Tue Dec 1, 2020, 09:40 AM
demmiblue (30,184 posts)
Holy shit they're real. (Perdue/Loeffler billboard):
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58 replies, 14195 views
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demmiblue | Dec 1 | OP |
Croney | Dec 1 | #1 | |
Hortensis | Dec 1 | #4 | |
DownriverDem | Dec 1 | #5 | |
Hortensis | Dec 1 | #8 | |
mountain grammy | Dec 1 | #16 | |
Hortensis | Dec 1 | #27 | |
mountain grammy | Dec 1 | #36 | |
Alpeduez21 | Dec 1 | #37 | |
Hortensis | Dec 1 | #40 | |
Progressive Jones | Dec 2 | #54 | |
Hortensis | Dec 2 | #58 | |
Croney | Dec 1 | #6 | |
demmiblue | Dec 1 | #7 | |
Hortensis | Dec 1 | #9 | |
station agent | Dec 1 | #13 | |
marmar | Dec 1 | #28 | |
Hortensis | Dec 1 | #32 | |
Progressive Jones | Dec 2 | #55 | |
VladmireTrumpkins | Dec 1 | #2 | |
nattyice | Dec 1 | #3 | |
Wounded Bear | Dec 1 | #17 | |
FSogol | Dec 1 | #39 | |
Zambero | Dec 1 | #10 | |
CottonBear | Dec 1 | #44 | |
Progressive Jones | Dec 2 | #56 | |
Silent3 | Dec 1 | #11 | |
FBaggins | Dec 1 | #45 | |
BGBD | Dec 1 | #12 | |
octoberlib | Dec 1 | #14 | |
Dopers_Greed | Dec 1 | #15 | |
reACTIONary | Dec 1 | #50 | |
JohnnyRingo | Dec 1 | #18 | |
Roc2020 | Dec 1 | #19 | |
LAS14 | Dec 1 | #20 | |
FBaggins | Dec 1 | #46 | |
LAS14 | Dec 1 | #21 | |
demmiblue | Dec 1 | #23 | |
LAS14 | Dec 1 | #33 | |
demmiblue | Dec 1 | #34 | |
58Sunliner | Dec 1 | #22 | |
demmiblue | Dec 1 | #25 | |
58Sunliner | Dec 1 | #26 | |
liberalla | Dec 1 | #24 | |
Progressive Jones | Dec 1 | #29 | |
bucolic_frolic | Dec 1 | #30 | |
BobTheSubgenius | Dec 1 | #31 | |
0nirevets | Dec 1 | #35 | |
sandensea | Dec 1 | #38 | |
lame54 | Dec 1 | #41 | |
liberalmuse | Dec 1 | #42 | |
Progressive Jones | Dec 2 | #57 | |
wryter2000 | Dec 1 | #43 | |
Blue Owl | Dec 1 | #47 | |
cab67 | Dec 1 | #48 | |
TexasBushwhacker | Dec 1 | #49 | |
reACTIONary | Dec 1 | #51 | |
orangecrush | Dec 1 | #52 | |
musette_sf | Dec 1 | #53 |
Response to demmiblue (Original post)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 09:46 AM
Croney (2,967 posts)
1. The ReallyAmerican site that did this
has three social justice superheroes profiled. Good job!
(Did they put it by the WRONG WAY sign on purpose?) |
Response to Croney (Reply #1)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 09:51 AM
Hortensis (43,886 posts)
4. Until GA Republicans learn "AOC" is behind this, "AOC" of course
being shorthand for the giant anti-God, socialist takeover happening right NOW!
Damn! I hoped this was put up by trumpist nuts genuinely angry at them, not a manipulative far-left group risking blowing whatever real movement there was up. |
Response to Hortensis (Reply #4)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 09:55 AM
DownriverDem (4,734 posts)
5. It will still work.
repubs there aren't happy.
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Response to DownriverDem (Reply #5)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 10:04 AM
Hortensis (43,886 posts)
8. As long as they don't attend church, listen to RW radio, and
stay off social media so most of those this is aimed at don't find out.
It's a mistake to underestimate just how intransigently angry and hostile GA trumpists are -- against the left. And how frightened many are. Satan and his demons are loose in the land, and socialists are their servants. Religious objections and fears cut across all racial lines, btw. It's not just a white thing. We'll see one way or the other, have no choice. |
Response to Hortensis (Reply #8)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 10:24 AM
mountain grammy (22,693 posts)
16. This is so true..
Don't underestimate how angry and hostile all trumpers are and how much they fear the left. Socialism from us godless liberals is their biggest fear and the capitalists stoke that fear while raking in the cash.
You're right, it's not just a white thing, but it's mostly a white thing. |
Response to mountain grammy (Reply #16)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 11:07 AM
Hortensis (43,886 posts)
27. :) Oh, yeah! And yes to the last for sure, but here in GA 1/3 of us are black,
many are conservative, religion is very strong, and for some a Republican senate checking dangerous LW secular "extremism" while a Democratic president blocks the GOP's racist policies and appointments is probably not the worst scenario.
Just checked on the mail-in ballots we ordered some time ago. Expected to arrive any day now. While waiting, we've received APPLICATIONS for mail-in ballots from a national group, America Votes, that focuses on getting out the vote in state races, GA right now. Impressive effort. They're valid (I checked), America Votes only listed as the outside envelope's return address, the letter thanking me for being a voter completely nonpartisan and principled, and the application and return envelope same as the state issues. So I knew before checking that it wasn't sent by any RW or other trickster organization. ![]() |
Response to Hortensis (Reply #27)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 11:40 AM
mountain grammy (22,693 posts)
36. All my hopes are pinned on Georgia
You'd think I'd learn by now, but I just can't help it. Voter suppression has worked so well for Republicans for the last decades, but Georgia went for Biden and my heart soared. I can see the rest of the south following. I only hope I'm still around to see it.
The other day, I watched the documentary "All In" and there was a clip from a speech LBJ gave when introducing the Voting Rights Act and I loved the end; he looked right into the faces of Republicans and said in that deep souther drawl.. "we shall overcome" with emphasis on the 'shall.' I remember watching that on tv with my mom and her saying "Yes! we shall." Oh please save us, Georgia! ![]() |
Response to Hortensis (Reply #8)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 11:51 AM
Alpeduez21 (977 posts)
37. in their mind
it is worse to be socialist than racist
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Response to Alpeduez21 (Reply #37)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 12:11 PM
Hortensis (43,886 posts)
40. :) In most of their minds they're not racist.
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Response to Hortensis (Reply #8)
Wed Dec 2, 2020, 04:18 AM
Progressive Jones (3,435 posts)
54. These runoffs could turn out just as close as the first round. nt
Response to Progressive Jones (Reply #54)
Wed Dec 2, 2020, 05:18 AM
Hortensis (43,886 posts)
58. Yes, and imagine they will... So much at stake! nt
Response to Hortensis (Reply #4)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 09:58 AM
Croney (2,967 posts)
6. Rethugs driving by in pick-ups are not going to read the fine print,
just the message.
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Response to Hortensis (Reply #4)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 10:00 AM
demmiblue (30,184 posts)
7. "manipulative far-left phonies"
Concern noted.
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Response to demmiblue (Reply #7)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 10:09 AM
Hortensis (43,886 posts)
9. That this is not a Democratic Party or Lincoln Project product
was obvious at first glance. As I said, I hoped they were genuinely what viewers are supposed to assume they are -- a call from the angry Trump supporters we've heard are out there. The REAL thing, not attempted trickery.
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Response to Hortensis (Reply #4)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 10:21 AM
station agent (328 posts)
13. What far left phonies do you mean?
Please be specific and name names so we can confront these people directly.
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Response to Hortensis (Reply #4)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 11:09 AM
marmar (72,510 posts)
28. "Manipulative far-left phonies"
Sounds like the Sean hannity show. |
Response to marmar (Reply #28)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 11:16 AM
Hortensis (43,886 posts)
32. Well, since the term offends I changed it. This kind of
stuff offends me no matter who's doing it, but I'd probably also feel the ends justified the means if they worked, or forget about them. Just afraid these means will kill the end. There's a reason our pros don't do this stuff. The Republicans are an entirely different kettle of slime creatures of course.
Btw, on another post I mentioned an entirely different quality of action -- a very impressive GOTV group, America Votes, who are sending unsolicited, NONPARTISAN applications for mail-in ballots to voters across GA. We trashed ours since we'd already requested them, but are going to send them a donation. They're a national progressive action group committed to advancing the principles of representative democracy, but they concentrate their efforts at the state level. Right now, it's GA. ![]() https://americavotes.org/ (Btw, Justice Democrats and Brand New Congress are not on their list of 400 partner organizations, progressive, not "Progressive." ) |
Response to marmar (Reply #28)
Wed Dec 2, 2020, 04:21 AM
Progressive Jones (3,435 posts)
55. I didn't like the use of that phrase. nt
Response to demmiblue (Original post)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 09:46 AM
VladmireTrumpkins (189 posts)
2. I will contribute a few dollars
Response to demmiblue (Original post)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 09:46 AM
nattyice (127 posts)
3. Love the "Wrong Way" sign!
Response to nattyice (Reply #3)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 10:34 AM
Wounded Bear (43,125 posts)
17. GMTA...first thing I noticed, too...
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Response to nattyice (Reply #3)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 11:58 AM
FSogol (40,977 posts)
39. Yeah, that's a nice touch. n/t
Response to demmiblue (Original post)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 10:13 AM
Zambero (6,901 posts)
10. Nice of Lamar to offer his billboard space!
He may be leaving the Senate behind, although he apparently has grave concerns about what's going on with his neighboring state's up-for-grabs Senate seats!
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Response to Zambero (Reply #10)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 12:37 PM
CottonBear (20,426 posts)
44. Lamar outdoor advertising is one of the biggest billboard companies in GA. NT
Response to CottonBear (Reply #44)
Wed Dec 2, 2020, 04:23 AM
Progressive Jones (3,435 posts)
56. They are all around the Chicago area, too. Probably nationwide. nt
Response to demmiblue (Original post)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 10:15 AM
Silent3 (10,538 posts)
11. If back-biting Republicans don't keep funding this stuff...
...Democrats should pick up the slack!
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Response to Silent3 (Reply #11)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 04:15 PM
FBaggins (21,261 posts)
45. It's already Democrats funding it
The Really American PAC is a liberal group.
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Response to demmiblue (Original post)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 10:16 AM
BGBD (2,281 posts)
12. Wonderful things
Can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden of assholes.
- Raylan Givens |
Response to demmiblue (Original post)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 10:22 AM
octoberlib (13,678 posts)
14. I just saw this on Sally Albright's Twitter feed. I love this group!
This is the DU member formerly known as octoberlib.
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Response to demmiblue (Original post)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 10:23 AM
Dopers_Greed (2,390 posts)
15. Why isn't the M$M doing an analog to their "Dems in disarray" narrative?
Repubs in ruin
Conservatives in chaos Fascists in fracture Totalitarians totalled |
Response to Dopers_Greed (Reply #15)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 08:59 PM
reACTIONary (3,753 posts)
50. The sponsoring PAC is liberal progressive. The media..
... has had stories about trump supporter backlash against the repugs in GA.
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Response to demmiblue (Original post)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 10:36 AM
JohnnyRingo (15,524 posts)
18. If it just causes 5% to sit out the election...
just one in 20 republicans, that will be huge. Elections have swung on closer margins than that.
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Response to demmiblue (Original post)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 10:41 AM
Roc2020 (890 posts)
19. living in GA I do think Warnock
has a good chance to beat Loeffler. It will be tougher for Ossoff to beat Purdue. But won't be surprised if both the dems win or both republicans win.
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Response to demmiblue (Original post)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 10:45 AM
LAS14 (11,457 posts)
20. Yes!!! Is this really them??? Or did WE do this???? nt
Response to demmiblue (Original post)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 10:53 AM
LAS14 (11,457 posts)
21. I hope the ReallyAmerican PAC persists after Georgia. The Lincoln Project will stop...
... supporting Dems if the right ever cleans up it's act re norms and corruption. The ReallyAmerican PAC is definitely on to something. I searched and searched Google and couldn't find out who's behind it, although someone up thread said it was AOC. Does anyone know more?
tia las |
Response to LAS14 (Reply #21)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 11:02 AM
demmiblue (30,184 posts)
23. Here is their website and Twitter page:
Response to demmiblue (Reply #23)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 11:17 AM
LAS14 (11,457 posts)
33. Yeah, but that just mentions three people I've never heard of. Is AOC really involved? nt
Response to LAS14 (Reply #33)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 11:19 AM
demmiblue (30,184 posts)
34. No, those comments above are just hyperbolic bullshit. n/t
Response to demmiblue (Original post)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 11:01 AM
58Sunliner (3,469 posts)
22. Where do I donate??
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Response to demmiblue (Original post)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 11:03 AM
liberalla (6,048 posts)
24. The "wrong way" sign confirms the message !
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Response to demmiblue (Original post)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 11:12 AM
Progressive Jones (3,435 posts)
29. All is fair in love and turning GA Blue... nt
Response to demmiblue (Original post)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 11:13 AM
bucolic_frolic (23,099 posts)
30. A+ for painting them as the failed candidates they are
How it will play .... out of my league
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Response to demmiblue (Original post)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 11:15 AM
BobTheSubgenius (7,092 posts)
31. I trust that the message here is what makes an impact.
Not the source, no matter what it is. In the relatively short time remaining, I wouldn't expect the (temporarily?) aligned messaging won't unravel.
At the end of the day, claiming credit or shirking blame will do that. |
Response to demmiblue (Original post)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 11:25 AM
0nirevets (176 posts)
35. Great strategy from MAGA-land. Brilliant. Please continue.
This is the DU member formerly known as 0nirevets.
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Response to demmiblue (Original post)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 11:55 AM
sandensea (13,509 posts)
38. No honor among thieves
Especially from a guy who sees them as "stupid Southerners."
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Response to demmiblue (Original post)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 12:12 PM
lame54 (29,688 posts)
41. Love the Wrong Way sign
Response to demmiblue (Original post)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 12:33 PM
liberalmuse (18,292 posts)
42. Part of me is giving this entire Boycott the GA GOP thing a side-eye.
Can they be this stupid, or is this a tactic to try and get Dems to be complacent on voting in the run-off? I think they are this stupid, but regardless, Dems need to show up for the GA runoff in numbers larger than they showed up for the Presidential Election.
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Response to liberalmuse (Reply #42)
Wed Dec 2, 2020, 04:27 AM
Progressive Jones (3,435 posts)
57. I don't think any GA Dems are going to sit it out. NT
Response to demmiblue (Original post)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 12:35 PM
wryter2000 (40,428 posts)
43. How were they supposed to deliver for Trump?
Whatever...I'll take it.
BTW, guys, if you'd like to phone bank, we're currently making calls to Georgia voters to make sure they're registered and going to vote. It's called the ballot cure team, under "volunteer," with the Georgia dem party. [link:http://www.georgiademocrat.org| |
Response to demmiblue (Original post)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 06:59 PM
Blue Owl (32,620 posts)
47. Yup, sit this one out, Georgia Republicans...
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Response to demmiblue (Original post)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 07:27 PM
cab67 (1,721 posts)
48. From a straight-up advertising point of view, I don't like it.
First - the text is open to interpretation. I could easily read this as a call for more effective conservative candidates who, unlike Loeffler and Perdue, might have delivered for Trump. This is the opposite of the message we should be sending. (I had to think about the text for a moment to really figure it out. If an ad needs to be thought about before the message comes through, it's not an effective ad.)
Second - the photos of the two boneheads are standard headshots. If I drive by this billboard and can't read the text for some reason, I'm going to think it's their ad. |
Response to cab67 (Reply #48)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 08:58 PM
TexasBushwhacker (16,520 posts)
49. Yeah. I didn't like this message
I think it would be better to go after their insider trading CRIMES.
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Response to demmiblue (Original post)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 09:02 PM
reACTIONary (3,753 posts)
51. Press release from real America pac...
Release date: December 1, 2020
If David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler win the run-off election, Donald Trump will become the only Republican to lose Georgia in a generation. In a rare twist of fate, Trump supporters and those who want to see Reverend Warnock and Jon Ossoff win have a shared interest in seeing the two Republicans who failed to deliver a victory for Trump (Loeffler & Perdue), lose. If Trump supporters deliver Perdue and Loeffler a victory, they should be acutely aware that they will be delivering Trump and MAGA a serious political defeat. The only people trying to conceal this are Loeffler, Perdue, and Mitch McConnell, who want to destroy President Trump but keep his supporters. Our shared interest lies in defeating Washington insiders Perdue, Loeffler & McConnell, who happen to be trying to destroy Trump. https://reallyamerican.com/media-outlets-georgia-billboards-response/ |
Response to demmiblue (Original post)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 10:12 PM
orangecrush (11,127 posts)
52. Fire meet fire
Response to demmiblue (Original post)
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 10:22 PM
musette_sf (8,950 posts)
53. They're real
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