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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Which group of reliable democrats are YOU willing to lose to get White Men to vote Democratic? [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)20. They dont CARE what I offer
Thats the issue. Trump had no policy. He had slogans. We only need 100000 more votes in swing states. We can get them after they see shit is worse with Trump. We just need candidates without so much baggage.
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Which group of reliable democrats are YOU willing to lose to get White Men to vote Democratic? [View all]
bravenak
Nov 2016
OP
Can't some liberal billionaires relocate a couple hundred thousand Democratic voters to where they
deurbano
Nov 2016
#44
Embracing Trump supporters is, by definition, an abandonment of minority Democrats
EffieBlack
Dec 2016
#161
Could you provide a link to people recommending that? That would be reprehensible. nt
el_bryanto
Nov 2016
#25
I've now heard of few people who have made bigoted comments and suggestions.
Ken Burch
Nov 2016
#109
We need fewer than a hundred thousand more votes in swing states to win next time
bravenak
Dec 2016
#182
I agree with those who say we should find a different term than "identity politics".
Ken Burch
Dec 2016
#202
That's not a strawman. You go after the votes of the troglodites who were willing to
Squinch
Nov 2016
#52
Well considering that multiple requests have been made to verify that people here are
mythology
Nov 2016
#86
What does dealing with race have to do with it? Why do we have to "lose" a group?
jalan48
Nov 2016
#56
Not annoyed-I don't think it's an effective strategy. This election was a good example.
jalan48
Nov 2016
#69
But you don't mind white identity politics, because to you white is just a political status. Got it!
bravenak
Nov 2016
#71
I think our voters were depressed by the non stop positive focus on Donald and the constant
bravenak
Nov 2016
#99
The media handed the election to Trump. Personally, I don't think it was all because of ratings.
jalan48
Nov 2016
#107
tRump won the white male vote by appealing to racism, sexism, xenophobia, anti-semitism ...
etherealtruth
Nov 2016
#24
You totally and completely miss the point. Many voted for Trump who are NOT "racist." Your thinking
RBInMaine
Nov 2016
#30
And yet they were okay with voting for a Man who campaigned on a racist xenophobic platform..
JHan
Dec 2016
#226
So only focus on money, ignore the issues that effect or ability to achieve equality like social
bravenak
Nov 2016
#47
I didn't say where. Just like when I say look up Lysistrata I don't suggest using wikipedia
bravenak
Dec 2016
#200
I know more white men who voted for Clinton than voted for Herr Drumpf.
greatauntoftriplets
Nov 2016
#55
Nope. I am set on the fact that voting for an unabashed racist makes you racist
bravenak
Dec 2016
#124
We are not talking about all white people. We are talking whites that voted for Trump
bravenak
Dec 2016
#134
You seriously do not see the hypocrisy in your posts? You wish for the demise of old white males ..
cliffside
Dec 2016
#138
I hope so, but they are not "swing voters" -- they voted for Romney by a 14 point margin and
progree
Nov 2016
#82
We already do that. Or do you think we only give benefits to certain groups and not offer our
bravenak
Nov 2016
#70
What do you think economic growth is? It is a benefit we recieve living in this nation.
bravenak
Nov 2016
#88
We need to stop ignoring that and get some loud unapologeitc people on the airwaves
bravenak
Nov 2016
#91
Fri Jun 6, 2014 "After you old guys are gone the rest of us will make up the new majority."
cliffside
Dec 2016
#129
Seriously? Do you not see that dividing people by race and age is not something to be championed?
cliffside
Dec 2016
#131
I call them as as I see them, just as others did with your divisive posts in 2014 ...
cliffside
Dec 2016
#145
You just signed up to complain about my post from almost three years ago? How. Normal.
bravenak
Dec 2016
#150
It is not only white men who voted against Mrs. Clinton, a lot of women did too.
akbacchus_BC
Dec 2016
#135
Your election system is flawed, it should be proportional representation. It baffles me that a
akbacchus_BC
Dec 2016
#139
Trump won a greater % of the Hispanic and African-American vote than Romney.
MadDAsHell
Dec 2016
#171
Ok, so you're saying we should give up on white men, African-Americans, AND Hispanics?
MadDAsHell
Dec 2016
#179
Which ones did Obama sacrifice? Obama won, so based on your premise he had to
Exilednight
Dec 2016
#157
If I had to choose a particular demographic to abandon, to get some white folk voting, it'd have to
Glassunion
Dec 2016
#186
It would certainly sacrifice my vote if the party starts pandering to Trump voters
bravenak
Dec 2016
#187
Yes you do. To pander to them you'd need to ignore minority concerns and shut us up
bravenak
Dec 2016
#197
Yes it was. The tea party was racist as fuck against the muslim kenyan in the whitehouse
bravenak
Dec 2016
#211
More hyperble....do you know anything about the "Tea Party"..I studied it...wasn't racist based.
Nancyswidower
Dec 2016
#216
And we had GWBush Nazi posters...Here we allowed callin a POSTUS Chimpy...
Nancyswidower
Dec 2016
#220
GWB acted like he was one so we called him one. That was not race based like witchdoctor posters
bravenak
Dec 2016
#221
Broad brush much? Not everyone would refuse to belong to a club that allows white men.
lumberjack_jeff
Dec 2016
#193