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UncleTomsEvilBrother

(945 posts)
Tue Dec 5, 2017, 06:58 PM Dec 2017

DEMS may be losing certain battles because we don't name names

Two small examples:

Roy Moore's sustained strength in the polls could be due in part to the way DEMS (and/on) the media describes the victims. It's so easy for their side to say, "The women are lying," or, "The accusers are paid by politicians." This grouping is easy to dismiss when republicans are able to make the women into nameless, faceless objects.

Instead, we need to name names. "Sarah, so you're saying Wendy Miller is lying?"
"Tell me, Terry (Chairperson of AL Repub party), why would you say Debbie Wesson Gibson is lying about Mr. Moore tongue kissing her at seventeen?"


Second Minor point:

We see this all the time when we tout Congress' poor approval ratings. When it's time to look at the ballot, we don't see "Congress". We see a person's name. The average, low info voter is always going to vote for the incumbent or not vote at all.

We need to practice and consistently name names.

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