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Squinch

(50,774 posts)
31. We need ads in newspapers, bilboards in that "rust belt," letters to editors.
Mon Jan 2, 2017, 09:19 PM
Jan 2017

We need to bombard those news agencies with one message: why aren't you saying that the Republicans are taking away medicare/aid and what that means? Why aren't you saying that the Republicans are dismantling social security.

Schumer just cleaned out the Democratic PR department and put in new people. I want to get their contact information, and see if we can get them to do some of these things. I'd put money into that.

Hear Hear! Chasstev365 Dec 2016 #1
Yes, they have really disrespected Pres. Obama in the most obnoxious ways, in spite of Cal33 Dec 2016 #2
Completely Agree Chasstev365 Dec 2016 #3
I think you are correct. Repubs. probably don't think that Dems. are capable of really uniting Cal33 Dec 2016 #4
Yep. Too gentle. Zorro Dec 2016 #17
The common notion that Democrats in congress are weak and Hortensis Dec 2016 #5
"Democracy itself is the product of liberals," I agree. "amd the people we sent to Congress are Cal33 Dec 2016 #8
No. What changed is that we now have a far weaker Hortensis Dec 2016 #12
Both Democrats and Republicans are leaving their respective Parties in droves. Pew Research Cal33 Dec 2016 #15
Cal33, there IS a vast right-wing conspiracy to destroy Hortensis Dec 2016 #16
Yes. Liberals are carrying on the movement started by Sanders and Warren. No doubt about it. Cal33 Jan 2017 #19
Lol. Birth of a nation 2015? Hortensis Jan 2017 #20
No, not the Birth of a Nation 2015, but the healing and regrowth of FDR's Liberal Democratic Cal33 Jan 2017 #21
Am I purged? Seems like I should ask. Hortensis Jan 2017 #22
Bernie is articulate enough, and Elizabeth even more so, but I don't consider either Cal33 Jan 2017 #23
Just a malleable little woman--"probably?" Hortensis Jan 2017 #24
Being a high-school debating champ is great. It promises much for the future. But Cal33 Jan 2017 #26
That's nice, Cal33. I'm in a cranky mood with Hortensis Jan 2017 #27
Ahh, Hortensis, just look at it this way: Nothing on earth is permanent. Everything is temporary - Cal33 Jan 2017 #29
You too. Got a black-humor smile, anyway. Pubs' first move: Hortensis Jan 2017 #32
Well, the last I heard is that Repubs. have abandoned the idea of killing the ethics committee -- Cal33 Jan 2017 #33
Well, the Pubs OWN this now. Backing out doesn't negate Hortensis Jan 2017 #34
K & R SammyWinstonJack Dec 2016 #6
Thanks for your K & R. Cal33 Dec 2016 #11
I plan to call my senators and congressman so often, they will eventually block me. femmocrat Dec 2016 #7
I hope you won't stop. And a hearty "BRAVA!!!" to you. Cal33 Dec 2016 #9
Thanks! femmocrat Dec 2016 #10
I'm asking mine to not be petty but Retrograde Dec 2016 #13
Agreed. A very good point. Cal33 Jan 2017 #18
Damn right! meow2u3 Dec 2016 #14
Rethugs endorsing Comrade Trump's horrible picks are nothing but a pack of Quislings. kairos12 Jan 2017 #25
ABSOLUTELY!!!! And there are reasons for this other than an impotent opposition by a miniority. Squinch Jan 2017 #28
Yes! I feel quite certain that Warren and Sanders will be shouting on the roof-tops every time Cal33 Jan 2017 #30
We need ads in newspapers, bilboards in that "rust belt," letters to editors. Squinch Jan 2017 #31
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