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Stinky The Clown

(67,669 posts)
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 01:50 PM Jan 2018

But but but but the rebuttal . . . . .

This message is to all the second string rebutters:

SIT DOWN

The Democrats need but one rebutter. Young Joe Kennedy has been given the job by the Democratic Party.

All the rest who are doing it for whatever reasons should sit down and shut up while he is talking. If they really have the need to add their thoughts, they are free to do it AFTER Kennedy speaks. To do otherwise makes the party look a little disjointed. As we head for the midterms - maybe the most important in American history - we need a UNITED front, not one littered with egos and Look At Me speeches.

I really like some of the second tier rebutters, But not when they do this.

Don't just sit down tonight. Sit Down and Shut Up. Just for tonight.

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But but but but the rebuttal . . . . . (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Jan 2018 OP
Excellent advice. world wide wally Jan 2018 #1
Couldn't agree more..n/t monmouth4 Jan 2018 #2
I don't have TV so I will watch them all on the internet, on YouTube. Sophia4 Jan 2018 #9
Damn Straight nt lamp_shade Jan 2018 #3
"Lookit Meee!" NBachers Jan 2018 #4
YES! Honeycombe8 Jan 2018 #5
Hear! Hear! ybbor Jan 2018 #6
Overall, I agree. NCTraveler Jan 2018 #7
I disagree completely. This is not NAZI Germany. Sophia4 Jan 2018 #8
Just a suggestion . . . . Stinky The Clown Jan 2018 #13
It's divisive as hell. Cha Jan 2018 #10
Sounds like patriarchy IronLionZion Jan 2018 #11
Read the OP. Stinky The Clown Jan 2018 #14
"Don't just sit down tonight. Sit Down and Shut Up. Just for tonight." IronLionZion Jan 2018 #15
Oh stop with the drama. The chosen speaker is not your enemy or oppressor. Stinky The Clown Jan 2018 #17
Is he going to talk about criminalizing marijuana? mountain grammy Jan 2018 #12
I wasn't aware any other Dems planned to speak at the same time as Kennedy... It's Waters speaking Lucinda Jan 2018 #16

world wide wally

(21,718 posts)
1. Excellent advice.
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 02:31 PM
Jan 2018

I like Kennedy better than most of you anyway and he has a better chance of ousting Trump than any of you others as well. Give him the fucking spotlight for 15 minutes for Christ's sake.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
5. YES!
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 04:36 PM
Jan 2018

The Democratic Party response is being aired on tv, at a certain time. To try to interfere or pull viewership from him is not the thing to do, if Dems want to win in the mid-terms and in 2020.

This is Joe Kennedy's introduction to the public. Maybe he'll blow it. Maybe he'll kill it. (History does not bode well for him, though...hope he bucks tradition.) But he needs for those on the left for once to step aside for the chosen representative, to put egos and their own political aspirations aside.

ybbor

(1,552 posts)
6. Hear! Hear!
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 04:38 PM
Jan 2018

I, too, like and respect the other commenters, but WAIT until the OFFICIAL rebuttal is finished!

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
7. Overall, I agree.
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 04:39 PM
Jan 2018

That said, there are some instances I would be open to a rebuttal happening at the same time. A rebuttal directed toward a group who might not be watching in the first place.

 

Sophia4

(3,515 posts)
8. I disagree completely. This is not NAZI Germany.
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 04:44 PM
Jan 2018

The more voices, the better.

I will listen to all of the speakers, especially Maxine Waters who is from my state and who always speaks her mind without fear.

IronLionZion

(45,250 posts)
11. Sounds like patriarchy
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 04:56 PM
Jan 2018

since you don't want women to have their own rebuttal. And Spanish language speakers. And black Americans. And working families. And Democratic socialists.

This can either showcase our diversity or show that we are divided. I like Joe Kennedy, but he's white, male, and a Kennedy. Our party is so much more.

mountain grammy

(26,568 posts)
12. Is he going to talk about criminalizing marijuana?
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 04:58 PM
Jan 2018

what? Lock us up?

He'll give a good response, no doubt, but I'll be happy to hear from others who share my views about the war on drugs that has ruined many a good life. I'd also like to hear about Medicare for all.

Don't tell others to sit down and shut up.. Now is not the time for anyone to shut up. We need to be raising hell.

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)
16. I wasn't aware any other Dems planned to speak at the same time as Kennedy... It's Waters speaking
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 05:17 PM
Jan 2018

after?

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