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LBM20

(1,580 posts)
7. Don't like it? Run stronger campaigns with stronger messages and win elections and SMASH THEM DOWN.
Mon Oct 15, 2018, 10:47 PM
Oct 2018

BlueTsunami2018

(3,496 posts)
3. They do whatever it takes.
Mon Oct 15, 2018, 10:32 PM
Oct 2018

They’re ruthless and cutthroat and yes, they cheat. We should be twice as ruthless, cutthroat and underhanded. Because regardless of how they get it, they have the power to shape the country and they’ll always have it if we keep pretending the rules and “honor” matter. They don’t. Power is all that matters and right now we have none.

They steal one vote? We steal three. That’s how we should approach this.

DemocracyMouse

(2,275 posts)
11. We don't have to cheat, and we shouldn't cheat...
Tue Oct 16, 2018, 12:00 AM
Oct 2018

Otherwise we would be Republicans.

We just have to stop being afraid of calling THEM criminals.

And we have to STOP FORGETTING they have RUINED the economy since Hoover and the Democrats have FIXED IT by flowing resources back into the majority's hands and into vital infrastructure.

The message is a no-brainer so we don't have to lie like Republicans:

DEMOCRATS ARE THE ONLY PARTY THAT'S BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE.

THE REPUBLICANS DIVIDE AMERICANS FROM EACH OTHER SO THAT AN OVERPAID MINORITY CAN RULE

(Note: when Dems start to seem too much like Republicans and start cheating and start catering to Wall Street, they lose votes)

Beartracks

(12,820 posts)
14. And they don't turn on eachother. Or, even if they do, they still VOTE fucking Republican!
Tue Oct 16, 2018, 01:05 AM
Oct 2018

Dems can learn a lesson from THAT!

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dlk

(11,574 posts)
5. What's Even Worse Than Their Cheating is They're Proud of It
Mon Oct 15, 2018, 10:40 PM
Oct 2018

Their smug air of superiority is the worst!

 

LBM20

(1,580 posts)
6. No one is "bashing" the party. But GET REAL! Too many have been weak, plain and simple. Don't like
Mon Oct 15, 2018, 10:46 PM
Oct 2018

the R's cheating? Then SMASH THEM DOWN!

Azathoth

(4,611 posts)
10. They also have no shame
Mon Oct 15, 2018, 11:26 PM
Oct 2018

They'll say and do things that are so shockingly divorced from reality that no sane person would be able to keep a straight face.

 

rusty quoin

(6,133 posts)
12. I was a real fan of Ted Kennedy, especially leading up to and during the Iraq War.
Tue Oct 16, 2018, 12:12 AM
Oct 2018

He was a firebrand and stood out from so many polite Democrats. That got me excited then and I wish he were still with us today. I think we need more like him.

Thekaspervote

(32,785 posts)
16. THANK YOU!! Finally, somebody says it, the rest of you that say we don't fight hard.. STOP IT
Tue Oct 16, 2018, 01:22 AM
Oct 2018

It’s not helping

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
17. yeah it's total bullshit. we have psychos too. aside from that they have talk radio, the
Tue Oct 16, 2018, 01:30 AM
Oct 2018

real reason the medievil cons have any chance and are still relevant

they get away with cheating because they sell it and the pretext for it.

like using 1500 radio stations to attack and lie about immigrants to pass voter suppression laws

fix talk radio and the cheating can be fixed

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