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politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
Fri Mar 7, 2014, 05:19 PM Mar 2014

I think the Dems need to get tough with their electorate about what is at stake in 2014

Last edited Sat Mar 8, 2014, 10:06 AM - Edit history (1)

should the GOP take control of both houses. This is not your George W. Bush's "Compassionate Conservatism" we're talking about here. This is your " you're on your own", pull the rug out from under the safety net brand of conservatism. Thom Tillis a favorite for Senator for North Carolina doesn't believe that there should be a minimum wage at all.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/02/26/3655879/thom-tillis-opposes-minimum-wage.html

Dems should lay it out for their constituents on what they can expect. Full repeal of the ACA. Harsh limits on Unemployment Compensation, and the Food Stamp program. Privitization of Social Security. Redistricting on Steroids, as if that is were possible. More legislation drawn up by ALEC and the Koch Brothers. Fracking on steroids. More Keystone Pipelines, traversing our plains on their way to the gulf coast with their refined oil to be shipped out of this country. No more Planned Parenthood funding, and no more right to choose even if the mother's life is at stake. People who take their current rights for granted need to know what they can expect once these people gain unbridled control of both houses of Congress. Barack Obama is the only thing that has kept us out of putting troops on the ground in Egypt, Syria, permanently entranced in Afghanistan, and if John McCain had his way, on the Ukrainian border.

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I think the Dems need to get tough with their electorate about what is at stake in 2014 (Original Post) politicaljunkie41910 Mar 2014 OP
But first they need to do it about 2014. Squinch Mar 2014 #1
Keep your eye on the one that's coming at you The Time is Now Mar 2014 #2
Exactly. And welcome! Squinch Mar 2014 #3
You're absolutely right. I was thinking 2014, and said 2016. politicaljunkie41910 Mar 2014 #6
OK, I just posted, then read your correction. pangaia Mar 2014 #10
You are right. If Dems. win both Houses of Congress, I'd heave a big sigh of relief. The Cal33 Mar 2014 #12
Yeah... Wounded Bear Mar 2014 #4
+1 lsewpershad Mar 2014 #5
GOP versus GOP-lite. Hmmm. What to do, what to do ~> blkmusclmachine Mar 2014 #7
Simple decision ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #15
insurance corps dumping sick people,refusing insurance or quoting 3k a month *again* Sunlei Mar 2014 #8
Two-thousand and sixteen? pangaia Mar 2014 #9
Don't forget to do your part...GOTV! nt WhiteTara Mar 2014 #11
The Republican could take to killing people in the streets Pakid Mar 2014 #13
I absolutely agree, if ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #14
Dems are NOT going to win with a "Republicans are bad" campaign. Scuba Mar 2014 #16

The Time is Now

(86 posts)
2. Keep your eye on the one that's coming at you
Fri Mar 7, 2014, 06:03 PM
Mar 2014

and remember 2010. We are still paying for the tea party victories locally, statewide, and nationally.

 

Cal33

(7,018 posts)
12. You are right. If Dems. win both Houses of Congress, I'd heave a big sigh of relief. The
Sat Mar 8, 2014, 09:48 AM
Mar 2014

authoritarian conservatives will take a step backwards, and our democratic way of life
will have a good opportunity for growth -- for a change. We are the ones who have
been pushed backwards during the past 3 decades! I's time to reverse the order.!

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
15. Simple decision ...
Sat Mar 8, 2014, 10:20 AM
Mar 2014

Pick the lesser of the two evils ... like you do in your everyday real life.

Let's see: SPEND money (that could go towards the rent) to go to work versus SAVE the money by staying home from work. Hmmm. What to do, what to do ~>

I know! Post a comment on a message board!

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
8. insurance corps dumping sick people,refusing insurance or quoting 3k a month *again*
Sat Mar 8, 2014, 01:54 AM
Mar 2014

vote republican-cut your own throat.

Pakid

(478 posts)
13. The Republican could take to killing people in the streets
Sat Mar 8, 2014, 10:12 AM
Mar 2014

and within a week 55% of American would have forgotten all about it and go right on voting these idiot into office. In case you haven't notice people keep right on voting Republican no matter what the Republican have done to hurt them. Voting against your own best interest seem to be the number one past time in America. It doesn't help any when the media is owned by the rich and works to serve the best interest of the 1% at the expense of the 99%

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
14. I absolutely agree, if ...
Sat Mar 8, 2014, 10:14 AM
Mar 2014

by Democrats, you mean the people in the street, rather than Democratic politicians.

You and I can have a bigger effect, when we lay out what a Democratic loss will mean for the people we interact with on a daily basis, than a politician ever can.

And NO ... I do not have a problem with making this a "Democrats Are Better Than Republicans" fight ... because it is the absolute truth and, psychologically, people are more moved to act to avoid loss, than to affect gain.

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
16. Dems are NOT going to win with a "Republicans are bad" campaign.
Sat Mar 8, 2014, 10:27 AM
Mar 2014

Dems are going to need a comprehensive progressive platform to motivate voters. Anything less assures failure.

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