Thank YOU, President Obama! (Reply #8)

In the discussion thread: Cori Bush: It's not a slogan. It's a mandate for keeping our people alive. Defund the police. [View all]

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Tue Dec 1, 2020, 11:52 PM

Cha (270,123 posts)

8. Thank YOU, President Obama!

& it was reported that "defund the police" wasn't a thing in the 2020 elections, where Flipped House Seats, from red to blue from 2018, were Lost.

There it is .. right there. As is said.. you have to WIN ELECTIION Before you can make Changes.

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101 replies	Author	Time	Post
Cori Bush: It's not a slogan. It's a mandate for keeping our people alive. Defund the police. [View all]	melman	Dec 2020	OP
REFORM!	elleng	Dec 2020	#1
do you know how long the 'reform the police' effort has gone on	MadLinguist	Dec 2020	#11
SORRY, but THESE days 'centrism' keeps the Democratic party thriving.	elleng	Dec 2020	#14
here's another Democrat	stopdiggin	Dec 2020	#25
Yup. The RW would demonize BLM	radius777	Dec 2020	#44
Reform is what led to George Floyd. The system cannot be reformed.	WhiskeyGrinder	Dec 2020	#56
REFORM SLAVERY!	Lancero	Dec 2020	#96
President Obama is right.	Blue_true	Dec 2020	#2
I agree	Gothmog	Dec 2020	#26
He's right and she needs to learn about wording and phrasing...	Chicago1980	Dec 2020	#3
She won her race	wellst0nev0ter	Dec 2020	#98
And congratulations to her...	Chicago1980	Dec 2020	#100
In a race where once she won the primary virtually any person could have won with a D by their name	dsc	Dec 2020	#101
You can't fix problems	Suburban Warrior	Dec 2020	#4
+1000	Thekaspervote	Dec 2020	#7
Hell No it is NOT.. & James Clyburn is	Cha	Dec 2020	#10
I trust Barack Obama's and James Clyburn's instincts and opinions on this.	George II	Dec 2020	#72
+1	betsuni	Dec 2020	#73
They said the same thing about marriage equality.	Hassin Bin Sober	Dec 2020	#12
Like saying "I think the whole issue of marriage is a state issue" in order not to alienate	betsuni	Dec 2020	#22
Like saying...	melman	Dec 2020	#23
That person never pretended not to have evolved on the issue.	betsuni	Dec 2020	#24
We literally lost this seat over Defund the Police.	Gothmog	Dec 2020	#35
Rose spent the entire race trying to placate a smear campaign	wellst0nev0ter	Dec 2020	#99
The problem isn't the ideas for reform	BainsBane	Dec 2020	#87
We literally lost this seat over Defund the Police.	Gothmog	Dec 2020	#36
DING DING DING DING DING DING! nt	Kahuna	Dec 2020	#58
It is a stupid slogan that hurts Democrats.	dalton99a	Dec 2020	#5
Just like "gay marriage" was in 2004	wellst0nev0ter	Dec 2020	#18
!! precisely!!	MadLinguist	Dec 2020	#19
That's why it became known as "same sex marriage".	George II	Dec 2020	#42
The way global warming became climate change	lame54	Dec 2020	#50
Exactly. When a slogan generates negative connotations and comments it's wise to change that slogan.	George II	Dec 2020	#69
Didn't matter what we called it back then	wellst0nev0ter	Dec 2020	#77
So you're saying that "Defund the Police" will be the norm with us in 2036?	Polybius	Dec 2020	#83
No, it's a license for the GOP to double down on repression.	relayerbob	Dec 2020	#6
Activists on the ground created it. Maybe they weren't even voters. nt	Kahuna	Dec 2020	#59
On the ground in Moscow, is my wild guess	relayerbob	Dec 2020	#66
Thank YOU, President Obama!	Cha	Dec 2020	#8
Excellent point here, Cha. NT	Prof.Higgins	Dec 2020	#13
TY, Prof.. you make excellent points in	Cha	Dec 2020	#15
AGREE!!!!	bluestarone	Dec 2020	#53
Pres. Obama was Ill. legislator for many years and knows how self-destructive	Prof.Higgins	Dec 2020	#9
President Obama is absolutely correct, it is a terribly dumb and out of touch slogan.	tritsofme	Dec 2020	#16
Suicidal slogan championed by the fringe	AmericanCanuck	Dec 2020	#17
Exactly. Obama is right. And the brand building is	R B Garr	Dec 2020	#84
Reallocate police funding to more effective programs	pat_k	Dec 2020	#20
No one has objected to...	tonedevil	Dec 2020	#32
When did that happen exactly?	EX500rider	Dec 2020	#41
I see nothing about being adjusted for inflation.	pat_k	Dec 2020	#46
If both State & Fed budgets have gone up every year there has been no "defunding" nt	EX500rider	Dec 2020	#52
Ignores both points I made.	pat_k	Dec 2020	#55
In That Chart...	ProfessorGAC	Dec 2020	#57
Thanks!	pat_k	Dec 2020	#71
Your Last Paragraph	ProfessorGAC	Dec 2020	#76
It is amazing.	pat_k	Dec 2020	#78
A more accurate chart.	pat_k	Dec 2020	#74
Just taking inflation into account, 2005 would be $375 billion.	marie999	Dec 2020	#60
On the contrary. . .	pat_k	Dec 2020	#45
Absolutely idiotic slogan.	awesomerwb1	Dec 2020	#21
Meanwhile, this is the "absolute genius" that is "fund the police"	ck4829	Dec 2020	#29
With respect, a mandate is something that comes	stopdiggin	Dec 2020	#27
Take everything you want to accomplish with it	ibegurpard	Dec 2020	#28
I don't have a problem with it	Spider Jerusalem	Dec 2020	#30
Why 'Defund The Police' Attacks Were So Potent Against Democrats	Gothmog	Dec 2020	#37
+1.	SammyWinstonJack	Dec 2020	#85
The phrase is too simplistic. Sorry. nt	Progressive Jones	Dec 2020	#31
Why are people so insistent on dying on hills for a specific word?	Tommy_Carcetti	Dec 2020	#33
Obama Says 'Defund The Police' Alienates Voters, Drawing Sharp Rebuke From The Left	Gothmog	Dec 2020	#34
So she's doubling down on that slogan (which it IS) and calling out President Obama about it?	George II	Dec 2020	#38
Yep... with all due respect equals bless his heart.. it is an insult.	Peacetrain	Dec 2020	#39
Well bless her heart, she seems to not understand what "mandate" means.	NurseJackie	Dec 2020	#47
Who even is she?	treestar	Dec 2020	#65
Okay, so we defund the police. Then what? A guy breaks into your house	Vinca	Dec 2020	#40
Vinca, binary & hyperbolic hypotheticals like yours make me insane.	maxsolomon	Dec 2020	#48
OMG - you are so overestimating the Republican mind. Why do you think so many down ballot	Vinca	Dec 2020	#51
So your scenario was a hypothetical Republican reaction?	maxsolomon	Dec 2020	#54
It's not just partisan Relevance Republicans that think that way	JI7	Dec 2020	#75
The bottom line is people can spend their time and energy defending 3 words or forget	Vinca	Dec 2020	#90
The GOP will NEVER let us forget those 3 words.	maxsolomon	Dec 2020	#91
That would come across with De-militarize the police	treestar	Dec 2020	#64
I've bandied that one about.	maxsolomon	Dec 2020	#89
hmmm	uponit7771	Dec 2020	#93
We both agree on the meaning of "Defund the Police"....	PragmaticLiberal	Dec 2020	#81
Are they in charge of the Democratic Party? City Governments?	maxsolomon	Dec 2020	#88
+1, I'm thinking whatever slogan used was going to be demonized no matter what.	uponit7771	Dec 2020	#92
She lives in North St. Louis, in that scenario, you get shot, by the cops...	Humanist_Activist	Dec 2020	#68
Post removed	Post removed	Dec 2020	#43
Such an idiotic slogan	Hav	Dec 2020	#49
If worse came to worst, we could do without the votes of the tiny few who say "defund the police."	gulliver	Dec 2020	#61
Good luck changing the status quo without getting enough Dems elected.	Crunchy Frog	Dec 2020	#62
Then there needs to be proof that using "defund"	treestar	Dec 2020	#63
We need a simple phrase that means "Hold Police Accountable"	986racer	Dec 2020	#67
Yep good idea, let's stop paying police officers...	cbdo2007	Dec 2020	#70
Explain to us what it means then	BainsBane	Dec 2020	#79
BS The police do an excellent job.	KWR65	Dec 2020	#80
Now that is BS. nt	BainsBane	Dec 2020	#86
The 1% who do it wrong don't face consequences. Folk know LEOs aren't perfect but they shouldn't ...	uponit7771	Dec 2020	#95
Ugg, this doesn't help	Polybius	Dec 2020	#82
Obama is correct!!! Nt	USALiberal	Dec 2020	#94
I lulz'd	KG	Dec 2020	#97

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