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1StrongBlackMan

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130. Agreed ...
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 10:35 AM
Mar 2014

I pulled that list from a DU post suggesting that all Democrats needed to do is run on the list.

Sad, but very true, Peggy. NYC_SKP Mar 2014 #1
We do have to try, my dear NYC_SKP... CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2014 #3
EVERYTHING WE LIVE FOR rests on our succeeding!! lastlib Mar 2014 #115
Well, the Facebook bird is terrified on some level Warpy Mar 2014 #112
Give folks a reason to be excited to vote 1000words Mar 2014 #2
That's it. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2014 #4
If there wasn't so much ratfucking it'd probably be easier. joshcryer Mar 2014 #7
Let me explain the way it works to you. Scootaloo Mar 2014 #11
+1 daleanime Mar 2014 #22
Yeah, that's exactly why Grayson and Feigngold lost in 2010... joshcryer Mar 2014 #23
how about those who are going to primary the people who endorsed Christie ? JI7 Mar 2014 #24
Oh yeah, I've seen a few on DU. joshcryer Mar 2014 #25
It's getting increasingly more difficult to vote D hobbit709 Mar 2014 #40
So run. joshcryer Mar 2014 #42
What are the chances of a broke hippie ex-pot dealer living on SS? hobbit709 Mar 2014 #45
0.001 percent. joshcryer Mar 2014 #48
To become a precinct committee officer? Might be pretty easy. Chathamization Mar 2014 #65
My precinct is solid D. 79 and 74% Obama in 08 and 12. hobbit709 Mar 2014 #69
24%-so if you convince a small fraction of Democratic voters to come out and vote for a progressive Chathamization Mar 2014 #71
Exactly. Bobbie Jo Mar 2014 #41
Mind you, it sucks. joshcryer Mar 2014 #43
Well Bobbie Jo Mar 2014 #47
Definitely. joshcryer Mar 2014 #50
I think 2014 will be better. Bernie2016 Mar 2014 #117
A lot of truth in this Chathamization Mar 2014 #56
They lost cuz the billionaires went after them tooth and nail. grahamhgreen Mar 2014 #84
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS is the issue that propelled Wendy Davis into the white-hot bullwinkle428 Mar 2014 #96
Why is it Enthusiast Mar 2014 #38
Keep going you have about 5 or six reasons not to upaloopa Mar 2014 #58
Yes ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #109
+1,000 Scootaloo LondonReign2 Mar 2014 #70
+2 swilton Mar 2014 #89
That ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #104
Same as it ever was ... 1000words Mar 2014 #12
BS treestar Mar 2014 #49
The R's *are* excited. cui bono Mar 2014 #108
Question ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #110
None of those are "gut" issues Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2014 #119
My point was to demonstrate ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #128
And I was talking about your list, which sounds like Al Gore or John Kerry talking Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2014 #129
Agreed ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #130
If not getting fucked over by right wing tea baggers upaloopa Mar 2014 #57
What do you mean by a "reason" Adrahil Mar 2014 #62
Voting doesn't need to be "exciting". JaneyVee Mar 2014 #67
100% grahamhgreen Mar 2014 #83
Or to even take notice of who the candidate is Puzzledtraveller Mar 2014 #92
Or give them something to be scared about if ReTugs win. Auntie Bush Mar 2014 #93
I disagree 1000words Mar 2014 #95
Or better, by pointing out what they have to lose ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #102
Nailed it!! Kilgore Mar 2014 #126
So true Peggy flamingdem Mar 2014 #5
We have to get the Millennials fired up Terra Alta Mar 2014 #6
I wouldn't count on them this turn 1000words Mar 2014 #14
And the the other transgressions CFLDem Mar 2014 #27
Minimum wage is one ErikJ Mar 2014 #20
But 10.10 over 4 years is WEAK SAUCE:( grahamhgreen Mar 2014 #82
it's less hfojvt Mar 2014 #8
Redistricting didn't help either. nt adirondacker Mar 2014 #17
Gerrymandering. Enthusiast Mar 2014 #39
For the win. ctsnowman Mar 2014 #87
This is what I keep hearing on the news too. Kablooie Mar 2014 #9
THAT... Is Perfect !!! WillyT Mar 2014 #10
Maybe if more Democrats spoke out against the crap that's going on, rhett o rick Mar 2014 #13
Yes, I worked on the local Kucinich campaign in 2004, and when the time came to GOTV for Kerry Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2014 #120
My experience is similar but w/o the cold. It's always the left that shows up rhett o rick Mar 2014 #123
very good, and very true! WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2014 #15
it doesn't help that Obama will not be on the Ballot this time around as he is the reason JI7 Mar 2014 #16
a bit of disillusionment set in from 2008 to 2012 with the 18-29's DrDan Mar 2014 #32
too small JI7 Mar 2014 #34
the changes were smaller with other age groups DrDan Mar 2014 #36
DEMS stay home cuz they've been stabbed in the back too many times by the people they sent to DC. blkmusclmachine Mar 2014 #18
+1 newfie11 Mar 2014 #33
And the Republican Congress is going to do what? treestar Mar 2014 #53
+100,000,000,000 Andy823 Mar 2014 #66
Exactly! treestar Mar 2014 #72
And a revolution where someone else does all the work. Chathamization Mar 2014 #75
Oh, the old "You have to vote for them because they suck less" line Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2014 #121
That is so it. n/t Beartracks Mar 2014 #19
Dems should stand up and holler about the idiocy. madfloridian Mar 2014 #21
Is this true? ZombieHorde Mar 2014 #26
My theory is that the GOP voter is easily riled and that's what the think tanks know. SleeplessinSoCal Mar 2014 #28
it's easy when it's the other party that has the white house, in this case a black Pres JI7 Mar 2014 #29
you're right. recalling 2006. felt the same way exactly. SleeplessinSoCal Mar 2014 #101
I'll confess to not voting in 1994 either tabbycat31 Mar 2014 #113
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2014 #30
The "Democratic Party" hates their base RandiFan1290 Mar 2014 #31
are you talking about Wendy Davis? JI7 Mar 2014 #35
Pretty much. Maedhros Mar 2014 #118
It's a good toon. But, one problem with the toon. Enthusiast Mar 2014 #37
Not on the West Coast. Voting is easy here, not a single line in the State, no 'challenge' to Bluenorthwest Mar 2014 #54
I live in CA and vote by mail. My ballot comes weeks before the election. upaloopa Mar 2014 #59
See, that's the point. We can't all live in California. Enthusiast Mar 2014 #68
Bland wimpy passionless Democratic politicians.. sendero Mar 2014 #44
We have to be able to tell them "Yeah, sure." Nt Shankapotomus Mar 2014 #46
You nailed it TBF Mar 2014 #51
Or the figure on the right could be saying treestar Mar 2014 #52
Low turn out is a regional issue that could be solved, but it is easier to whine than make Bluenorthwest Mar 2014 #55
The Democratic Party and Dem candidates..... llmart Mar 2014 #60
Thanks for ruining my day! Adrahil Mar 2014 #61
lol, NM_Birder Mar 2014 #63
The person on the right side of that toon MineralMan Mar 2014 #64
I agree. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2014 #74
The Democratic base is eager to vote, MineralMan Mar 2014 #76
And I voted on Tuesday! greatauntoftriplets Mar 2014 #77
Thank you for voting! MineralMan Mar 2014 #78
No problem. I always vote. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2014 #79
i find much of the GOTV involves just getting people like that out to vote JI7 Mar 2014 #103
Absolutely. I kept a tally in the 2012 election of people MineralMan Mar 2014 #107
A little less, but not by much. (n/t) Iggo Mar 2014 #73
I don't do Facebook. Never have, never will. Zorra Mar 2014 #80
I'm so tired of this BS. If the Dems would push popular policy positions, we'd win hands down. grahamhgreen Mar 2014 #81
I mostly agree... However there is a segment of the US that doesn't vote SomethingFishy Mar 2014 #85
Thank you for saying it. The TRUE majority is disenchanted NON-voters johnlucas Mar 2014 #100
I voted FOR McGovern and FOR Carter, but since then it's been mostly Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2014 #122
It is way easier to whine about voter apathy than actually do anything to earn votes. TheKentuckian Mar 2014 #91
You're right. The popular kids are the ones who give their freinds value, not the ones who try to grahamhgreen Mar 2014 #97
I don't see any money in your post. Orsino Mar 2014 #86
We elected Obama with a majority in the House and a super in the Senate.... Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #88
True for 2014, and possibly in 2016 Puzzledtraveller Mar 2014 #90
That about covers it, CP! cry baby Mar 2014 #94
You know what's interesting. Phlem Mar 2014 #98
R's feel the same way. chompers Mar 2014 #99
Well part of the reason is that R's fire up their base while Dems neglect theirs. cui bono Mar 2014 #105
Well said!! Kilgore Mar 2014 #125
Why thank you. cui bono Mar 2014 #127
that's my neighbors and my students Sancho Mar 2014 #106
LOL Berlum Mar 2014 #111
I vote by mail and thats about as easy as yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #114
I think Bernie will excite people again. Bernie2016 Mar 2014 #116
Sadly True Kilgore Mar 2014 #124
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