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Nitram

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5. Republicans know the power of negative labels, and they are good at making them stick.

Reply to andym (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 23, 2018, 03:16 PM

Jul 2018

At least we've managed to reclaim the word "liberal". Now we've got to remove the label "thugs" from unions, the label ""job creators" from the wealthy, and the negative connotation that has been applied to taxes of any kind for any purpose.

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The Democratic party since FDR has been the part of the common man/woman [View all] andym Jul 2018 OP

The current debates about socialism and moderation are distractions that further weaken the message pecosbob Jul 2018 #1

Arguments about labels have been a real problem for Democrats andym Jul 2018 #2

Republicans know the power of negative labels, and they are good at making them stick. Nitram Jul 2018 #5

Republicans made clear they are the party of white christian hetero bigots in 2016 JI7 Jul 2018 #3

many white people don't support civil rights for everyone, that's why they supported JI7 Jul 2018 #4

Bigots are not going to be attracted to the Democratic Party andym Jul 2018 #6