Being "scared" is EXACTLY what is wrong with too many Progressives! Don't be "scared." ATTACK!

[RBInMaine]

Politics is the art of brutality, and it should be. It is about vying for power, and it is naturally very adversarial. Do you think things are tough these days? Look at your history. Go back to the late 1700's and 1800's. Campaigns were vicious. Political rivalries were brutal.

Progressives, learn from FDR, Truman, Kennedy, Bill Clinton, and what Obama and his team did to Romney last time around. You don't get "scared" by your opponents. You ATTACK THEM MERCILESSLY. Let me show you how to do it. Here is how I responded the other day to a Trump supporter troll who was bashing Hillary in another forum:

"Enjoy your right wing fantasies and delusions all you want. I love how you have to come over here and troll. The delusional nonsense you spout is nothing but a bunch of crazed right wing lies you get from The Drug Addict College Dropout Rush Limbaugh and The Fake Noise Network. What was once the great party of Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Dwight Eisenhower is now a gang of brainwashed racists who think Jesus Christ was a machine-gun carrying right winger and that dinosaurs lived a thousand years ago. You talk about freebies? What a joke. You people would crawl through hurricanes to give corporate tax shelters to millionaires, hundreds of billions of our tax dollars in corporate welfare of all kinds, and you praise Trump The Fraud who has gone bankrupt time and again, won't release his tax returns, has bilked tons of people out of many thousands of dollars each, and makes his clothes in CHINA. And you right wingers sure as hell LLLLLLOVE your Social Security, Medicare, public roads, public schools, and all the rest. So give up your right wing lies, delusions, hypocrisy and GI Joe fantasies. Trump is a complete narcissist and racist FRAUD who won't be elected dog catcher. And now he and his campaign now also appear to be PLAGIARISTS. Hahahaha... Just loved how they cheered MICHELLE OBAMA'S speech. Hahahahha...."

That't how you do it. Do it EVERY time. No quarter. ATTACK them! And do it relentlessly and brutally. It is all bullies understand. There is no such thing as a "high road." There are only weak roads and strong roads. Loser roads and winner roads. Be a strong winner!

[wildeyed]

1. Yep.

They are bullies and fearmongers. They got nothing else. No ideas worth talking about. No coherence in their political machine. Just beating the drum of "BE AFRAID" over and over. I have been around the political block too many times to be afraid of them. And the thing is, fear is contagious. So if enough people just roll their eyes at the nonsense, then they cannot win.

I feel safe. I am not afraid. Trump is just a blowhard.

[RBInMaine]

6. Nice reply! Spot on! Don't ignore them. Don't be on defense. Get on OFFENSE and STAY THERE!

[Democat]

2. Gore and Kerry could have used that advice

I don't think Clinton will hesitate when it comes to fighting right wingers.

[Her Sister]

3. Good advice but everyone is different with different solutions/reactions!

JMO!

[RBInMaine]

4. Weakness loses and strength wins. Wishy washiness loses and strong clarity wins. Simple as that.

[Andy823]

5. I understand people are scared

But I also see the same group of people day after day coming here and stirring things up with their "concern", and fear. They seem to forget that if Democrats get out and vote, then Trump will NEVER become president. Doom and gloom is a great tactic for the trolls and trouble makers, but voting is the answer to all of their fears.

[Surya Gayatri]

9. So, you noticed, too, huh? The "concern" has been noted.

But I also see the same group of people day after day coming here and stirring things up with their "concern", and fear.

[John Poet]

7. Yeah, don't be scared! Be BOLD

especially when choosing a running mate.

[treestar]

8. [phone]

I hate these concern and scared threads. Do something to help Then!