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chowder66

(9,067 posts)
10. I agree. What also chaps my hide is
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 11:36 PM
Jun 2020

1) Republicans in office wreck shit.

2) The Public gets pissed and vote in Democrats [Though anymore it takes nightmarish Republicans and their policies to get people to do this].

3) Democrats begin to govern but people feel the pain from the messes the previous Republican administration made and begin to ignorantly blame Democrats for something Republicans wrought.

4) Democrats work their asses off to clean up the economy, get things back on track, implement good policies that stabilize and benefit the majority of Americans.

5) The Public is convinced, with the help of the media and Republican messaging, that the messes that still linger and were wrought by Republicans are the Democrats fault [because thinking is hard].

6) Public votes Republicans in again.

7) Republicans keep campaigning after taking office because they are inept and don't know shit about governing. They then take and get credit for the previous Democratic administrations good policies which are now being felt by the public in general.

8) Go back to 1) and repeat


This cycle may only stop if the public votes in Democrats for more than two terms and it would likely take more terms than that to see what Democrats could really do. People would finally understand what they had been missing out on for decades due to their ignorance.

Watched it lapfog_1 Jun 2020 #1
Great Catch! leftieNanner Jun 2020 #2
They never had any intention of replacing it. spanone Jun 2020 #4
+100000 Celerity Jun 2020 #12
They're replacing it with the SAME policy they've always had--GOPeeDon'tCare. lastlib Jun 2020 #19
bennen may never mention talk radio, like studying fish without water certainot Jun 2020 #21
I've posted something very similar in the past here chowder66 Jun 2020 #3
They don't have to as long as they keep winning. BigmanPigman Jun 2020 #6
I agree. What also chaps my hide is chowder66 Jun 2020 #10
We have to get the Fairness Doctrine up and running and shut down Fux Ruse BigmanPigman Jun 2020 #11
Again I agree but that is just one of many problems we have to fix chowder66 Jun 2020 #16
Yes..THIS! BigmanPigman Jun 2020 #22
+1000 smirkymonkey Jun 2020 #17
it starts at 33:00 or so CatWoman Jun 2020 #5
Thank you so much for sharing this. niyad Jun 2020 #8
:) CatWoman Jun 2020 #15
When Steve Bennen refers to "governing nihilism" he really stikes a chord. Nihilism.... EarnestPutz Jun 2020 #13
GOOD JOB CatWoman Jun 2020 #18
Thank you for your kind response. EarnestPutz Jun 2020 #23
Thanks for posting that. 2naSalit Jun 2020 #20
She's -mad- at around 26 mins, over trump's rules adding misery to trans people ... Hermit-The-Prog Jun 2020 #26
Nothing but a crime family with an insatiable thirst for money and power. (nt) Elwood P Dowd Jun 2020 #7
Eventually I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2020 #9
LOve Steve Benen.. remember him when Cha Jun 2020 #14
OK this book sounds great not fooled Jun 2020 #24
Thanks for your post canetoad Jun 2020 #25
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