Dan Rather reminds the press: don't let them claim credit if they didn't vote for it

[JudyM]

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[Wounded Bear]

1. Indeed! nt

[Tomconroy]

2. Always loved Dan even during the Kenneth, What's the

Frequency moment.

[Elessar Zappa]

3. Yes.

I actually think we should do an ad blitz on TV and social media/YouTube telling Americans what the infrastructure bill is and who voted for it and, most importantly, who voted against it.

[CrispyQ]

4. Democratic leadership's response to your suggestion: "What's an ad blitz?"

We need a marketing department, stat!

[Elessar Zappa]

5. I agree.

People say that the media won’t publicize the Dem message, which is true to an extent, but if we paid for ads or had people dedicated to social media messaging, our message would penetrate. I’m sure it’s more difficult to do than I’m making it out to be but damn, there’s gotta be a way to hit back against the fascists.

[GoodRaisin]

9. We need to take Dan Rather and people like him and start our own

24/7 network dispelling all the Republican and Fox News lies and placing our accomplishments alongside the Republican non-accomplishment. Pushing democracy vs. anti-democracy. Relying on the media to do it isn’t getting it done.

Fox News works for them. We need to counter it.

[wnylib]

14. Agree. We not only need a good

marketing department, but we need some good psychologists and sociologists to assess how people react to some messages and the best way to counteract the fascist message and get our own message across effectively. Messaging is our weakness and needs to be addressed. Not sociologists that work with a single candidate on a single ad, but people who work for the party on analyzing the appeal of RW messaging and how to counter it, based on feedback from boots on the ground as well as on academic knowledge.

[Rebl2]

16. Would be nice

Doubt it will happen. They do need to call out republicans who go back home and act like they helped pass the infrastructure bill when they voted against it.

[certainot]

20. it will only apply to the progressives who opposed it because manchin and sinema will now dump BBB

[Champp]

6. Republicans will lie about it

As certain as can be. That's who they are.

[orleans]

7. that's so cute. sure, the press will be alert and help those republicans push their lies nt

[spanone]

8. Dan, I doubt we can count on the media at all, for anything.

[MiHale]

10. And hammer them constantly with their NO vote...

“Like what the infrastructure does FOR YOU? Well your representative did NOT think you DESERVED it.”

Tell them no scream the message at them till they can’t think of anything else.

It’s our turn to fill heads with ideas.

[NurseJackie]

11. No matter who!

Especially those who embrace the all-or-nothing philosophy.

[JustAnotherGen]

15. I agree with this

That way we don't come off as hypocrites.

[lame54]

12. Run ads in the deep red areas...

Your rep voted the same as The Squad

[NowISeetheLight]

22. Their Heads will Explode....

An ad with the Republican in the middle and two Squad members on each side. With GO TEAM! below.

[FakeNoose]

13. Seems like a no-brainer, but of course it isn't

Dan Rather has seen it all, and he knows how the Repukes roll.

[burrowowl]

17. The M$M is useless, it would be nice if

they acted as real journalist!

[StarryNite]

18. Dan, Dan, he's the man!

[Skittles]

23. 90 years old and still fighting the good fight

yes indeed

[brooklynite]

19. I can think of a number of transportation projects in AOC's district...

…that will be funded by the Infrastructure Bill. I’ve worked on several of them.

[MineralMan]

21. Always good advice, but rarely followed.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

24. Weren't there a bunch of billboards recently that

pointed out which Senators or Representatives had voted against the stimulus money, and were now claiming credit?

[Hortensis]

25. Absolutely. Or to lie about it as Biden's commie takeover plan

OR as Democrats failing to pass what was "really" needed!