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March 1, 2022

Yep. It's a VERY simple and VERY basic question.

WHOSE side are you on? Biden's OR Putin's?

There's NO wiggle room here. No waffling around. No conditional "yes, but..." It's Either/Or.

Is you IS or is you AIN'T?

March 1, 2022

Welcome to DU, MySideOfTown!

The GoFundMe idea is a good one!

This old lady will probably keep studying and thinking up strategic messaging and talking points. Then others can be "armed" - in other ways.

Make a contribution - of some sort! That lets you do what you're good at.

March 1, 2022

Yes. That's one of his main "rationales" for what he's done (and still doing).

Putin’s pushing that same bullshit talking point strategy as many in the GOP embrace: accuse your opponent of doing the exact same things YOU YOURSELF are currently doing at this very moment, or that YOU ARE planning to do or that YOU have already done.

March 1, 2022

Oh, great...

Didn’t realize she was THAT vile.

March 1, 2022

NO SHIT!!!

C’mon, Dems!!! WHERE are the attack ads?

Running continuously in EVERY day part!!!

Or hadn’t you thought of that yet???

Doesn’t ANYBODY on our side understand the value of messaging and REPETITION of that messaging?????

Learn from Procter & Gamble or some other big commercial advertiser. And that’s something I think our Democrats STILL don’t get, yet.

You have to overrun the airwaves. Dominate THIS kind of “air war” - that is, the airWAVES. WHERE’S your messaging? WHERE have you placed it? Where did you buy commercial time? And on how many networks and other outlets? How many people are you reaching???

And if you did it once, why stop at once? You’re not gonna reach the maximum number of people that way. How about once-times-A MILLION???

Once ain’t gonna do squat.

I once heard a messaging strategy that really sums it up.

1) Tell ‘em what you’re gonna tell ‘em.

2) Then tell ‘em.

3) Then tell ‘em what you just told ‘em.

March 1, 2022

That's why I got mine!

March 1, 2022

YEEEEESSSSS!!!

WHEN????? How soon?????

Shouldn’t we have been fighting back ALREADY???? Like when the Russian puppet was “President”?

Or even before that???

LONG before that.

March 1, 2022

Welcome to DU, Handler!

Glad you're here! Quite often, you'll find the breaking news and big headlines here, first, before they pick it up on TV and cable (after they wait through another commercial break ...).

March 1, 2022

DAYUM!!!! LOVE THIS!!!! "Loose chips sink ships ..."

And all the rest of your post, jaxexpat! Is that a "jaxexpat original"?

AWESOME!!!!

Just absolutely freakin' FANTASTIC!!!!!

And eminently quotable!!!

March 1, 2022

The "quote of the week" in our Call to Action email this week:

A Thought for Starters:
“Always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.”
· Elie Wiesel, Romanian-born American Jewish writer, professor, political
activist, Nobel Laureate, Holocaust survivor

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About calimary

Female. Retired. Wife-Mom-Grandma. Approx. 30 years in broadcasting, at least 20 of those in news biz. Taurus. Loves chocolate - preferably without nuts or cocoanut. Animal lover. Rock-hound from pre-school age. Proud Democrat for life. Ardent environmentalist and pro-choicer. Hoping to use my skills set for the greater good. Still married to the same guy for 40+ years. Probably because he's a proud Democrat, too. Penmanship absolutely stinks, so I'm glad I'm a fast typist! I will always love Hillary and she will always be my President.
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