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Cracklin Charlie

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6. Find common ground.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Mar 19, 2022, 02:37 PM

Mar 2022

There is common ground between rural and urban populations, you just gotta find it.

Start with the basics: national security, infrastructure, education, care for the elderly and disabled. What do you want your tax dollars to pay for? Don’t make everything, or anything, about cost…I feel it plays into the Republican’s hands.

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"All Democrats care about are pronouns" [View all] brooklynite Mar 2022 OP

Good, and THANK YOU! elleng Mar 2022 #1

Rural areas have long focused on both tradition and immediate needs--thus societal changes come more hlthe2b Mar 2022 #2

If you watch the talking heads it's easy to think this. captain queeg Mar 2022 #3

Find one or three topics. Bumper sticker phrases. cbabe Mar 2022 #4

Good ideas Hekate Mar 2022 #10

That's spot on, and how do rural Dems and Inds perceive the REPUBLICAN WAR ON NEIGHBORS? bucolic_frolic Mar 2022 #5

Exactly. We need to define the terms of the debate. old as dirt Mar 2022 #15

Find common ground. Cracklin Charlie Mar 2022 #6

That would make sense if the Republicans were actually doing anything to help them. dawg Mar 2022 #7

We'll said. SharonClark Mar 2022 #8

Also, study up on Buttigieg's unlikely success. cbabe Mar 2022 #9

That, too Hekate Mar 2022 #11

This isn't even true AZProgressive Mar 2022 #12

If they think that "pronouns" is all that Democrats talk about... W_HAMILTON Mar 2022 #13

Yes, thank you. GoCubsGo Mar 2022 #14