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sharedvalues

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1. Beyond opposing Obama, did the Tea Party have a message?

Reply to marylandblue (Original post)

Sat Jun 24, 2017, 05:45 PM

Jun 2017

The democrats need to find a message and a vision, there is no question.

But for now, opposing our would-be dictator is enough to unify most D constituencies. Let's do that for now.

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Beyond opposing Trump, do Democrats have a message? [View all] marylandblue Jun 2017 OP

Beyond opposing Obama, did the Tea Party have a message? sharedvalues Jun 2017 #1

It's almost impossible to have a message under the insanity of a Trump regime. Gravitycollapse Jun 2017 #2

Yes we have a message. This is a continuation of the lie that HRC had no policy positions emulatorloo Jun 2017 #3

There is a dearth of charismatic Democratic leadership right now. Gravitycollapse Jun 2017 #6

Interesting. Can you name the charismatic Republican leadership so I can get emulatorloo Jun 2017 #11

I never said Republicans have charismatic leadership. They're far worse than us. Gravitycollapse Jun 2017 #15

Excellent examples. They are all great at explaining our values. emulatorloo Jun 2017 #17

"This is a continuation of the lie that HRC had no policy positions" NurseJackie Jun 2017 #8

Of course she had positions marylandblue Jun 2017 #10

Her speeches were full of policy. MSM only showed the anti-Trump soundbytes emulatorloo Jun 2017 #13

Policy wonks on this board are convincable loyalsister Jun 2017 #18

LOL! NurseJackie Jun 2017 #14

No, this has been an issue with Democrats for years marylandblue Jun 2017 #19

+1 betsuni Jun 2017 #20

Funny, I always thought we had a message... Wounded Bear Jun 2017 #4

Yep. They don't wanna show policy discussion. They frame everything as a political cat fight. emulatorloo Jun 2017 #5

The message gets garbled because we are not as good at selling it as the Republicans marylandblue Jun 2017 #12

That's true. But Reps have a leg up w the caBle news MSM. I really don't know what to do about it. emulatorloo Jun 2017 #16

Yes. It's the same message we have had since FDR. No one is listening to us. They would rather nikibatts Jun 2017 #7

If people aren't hearing the message, perhaps it's the media's fault? Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2017 #9