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In reply to the discussion: Carville says we're too woke [View all]JHB
(37,158 posts)45. Say, Jimmy, how about taking the fight to where the problem is?
Y'know, the Republicans and their bullshit slinging apparatus?
You remember that, right? They built the early souped-up model to take out your old boss, and have been refining it ever since.
After all, that's why "woke" is a buzzword in the first place; because they gnaw on it all day and night like a new favorite chew toy. They pick something, put a menacing spin on it, and flood the nation with their spin. Soon after, mainstream sources just accept that spin as the default meaning. I mean, that's what you;re doing right now,
Our main "messaging problem" is that they have thousands of bullhorns and we don't have that many. What are you doing to change that? What are you doing to make our voices heard and bottleneck their floodgates?
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The Defund the Police stupidity costs Democrats a number of seats that we should have won
LetMyPeopleVote
Apr 2021
#2
Blaming bad campaigning on a slogan doesn't help, having a messaging infrastructure that gets
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#6
Yeah, that's bad campaigning seeing few if any dems were running on it and it wasn't part of dem...
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#12
The progressive wing declared that this was the platform and the GOP used this
LetMyPeopleVote
Apr 2021
#17
Disagree, a couple of people isn't "the progressive wing" and the 04JohnKerry NON response to a
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#46
Unfortunately some who WEREN'T the candidates who lost used that slogan and cost others....
George II
Apr 2021
#65
That's still bad campaigning and we should not blame bad campaigning on a slogan. Bottom line
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#69
The "bad campaigning" is being done hundreds or thousands of miles from the candidates...
George II
Apr 2021
#70
Then its bad campaigning to allow an opponent to frame the debate with an non issue. There's
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#73
As I said, it's a shame that some Democrats have to campaign against republicans AND....
George II
Apr 2021
#76
There's NO PROOF it was a deciding factor no matter how many times some want to act like it ...
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#78
What was Max Roses attack response? If he didn't have an attack response what was his primary
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#47
+1, there were a few who had it on their websites but did not make it part of their platform or
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#48
Cori Bush tweeted dtp once, she won though (link) there aren't going to be too many examples
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#51
+1, your question cuts to the chase. We're blaming our anemic response on a slogan vs ...
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#54
I'll ask for the polls again but I don't see you responding to those request just posting the same
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#60
Fewer than 1 in 5 support 'defund the police' movement, USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds
LetMyPeopleVote
Apr 2021
#74
Fewer than 1 in 5 support 'defund the police' movement, USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds
LetMyPeopleVote
Apr 2021
#72
Poll on DTP affecting peoples votes, we already know the action wasn't popular but we're
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#75
GOP Launches Ads Highlighting 'Defund The Police' To Target Vulnerable 2022 Dems
LetMyPeopleVote
Apr 2021
#77
Ad homs indicate weak position and that tweet is not a poll on dtp being a deciding factor in ...
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#79
+1, there are too many people making excuses for not being on the attack and having an anemic
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#66
We're talking about Republicans here. Their attacks bear little relationship...
Silent3
Apr 2021
#59
That's bad campaigning that's not ignorance of people. If we 04JohnKerry ever lie the kGQP comes out
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#49
Wokeness didn't get half a million people killed from a cold that was on steroids
ck4829
Apr 2021
#3
Noted. Still not going to let people who think America is run by Transgender Communist Muslim Cabals
ck4829
Apr 2021
#18
maybe biden can use tomorrows speech to frame the jan 6 republican rebellion for what it was
msongs
Apr 2021
#4
how could any Democrat be married to someone that was going to vote for Trump in 2020?
Dan
Apr 2021
#11
I really do not see this as anything to do with race or Carville pushing white people politics.
honest.abe
Apr 2021
#43
Thoughts: Bloomberg often uses loaded words to "start something" like bs arguments within the
ancianita
Apr 2021
#33