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elleng

(130,970 posts)
2. Oh sure, because we can be assured there won't be any disrupters,
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 07:51 PM
Aug 2020

like those designated by tramp etc.

In other words, I do NOT think this is a good idea, at this time; we have other ways of sounding our message, and we must use ALL of them.

LovingA2andMI

(7,006 posts)
4. No DEMOCRATS NEED TO GET TOUGH.....
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 08:15 PM
Aug 2020

Stop Marching, Stop Protesting Unless They Are Sit Ins and Die Ins.

Start Controlling The Message:

1. It is high time for DEMOCRATIC Propaganda. In other words start LYING and REPEATING the LIE. Any Lie Against Trump and the GOP. The Truth does not matter anymore and this is obvious.

2. Start working with a foreign ally QUICK FAST AND IN A HURRY - Germany, Britain, Canada, Hell New Zealand -- or all four at once. It is high time for a SUSTAINED Social Media Operational Campaign. Any and all platforms repeating any lie and truth that works against Trump and the GOP.

3. Strategy - Turn The Message. Twenty-Four Hours TOP. In other words RAPID RESPONSE to anything the GOP does. And that is anything including breathing if necessary. This is REQUIRED for the next 68 days. No weekends off, no nights off, no days off -- all Hands on Deck and All Bodies Ready To Work. In shifts if necessary. RAPID RESPONSE - coordinated on each and every Social Media channel, TV, Radio, Carrier Pigeon and wherever else.

4. Scare Factor - It is time to tell America that Trump and the GOP is DESTROYING DEMOCRACY. Period. That they plan to KILL YOU with COVID-19 if you do not tap dance to their rule. As for any minority (and that means ANY MINORITY) -- it is time to spread a message that the GOP really wants them close to dead. -- YES -- this is HARSH AF to say -- or type -- but sadly Americans only seem to respond presently to SHOCK and AWE. It is high time for Democrats to UNDERSTAND THIS. Holding hands and singing "This is what Democracy Looks Like - ain't cutting it anymore. Americans need to be threatened with there is no DEMOCRACY ANYMORE if you don't get your ass to the polls on 11/3.

5. Congressional JAIL - It is time to drag and arrest by force with the Power of Congress - ANYONE -- and that means ANYONE in TRUMP's ADMINISTRATION that Fails to Respond to a subpoena immediately. In fact, SUBPOENA the WHOLE Administration. Including Trump himself. Arrest the President -- Yes, We Said It. DO IT CONGRESS.

6. CUT OFF THE MONEY - Congress has the Power of the Purse. CUT.OFF.ALL.FEDERAL.MONEY.PERIOD.NOW! Until the Powers of Congress are RESPECTED. That means, no cash for SHIT until the POWERS OF CONGRESS ARE RESPECTED. The Executive Branch does not control the Purse Strings however, you would not know it at this point. Congress is WAY.TOO.DAMN.PASSIVE.PERIOD! These are NOT NORMAL TIMES. The NORMAL WAY of "Business" is GONE, OVER, FINISHED until Power is returned - Executive, Legislative, Judicial - PERIOD. Until then, Congress needs to FIGHT, DIRTY as HELL. That's the only way to defeat a DICTATOR!

In closing, another March ain't going to do shit. People want ACTION and lots of it. With the Proganada Spinning of any ACTION taken, America will only then get MAD AS HELL and VOTE TRUMP out of OFFICE.

Anything less - we can kiss Democracy Goodbye!

 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
8. Democrats need to go into their communities and register voters, sign up to be poll workers,
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 08:41 PM
Aug 2020

organize and plug into election protection efforts, educate voters, flood local media, and turn out the vote.

Marches are great and they have their time and place, but now is the time to build on the success of this summer's marches and mobilize on the ground. Crowds of Democrats converging on Washington in September and October are not going to turn out the vote at home.

crickets

(25,981 posts)
12. I strongly agree. Locally organizing people to vote is what we should be focusing on.
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 09:59 PM
Aug 2020

Mobilizing a march on Washington in the middle of a pandemic is like staging our own Sturgis. NO.

SMC22307

(8,090 posts)
9. No. Many Americans are getting sick of protests.
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 09:38 PM
Aug 2020

The Democratic Party needs to DRILL INTO VOTERS' HEADS that our party is better for the economy and the working classes. They need to be getting this across HARD in PA, MI and WI. The party needs to make sure that voters are registered, have the necessary ID where required, phone bank, canvass with masks and social distancing, and get voters to the polls on November 3rd.

gulliver

(13,186 posts)
10. Organize voting. Build voter registration numbers, pledges, and completed early voting.
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 09:42 PM
Aug 2020

Trumpist Republicans are vastly outnumbered by Dems and decent-minded Republicans and independents. The message has already been sent. Time to send the can of whoop-ass on November 3.

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