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2016 Postmortem

ibegurpard

(16,685 posts) Mon Mar 7, 2016, 07:40 PM Mar 2016

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So if your life is shitty

Who do respond to... the person telling you they will be a voice for you or the one telling you the other guy will make it worse?

How many lost elections is it going to take to finally get people to understand that fear of Republicans DOES NOT and WILL NOT motivate the people we need to be voting for us? Obama ran on hope (whether he delivered is another discussion entirely) and it was a watershed election.

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So if your life is shitty (Original Post) ibegurpard Mar 2016 OP

Fear of Republicans got me to vote for Kerry and Dukakis. zappaman Mar 2016 #1

And they lost ibegurpard Mar 2016 #2

I'm voting for progress. I'm voting for Clinton. NCTraveler Mar 2016 #3

zappaman

(20,606 posts)

1. Fear of Republicans got me to vote for Kerry and Dukakis.

Reply to ibegurpard (Original post)

Mon Mar 7, 2016, 07:41 PM

Mar 2016

I thought Kerry had a chance.
Dukakis, I knew, was hopeless.
Still voted for him...

ibegurpard

(16,685 posts)

2. And they lost

Reply to zappaman (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 7, 2016, 07:54 PM

Mar 2016

Did Obama run on fear of Republicans? Did Bill Clinton? (We're not going to get into their records as presidents).

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)

3. I'm voting for progress. I'm voting for Clinton.

Reply to ibegurpard (Original post)

Mon Mar 7, 2016, 07:58 PM

Mar 2016

Clinton more often than not is putting out a positive campaign message. Not what you are attempting to portray.

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