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EarlG

(22,645 posts)
33. Maybe we don't need to move anywhere. Just hit him with BUYER'S REMORSE.
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 07:17 PM
Nov 8

Seems to me that the electorate right now is mostly driven by backlash, at least that's what the last three presidential elections have been about. So note the following items as they were on election day 2024:

Inflation
Unemployment
Gas prices
Food prices
Interest rates
DJIA
Illegal border crossings
etc.

When any of them move in the wrong direction, ask why Trump hasn't fixed it yet. Complain that he promised everything and is delivering nothing. Point out that this is what happens when you elect a convicted fraudster. Ask whether all the money is going into Elon Musk's pocket.

And don't worry about being asked, well, what's YOUR plan to fix this? -- it's just been proven that plans don't matter. All you have to do is keep saying over and over again that Trump can't fix it and Democrats will. Just keep hammering that home, relentlessly. Promises made, promises broken. Were things really so bad, when you had a job, and health care, and the price of a new car wasn't $90,000?

If you want to add a twist, go with DEMENTIA PRESIDENT. Of course Trump can't fix America's problems -- the guy is clearly losing it. He's incompetent and bumbling, physically unwell, mentally unravelling. It's clear for everyone to see. We never should have elected someone who is almost 80 years old.

Trump promised to make America great again, but it turned out that THEY were keeping his condition from us. And now he's ruined everything. Better vote for Democrats so we can fix things again...

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As far away from tRump as they can get. marybourg Nov 8 #1
Scorched Earth... EarthFirst Nov 8 #2
Doesn't really matter. Elessar Zappa Nov 8 #3
100 percent BannonsLiver Nov 8 #22
Loading us Faux pas Nov 8 #4
Organize locally Blue Owl Nov 8 #5
Go back a decade or so... be Democrats. WarGamer Nov 8 #6
Right, but ThePartyThatListens Nov 8 #7
Start by telling Liz Cheney and Rick Wilson and Steve Schmidt to find their own political "home" WarGamer Nov 8 #9
Well, I don't see how a party that's allegedly on the left ThePartyThatListens Nov 8 #10
Darn strait. Enough of these ex-GOPers. Raven123 Nov 8 #15
Venn Diagrams Mistermike Nov 8 #30
Why are they alienated ? Keepthesoulalive Nov 8 #18
Easy. Sit back and watch the rethugs implode. JohnSJ Nov 8 #8
It is not sustainable to wait for a short respite to have the honor TheKentuckian Nov 8 #36
I happen to be in California, and Newsom is meeting with 17 Governors from blue state for a plan to counter any JohnSJ Nov 8 #40
Grand. That has zero to do with my response to sit back and wait for them TheKentuckian Nov 8 #41
After the shock of our loss subsides, I think we will realize that after another Trump walkingman Nov 8 #11
Oh the Establishment is definitely out of touch ThePartyThatListens Nov 8 #14
Shit, we are so stone cold out of touch that we had the brass TheKentuckian Nov 8 #42
Maybe find out what nonvoters, no longer voters, new voters want? leftstreet Nov 8 #12
Moving to center is the same as moving to the right standingtall Nov 8 #13
I agree, and in my OP, when I say "right" I really mean "far right." ThePartyThatListens Nov 8 #21
FDR left LearnedHand Nov 8 #16
All the GOP has proven in the past 40 years is that there was a good reason for the New Deal tenderfoot Nov 8 #20
Support the same progressive policies the majority of Americans want Fiendish Thingy Nov 8 #17
oh, you need to make it pellucidly clear. Nimble_Idea Nov 8 #24
The thing that is missed is the platform is of little utility TheKentuckian Nov 8 #44
Play the game using maggat rules. OLDMDDEM Nov 8 #19
I don't know. alarimer Nov 8 #23
We need to lie, steal their accomplishments as ours, insult people, Greybnk48 Nov 8 #25
If you have to ask that question then the party has no soul HelpImSurrounded Nov 8 #26
Well said. cachukis Nov 8 #32
Stay left Dem4life1234 Nov 8 #27
Pure unadulterated moral courage ColinC Nov 8 #28
Move to the center people will just join the republican party. Emile Nov 8 #29
True. n/t Greybnk48 Nov 8 #31
Maybe we don't need to move anywhere. Just hit him with BUYER'S REMORSE. EarlG Nov 8 #33
Tend to agree Rstrstx Nov 8 #38
Stop thinking left right center. Start thinking about what kind of country we should be. Nanjeanne Nov 8 #34
Time for some obstructionism Mistermike Nov 8 #35
Let's die on the hill of 'circumcision yes or no!' Fullduplexxx Nov 8 #37
Figure out how to communicate with the non college majority. TheKentuckian Nov 8 #39
May have been the right campaign against too many headwinds RoeVWade Nov 8 #43
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