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I think we're apt to get more independents, who certainly qualify as too late smart if they voted for trump in the last election.

I do believe that souls can be saved, though.


I just realized that one of the worst things about trump, as far as the mess he's made that we're all gonna have to clean up - is: he let all the crazies out of the closet. And gave them a strange kind of "respectability" and "legitimacy" - something they didn't deserve and DEFINITELY haven't earned.

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Why anyone pays attention to them? They're other assholes who want to exploit them for power, wealth, and influence. That's why.

So, then, what does that tell you about THEM?

Yep. They want that help AGAIN.

Can't underscore or repeat that enough.

MESSAGING, nolabear. My husband came up with an OUTSTANDING one just this morning:

FAKE pResident.

FAKE pResident.

FAKE pResident.

(and, note, repeat it. Repeat it at least THREE TIMES.

He's bent on brainwashing to get his message out there, and into susceptible brains. So WE need to do the exact same thing. REPEAT. DRILL IT IN. REPEAT. And then, REPEAT SOME MORE!

It's a messaging device, and I think we all have to get a lot more savvy about it, and use it as a very large and important tool in our toolbox. Especially since our Dems don't seem to be so good at it yet. That only mean IT'S UP TO US. So let's do it and take the lead.

MESSAGING. It's CRITICAL! Critical to PERCEPTION MANAGEMENT, which is, frankly, all this is. You're managing other people's perception. What they perceive.

FAKE pResident.

FAKE pResident.

FAKE pResident.

A small additional note. I spelled the word "president" with a small p and a capital R. That's for the eyes, not the ears. When it's written, I want readers to see the "Resident" in the word "president." So - "pResident." Because you are accurately describing him. He unfortunately IS a RESIDENT of OUR White House. Doesn't belong there, though, because he's FAKE. His "pResidency" is FAKE. His WHOLE pResidency is FAKE. FAKE FAKE FAKE. Because his election was FAKE. His election was illegitimate as hell, and we need to start pushing THAT messaging, TOO!

That's also his Achilles Heel. All this shit we see playing out from him stems from not only his own basic insecurity (which is why he craves attention and praise and worship all the damn time), but also his deep-seated fear that his pResidency is illegitimate. His win was illegitimate. His victory in the 2016 was ILLEGITIMATE. Because the Russians engineered it. Vladimir Putin put his own damn thumb on the scale and tipped it for trump. Vladimir Putin even confirmed it, personally, when asked about it at that embarrassing press conference in Helsinki. Asked point-blank by the Reuters guy if he A) wanted trump to win and B) if he helped trump win. And he said - twice - "yes I did. Yes I did." He repeated that confirmation TWICE.

I'm listening to that idiot on a repeat soundbite of him in Pennsylvania last night. "Fake Fake Disgusting News?" How 'bout we snatch that talking point right outta his mouth, hijack the damn thing, and turn it around on him so it works for us! Use his own words against him! How does "Fake Fake Disgusting pResident" sound, 'eh?

THIS is what we should start doing, in earnest, and whenever the opportunity presents itself, either written or verbal. Either when talking about it with friends, OR writing it in a letter to the editor or a post on a blog site or discussion board or chat room.

START MANAGING PERCEPTION!!!! And if you repeat it often enough, it sinks in. Advertisers have known this FOREVER. Frank Luntz and George Lakoff and other messaging experts have known this for a long time. Speechwriters have known this. REPEAT REPEAT REPEAT.

Think of it this way: when you use a screwdriver or a drill, you don't just turn that screwdriver once, do you? You don't just press that button on that power drill once. You keep the pressure on that button. You keep turning that screwdriver. And what happens when you do that? The screw is driven in, fully, nice 'n' tight. Takes a little while. Takes longer than just one little press on the button or one turn of that screwdriver. But that's what gets the job done.

Maybe we should start tweeting, messaging, calling,

posting, writing letters, and sending cards, urging them to stop covering his rallies, and boycotting Sarah’s bullshit pompous, haughty, dishonest, pathetic-joke “news conferences”.

Perhaps writing or calling the White House Correspondents Association:

https://twitter.com/whca?lang=en

@whca

Yeah finally. He took the long way there

through the trump - I mean Voldemort - detour. And one of the twins was lost, too, during the final battles.

As they say in the song - "start spreadin' the news..."

Be on the lookout for key words and phrases that can and should be repeated. Words like “treason” and “traitor” and “collusion” and phrases like “aid and comfort to the enemy.” There are some good lines just upthread in The Liberal Lion’s post, just for one example. Lots of usable material just here on DU.

Repeat that stuff. Notice how, all of a sudden many reporters and show hosts are now using the words ”collusion” and “conspiracy” more openly and often? Notice how serious the talk is getting and the phrasing that’s becoming more common?

The table is now being set. No reason not to help it along!

PERCEPTION MANAGEMENT. Do it! Help it also whenever you can!
And if you haven’t yet connected with your local Indivisible group, DO THAT TOO!

I love Dan Rather!

I haven’t been part of that scene for years, but I take that menacing of Jim Acosta and, during the campaign, of Katy Tur, quite personally.

I never faced that when I was a field reporter. Thank God!

This!!!

DON’T COVER HIM ANYMORE!!!

DON’T pay him any attention. He craves attention. Lives off of it like a baby sucking milk out of Mama’s breast. DON’T feed the ego!!!