it's right on point.

AND THAT'S IT!
Fraud
Fear
Fascism, and
"Every accusation is a confession."

[Ferrets are Cool]

5. Great post

[usonian]

8. Thanks. Please share the message. NT

[LymphocyteLover]

13. It's great-- would love to hear the Dems use it

saw a Dem Rep (some guy from NJ) on CNN last night and was asked about Dem's message. He mumbled some stuff about they should be judged by the job they did and nothing about Republican craziness. We need to do better.

[Stuart G]

15. Great Message.."Every accusation is a confession"

[Hortensis]

18. "Every accusation is a confession." Yes!

True for over 35 years, the accusations only getting more depraved as they have.

[ibegurpard]

7. People are tuning it all out

Except for the mainstream issue narratives that permeate everything... currently inflation and Ukraine.
They aren't hearing the crazy Republican shit and if they are they approve of it or don't care enough to revolt.

[Initech]

9. All they do is cause chaos.

They have no real solutions to anything other than just "fuck all y'all".

[Ferrets are Cool]

10. In a sane world, they would be so easy to beat in an election.

Obviously, we do not live in such a world.

[Initech]

14. When they have 2500 radio stations and 3 24 hour news networks...

It's hard to top that.

[Stuart G]

17. Telling the ..."TRUTH" tops that...but we need to tell the truth over and over again.

[keep_left]

16. It's been called the "firehose of falsehood", sort of the Gish Gallop of disinformation.

Often attributed to Russia, though others would probably claim they invented it first. But Putin's Russia is certainly one of the masters of the technique. Steve Bannon loves it, too; his specific terminology is "flooding the zone with shit".

[Ferrets are Cool]

19. +1