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LaydeeBug

(10,291 posts)
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 09:20 AM Dec 2016

You can't win elections if you don't grow up and stop letting them STEAL them

with voter suppression...

with lies and fake news...

with Russian interference...

And addressing other things is what allows THEM to frame the fucking narrative.

Don't carry their water for them.

Mention Russia and the GOP dick sucking of Russia at every turn...because it's true, and the KGB/GOP is now the political party of the USSR. <<<------- FUUUUUUUUUUCK the hairsplitting

The GOP/KGB can't be trusted with America, because they only have Russian interests in their hearts.

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Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts)
1. Yes, the Dems need to grow some claws and get real about fighting back
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 09:22 AM
Dec 2016

and stop letting GOP/conservatives hacks drive the media narrative.

 

LaydeeBug

(10,291 posts)
2. seriously...it's like the GOP/KGB *ignored* Courts orders
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 09:26 AM
Dec 2016

and we are supposed to say, "Oh well, better reach out to (insert whatever group here)"

WTF?? How about them follow the fucking law???

TheLibIn615

(61 posts)
14. I am seriously rather pissed at Obama.
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 11:28 PM
Dec 2016

Backing down from Mitch fucking McConnell is the most Democrat thing I've ever heard of. Who fucking cares what that needledick old rube threatens?

 

Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts)
15. that's been the whole fucking problem with Obama from the beginning-- way too deferential to
Sun Dec 11, 2016, 08:49 AM
Dec 2016

the GOP fuckfaces.

 

duffyduff

(3,251 posts)
9. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 03:42 PM
Dec 2016

That worn out meme promoted mostly by Bernie supporters needs to die. It needs to die because it has no basis in reality, no understanding of the right-wing mindset.

There are millions upon millions of people who didn't vote who we can tap to get involved in the process. The Trump voters? Almost all of them are hopeless to change because they will NOT listen.

avebury

(10,952 posts)
16. The Democrats need to take the gloves off and borrow a page out of the Republican
Sun Dec 11, 2016, 09:41 AM
Dec 2016

playbook. What do you think the Republicans would do if the situation was reversed? They would go political napalm/scorched earth at the Democrats. That is what the Democrats need to do. Failure to do so means that we will be stuck with third world banana republic elections from now on.

They need to go after everyone that created fake news stories about Hillary, fought to hide what the Russians were doing from the American people, conducted fraudlent vote counts and so on and make them so toxic they glow. They need to publicly question just how far does Putin's reach go? Members of Congress? Is that why people like McConnell refused to let the American people know the truth about the Russians. While the Democrats are the minority in Congress they need to find a way to hold their own hearings even if they are held off site. If they make a biggest hornets nest of it the MSM will be forced to cover them. They need to publicly examine the issues of Putin/Russia, treason, ethics violations, and what do the Republicans have to hide that makes them so afraid to hold hearings, and so on. If they can pull in some Republicans like Lindsey Graham, all the better.

You can start with a coalition with what Republicans you can pull in and then go scorched earth if that does not work.

 

LaydeeBug

(10,291 posts)
17. Lest you forget, the GOP has controlled the media for quite some time
Sun Dec 11, 2016, 09:48 AM
Dec 2016

all under the guise of 'liberal media' so it is much easier for them to get their message out.

This is our Egyptian Spring. It will only be coordinated off the headlines.

avebury

(10,952 posts)
18. There are plenty of international news sources
Sun Dec 11, 2016, 10:09 AM
Dec 2016

that would be willing to carry the Democrats news efforts.

The GOP may control the Americn MSM, they do not, however, control the international ones. If the international news sources carried the Democrats' efforts is would be pretty damning for the US internationally. Donald Trump would be viewed as he really is, a tin horn dictator. It will become very difficult for Trump to negotiate new treaties if no one actually takes him seriously. I could see some countries allowing him to spin his wheels and use delaying tactics to see that nothing is actually accomplished. He might find out that he doesn't have the seat at the big kids table that he thinks he has. They may let him think that he does but actually have a lot of discussions without him around.

avebury

(10,952 posts)
19. This is the day of the internet, you hardly actually
Sun Dec 11, 2016, 10:18 AM
Dec 2016

need the MSM anymore. Most people don't get their news from the MSM anymore. Look at how often everyday citizens pull out their cell phones and take a video of a police situation, post it on youtube and end up changing the narrative of the story. The interent played a huge role in the Arab Spring.

Trump is obsessed with the need to be admired and respected. He fears humiliation. Well the people can make it pretty clear exactly what they think of him and his family. The Trump presidency could litterly die by the cuts of millions of tweets, youtube clips, FB posts, and so on. This is a guy that doesn't believe in national security briefings and stays up late at night tweeting about SNL or some former Miss Universe. It won't take much for the people to continue to make him look like the idiot he really is.

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