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vi5

(13,305 posts)
28. Well....
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 08:43 PM
Apr 2017

that's the way things are working now and we've got to deal with the world we live in. We need people smart enough to figure out how to deal with it, not people to sit around whining about how unfair it is. Let's leave that to Trump and his lackeys.

"They other guys are worse!" doesn't work.

"They aren't being fair to us!!" doesn't work.

"Our policies are better, you just don't understand them!!!" doesn't work.

So how about some of these highly paid, supposedly very qualified people in charge of running our party try and figure out how to navigate the landscape we live in rather than the one we WANT to live in, and just figure out how to be better salespeople.

Obama managed it just fine. You can't tell me he's the only one in our entire party who knows how to craft and sell a message.

K to the R musette_sf Apr 2017 #1
Simple: "The Democratic Party is the non-treason party" Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #2
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2017 #3
This just proves again.... vi5 Apr 2017 #4
Absolutely agree, and apparently so does Pelosi. JudyM Apr 2017 #6
Messaging isn't an issue when it comes to black women and other minority groups JI7 Apr 2017 #12
O.K.? vi5 Apr 2017 #17
They voted against people like feingold and strickland JI7 Apr 2017 #18
Uh....I agree.... vi5 Apr 2017 #27
perhaps that is exactly what the poll is saying 0rganism Apr 2017 #13
Our party gets hit by the repugs and also by those alledged to be our allies. All effin campaign... brush Apr 2017 #26
Well.... vi5 Apr 2017 #28
IMO the messaging has to work along with an effort to stop repug cheating brush Apr 2017 #30
Let it go.... vi5 May 2017 #31
It's a very effective teqnique. kcr May 2017 #33
Repubs LISTEN to people like Luntz and Gingrich about how to use language tblue37 Apr 2017 #29
Excellent Me. Apr 2017 #5
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Welcome to DU! PatSeg Apr 2017 #9
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Well, that was quick, sigh PatSeg May 2017 #36
I have to agree with you PatSeg Apr 2017 #8
To harp on a common theme: salesmanship Nevernose Apr 2017 #11
It's hard to compete with bald-faced lies. Adrahil Apr 2017 #16
And ironically, I think it's white people to blame for the racists Nevernose Apr 2017 #21
Right. On. The. Money. vi5 May 2017 #32
It's not about being down to earth.the trump trash is not down to earth JI7 Apr 2017 #14
Forgot to add ProudLib72 Apr 2017 #15
this is really not going to change as long as dems ignore Rcon radio certainot Apr 2017 #19
Most of the American public are clueless, misinformed and subject to R-wing propaganda. YOHABLO Apr 2017 #20
K & R SunSeeker Apr 2017 #22
The reason some conspiracy theorists think we are 'out of touch'... Shandris Apr 2017 #23
Yes, mind control ProudLib72 Apr 2017 #25
When some seemingly willfully ignore kcr May 2017 #34
hillary got millions more votes, dems for congress got millions more votes than repubs. out of touch msongs Apr 2017 #24
K&R betsuni May 2017 #35
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