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(4,835 posts)That there is a pending disaster is that too many people blame the disaster known as the Reagan administration on Jimmy Carter.
If scaring people were going to work, it would have worked in the 2014 mid-terms.
No, I think if the democrats want to win they need to talk about what the democrats are going to do instead of what the evil republicans are going to do. Even the miserable job that Dubya did is celebrated as 'a good thing' by many of my facebook friends. It is up to the democrats to tout their plan as a good thing. I remember when Dubya, came up with that stupid ass 'Mediscare' thing in the debate with Gore. Sadly, that seems to be the philosophy, try to scare people to the polls in order to get them to vote against republicans. Well, technically voting for the green candidate (or even libertarian) is voting against the republicans. The Arkansas democratic candidate for governor (Mike Ross) bragged on TV that he voted against Obsmacare - he lost and now we're stuck with Asa Hutchinson.
The democratic candidates need to have the guts to say "yeah, I voted for Obamacare, and it's a good thing" instead of this weasely "vote for me because the other guy is going to take your social security".
Again, just my opinion.