"Kiss the Senate goodbye."

[catbyte]

Link to tweet

A senior GOP strategist, who is not a "Never Trumper" and often gives the president the benefit of the doubt, tells me: "If what we just heard is a preview of the President's message for the week, he loses and we lose. We can kiss the Senate goodbye if the tone doesn't change."
1:03 PM · Aug 24, 2020
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From his lips to God's ears.

[bbernardini]

1. I've been in meetings all day. How is his tone any different from his usual brainless hate? nt

[ananda]

2. They live in cloudcuckooland.

The only normal they know is their own,
and it's actually batshit crazy.

[volstork]

13. Agree 100%.

Also, props to you for "cloudcuckooland!"

[reACTIONary]

36. I second that! nt

[Karadeniz]

41. Me third!

[shelshaw]

11. No party platform. Just loyalty to trump.

[KS Toronado]

14. Believe you hit the nail on the head there! Welcome to DU.

[shelshaw]

15. Here's a link - Unbelievable....

https://news.yahoo.com/rnc-2020-republicans-forego-party-143728629.html

[FoxNewsSucks]

12. It wasn't any different.

Same old shit. Some of them apparently have realized it only helps MF45, not them.

[muriel_volestrangler]

16. There's a little detail here

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213961970#post25

[liberalla]

3. I certainly hope so!

[The Magistrate]

4. The Tone Never Has, and Never Will, Change

Compared to this fella, Charlie Brown is a hard-headed realist each time He runs at the football....

[durablend]

5. He can't change his tone

If anything the racist dog whistles will become megaphones

[padah513]

10. +1

[WyattKansas]

38. I actually cannot stand the tone of tRUMP's voice...

Like some people can't stand fingernails being dragged across a blackboard.

[BigmanPigman]

45. That's how it feels to me too.

That condescending whisper makes me run for the remote control's "mute" button. It is visibly worn compared to other buttons on the remote, due to tRump's obnoxious voice.

[CaptYossarian]

53. He only vomits the best words.

[mdbl]

54. same here

When i see him even on a channel i like i turn it off. Can't stand to see or hear him. Will never use twitter as long as he's there.

[blogslut]

7. cool

[Mme. Defarge]

8. I say

DOUBLE DOWN!

[herding cats]

9. They thought he'd be something different?

That's hysterical!

[berni_mccoy]

17. Alright, alright alrigggght!

[calimary]

18. Yes, Please!!!

[33taw]

19. And he'll get 40% of the vote no matter what and in some states it will be 60%.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

20. I'm not kissing any of those cretins

And it is good for the nation if their party of criminals and lies,thievery and abuse ends. Forever.

Fuck thier dreams and ambitions, let them fail make them pay for their crimes and treason..
Hope the GOP dies never to be seen or heard from again.

And when people look to what they were in the future may they see thier ideas as worthless,because they are worthless people.

[themaguffin]

21. If "the tone doesn't change" as that is remotely possible

[catrose]

22. From his lips and Zeleny's keyboard to the ears of all deities, large & small

[MontanaMama]

23. Senate republicans let the MF too close to them.

ETTD. No exceptions.

[mdbl]

55. The enabled a criminal cabal

Every Senate repuglican should lose their seat for what they have done to our country. I am sure Susan Collins is concerned though.

[Grokenstein]

24. Is...is he still waiting on "the pivot"?

My ass, also, too, they can kiss that.

[JHB]

25. Big smoothies ahead, guy

[mgardener]

26. Why

Would you give Trump the benefit of the doubt ?
Questioning his intelligence.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

27. I really hate

that Republicans seem to believe that everything and I mean EVERYTHING boils down to "tone" A bad message, a bad person, a bad President cannot be magically elevated or redeemed by a change in "tone"

[catbyte]

33. No kidding. But I think it's because they live in their little right wing bubble where

they hear some of their cult say, "Hey, I really like his (insert horrific policy here) but I wish he'd stay off Twitter and/or stop the press conferences blah blah blah" so they think his "tone" is the only issue with every but us left-wing radicals.

[IronLionZion]

34. It works on their supporters. They think about stuff very differently than liberals

So they can be persuaded by simplistic messages that make them feel something.

[JHB]

40. That, by itself, is not entirely a bad thing and we should be doing more of it

Framing things, boiling them down in relatable ways, telling a story with them, can shift people.

Although for us "streamlines" or "simplified" are better than going their route, "simplistic."

[Proud Liberal Dem]

50. I feel like those are two different things

One is us improving our messaging so that we communicate better our plans, goals, etc. in an accurate and truthful but simpler and more effective way and the other seems to be more about misleading, misrepresenting, and/or trying to fool people into buying into snake oil or something much more harmful.

[Cosmocat]

37. and it ALWAYS is about THEM

even the media does this, it is like they are cheering on the Dallas Cowboys or something.

Its never about about what is good for the country past their simple ass talking points.

Party above all else to the loons.

[JHB]

42. "Both teams need to cover ground to score"

"Wait! The ball is on the 10-yard line! Is 'both teams need to cover ground' really the most important story right now?"

"Both teams need to cover ground to score"

"But..."

"Both teams need to cover ground to score"

"..."

[BannonsLiver]

28. You can kiss it goodbye either way, Fucko.

There’s nothing about this week, or next week, or next month or the month after that that will change your fate.

[BeckyDem]

29. Good. The megalomaniac will not stop being a megalomaniac, so no worries there.

[Salviati]

30. The one rule of trump is this: "trump will not change"

[Blue Owl]

31. I'd rather see a death blow than a kiss, but either way...

[nolabear]

32. If they don't know he'll never change they don't deserve reelection.

They don’t anyway but this is blind stupidity on top of all else.

[Illumination]

35. It's good vs evil. Trump can't compete with the competiton...

[Aussie105]

39. Once you realize

That the Republican party has devolved into a cult, it all makes sense.
Their motto?
"TO OBLIVION, AND BEYOND!"

[SleeplessinSoCal]

43. Their evil agenda is frightening their stupid base and is already happening.

Two new police shootings of black young men followed by rioting. We don't know who started the rioting. But we know who started the killing.

[Wounded Bear]

44. Kindly proceed, Mr President...

And oh, he says that like it's a BAD thing.

[Pepsidog]

46. May tempt me to watch the circus now.

[bucolic_frolic]

47. Believe it when I see it

Assume we're teetering on the edge, and work 5 times harder

[EarlG]

48. Trump-supporting Republican strategists the day before election day:

"Gee, I really hope the President changes his tone soon... oh well, he's still got 24 hours."

[Cha]

49. Would Putin's Puppet have "the message" any other way?

[TruckFump]

51. Smoochie, smoochie...make my day!

Oh, man, a triple play in November???

We keep the House, get the Senate and take the WH as ours!!!!!!

[Skittles]

52. BRING IT ON!

yes INDEED!

[Aussie105]

56. Riddle me this . . .

Once the head of Branch Trumpovian of the Exalted Order of the White Rulers of the Universe has wound his followers up to an even higher level of reality dislocation and insanity, once the voting is done and counted, will the Trump crime clan leave suddenly and quietly for destinations unknown, will the followers, now left rudderless, have access to affordable psychotherapy, counseling, and cult deprogramming?

Asking for a few million Americans who will be left very confused after the election.

[Nitram]

57. That's music to my ears.