The Rude Pundit: Everything Is There for Democrats to Wreck Republicans in the Midterms and Beyond

[babylonsister]

The Rude Pundit
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3/15/2022
Everything Is There for Democrats to Wreck Republicans in the Midterms and Beyond

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Last week, I said that Democrats need to go all out in joining the culture war that the GOP has been fighting. There, I was talking about Democrats embracing abortion rights and campaigning on them. But we can go toe-to-motherfuckin'-toe on a bunch of culture war issues and use them to turn out our base just like Republicans use them to turn out theirs.

Start with federal funding for Covid response, which was cut out of the budget because Senate Republicans would have balked on the rest of the $1.5 trillion budget if Democrats had tried to push it through. Without that money, it means the federal government's response on a new variant would have to be somewhere between "fuck us" and "go fuck yourself." This is not to mention the slowdown in vaccinations here and around the world (which can prevent the next variant from even evolving), as well as testing, treatment, and research. The math here is easy: Most of the country is vaccinated. Most of the country wants to make sure we don't face a new corona fucking. While Republicans screech about mask mandates, Democrats can campaign on "Okay, then why won't you fund the shit that will prevent mask mandates?"

Go to town, motherfuckers. Face them down on the anti-trans kids bills. Face them down on all the bullshit about what teachers can teach in the classroom. In Virginia, all 133 school superintendents wrote to Gov. Glenn "Tricked You Suburban Douches, Didn't I?" Youngkin and said, in essence, "Fer fuck's sake, you're being a dick to educators with your idiot tip line on teachers who piss off a parent and ban on things no one is teaching. Stop it." That was supported by superintendents in districts from Wokesville near DC to Fuckacousin near the Tennessee border. You know how hard it is to get all of these people of a scary range of political beliefs to agree? And it's an ad for Democrats that writes itself.

Add into that the opposition to bans on critical race theory (which, again, is not being taught in elementary schools) in places like Indiana. Yeah, the GOP-controlled Senate there killed an anti-CRT bill because of an outcry from parents, religious leaders, civil rights groups, and others who saw it for the punitive bullshit it is. That happened in fucking Indiana, where Mike Pence's tight ass was elected a few different times. This hysteria is losing its erection, and Democrats need to punch it in the balls and be on the side of teachers. Jesus, just say that teachers and parents need to work together, like they already are in most places.

Meanwhile, Republicans are stepping on their own dicks, making unforced errors. The leadership can't control the crazies and the Jesus fellaters like Marjorie Taylor Greene. The Rick Scott insanity has the potential to split the caucus. And Trump's out there, wandering the country freely for some reason, the presidential candidate who won't announce he's a presidential candidate, saying completely bizarre shit like that parents need to "lay down their very lives" against critical race theory, which means...what? Suicide bombing a school? Throwing yourself in front of a bus going to a Black history museum? The wheels are coming off the GOP clown car and that means a bunch of clowns will be slamming to a halt and running around, tripping on their oversize shoes, scaring the children.

Again, we're not appealing to the idiot hordes of MAGA cretins and anti-science ghouls. They can go live on plague island and fuck each other until their nipples bleed or whatever. No, we're talking about moving that sliver of a semi-rational middle that is easily manipulated by scary talk but has at least a lick of sense when presented with reality. We can't leave anything unanswered because the majority is on the Democrats' side and we have let them control the cultural narrative in the political realm for way, way too long. It's just that Democrats are like actors who get a dozen great reviews on a play and then obsess on the one bad one, perversely thinking it's more important than what everyone else fucking says. Stop giving power to assholes.

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[uponit7771]

2. Tie them to Putrid !! Pics of Republicans waving the flag at CPAC !!!

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[BigmanPigman]

6. Bingo!!!!!!

[Blue Owl]

3. It's all spread out on silver platters like Red Don's tepid fast food buffet

[crickets]

4. Rude Pundit nails it again! 💙

[spanone]

5. K&R

[Jon King]

7. Nope, only in good times. Inflation and crime will be issues swing voters vote on.

Culture issues only move the needle when all else is out of the picture. Suburban and swing voters will vote based on the price of gas and food, what they see on the news about crime in the cities, do they think Biden administration and Dems in general are good on foreign policy.

[NBachers]

9. I'm afraid you are closer to the real pulse of the voters.

Yes, we have to tie all of them to the anchor of Russia, Putin, treason, and all the rest. I’m going to keep up with my micro donations across-the-board. But I am afraid their screaming hysteria lies will overcome whatever reasonable debate thrusts the Democrats will make.

[TeamProg]

8. Thanks for posting. n/t

[gulliver]

10. Our culture issues message: "Republican politicians are liars."

We need all of our side to show up to vote, 1/10th of their side to vote for Dems, and another 1/10th of their side to stay home.

We shouldn't always overthink our response or defend against lies with "explanations." Their lies take zero energy to tell. You can't win if your response takes much more than zero energy. In fact, any energy you waste explaining away their lies works against you, because it gives the impression you take the lie seriously enough to debate about it. The best response to a Republican lie is dismissive scorn.

Voter: "But you want to force our children to be taught to hate America."

Us: "No we don't. Republican politicians are liars. That's just a lie."

Voter: "But you want three-year-olds to get sex change surgery."

Us: "No we don't. Republican politicians are liars. That's just a lie."

Voter: "But you want to defund the police."

Us: "No we don't. Republican politicians are liars. That's just a lie."