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What do we need to win them over for? LisaL Friday #1
I get the despair. But I'm confident you are wrong. onenote Friday #4
Why? thinkingagain Friday #90
I honestly can't wait until this initial panic and doomsdaying is over... AkFemDem Saturday #129
The House, the Senate, and the White House elleng Friday #5
And the courts TexLaProgressive Friday #26
And the corrupt SCOTUS 6. We are screwed. I'm keeping my head down and hoping to ride it out. brush Saturday #158
This message was self-deleted by its author The Third Doctor Friday #83
Maybe not stupid Mz Pip Friday #2
There's a difference? Xoan Friday #75
they are pretending none of the Trump crimes/trials were real. travelingthrulife Friday #3
Yes SARose Friday #65
MALICIOUS..... CONTEMPTUOUS.... magicarpet Saturday #131
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I don't want to make excuses for them... Ysabel Friday #7
Yea, that's the ticket Strelnikov_ Friday #8
Hmmm AfternoonJoe Friday #9
You're assuming... tgraf66 Saturday #104
Not necessarily stupid, but... Tigerpal Friday #10
No PhilosopherKing Friday #50
Questions FSogol Friday #11
Because the republicans will make an effort to tell them we're calling them stupid. onenote Friday #37
Who cares. yardwork Friday #45
I guess folks that have no plans for winning an election going forward don't care. onenote Friday #52
If read my posts here you'll see that I'm not giving up. yardwork Friday #55
We need to lean into the stupid and run a straight white male with charisma. This is all a Tik Tok show now Pisces Saturday #120
They'll tell them that anyway. They told them Biden called them garbage which wasn't true. n/t FSogol Friday #49
It was true soandso Saturday #145
Unfortunately, it was true - Biden's exact words are all over social media womanofthehills Saturday #159
I used to be a Republican. I disagree NorCalBlue Friday #12
Thank you for sharing a real example. yardwork Friday #47
Talking to people we know that didn't support Harris is a terrific start. onenote Friday #63
You haven't read your own thread if this is the first positive suggestion you've seen. yardwork Friday #70
Okay. Point taken. But most people seem more interested in disagreeing with me than suggesting a strategy onenote Friday #72
I think we're all tired, discouraged, and worried. yardwork Friday #73
Thx, yardwork, and best of luck Hekate Saturday #123
Talk to them about what? Devils, idiots, and traitors. TheKentuckian Saturday #98
Same thing happened to me, and I now thank them Meadowoak Friday #64
So they're dumb. Emile Saturday #122
Anyone who voted for Trump instead of Harris IS stupid. milestogo Friday #13
So what is your strategy for winning elections? onenote Friday #39
If we ever get another shot at a presidential election, Meadowoak Friday #67
We got Barack Obama, a man. Then Trump defeated Hillary, a woman. Trump lost to Joe, a man. Then... Hekate Saturday #127
This might be true, but Obama was one in a million. I'm not sure I would want to risk Scrivener7 Saturday #167
I agree with you.! Stupid, stupid. Trueblue1968 Saturday #125
WE. ARE. NEVER. GOING. TO. WIN. THEM. TO. OUR. SIDE. Yavin4 Friday #14
Thank you. A voice of sanity. harumph Friday #15
MAGA is so stupid they can not fathom the ramifications of their,... magicarpet Saturday #146
Exactly. StarryNite Friday #16
They may have not seen all of this. LeftInTX Friday #24
You realize a whole lot of them voted for Biden in 2020. They switched and they might switch back onenote Friday #41
Did they? You have data showing that? n/t Yavin4 Friday #58
Yes. From the exit polls onenote Saturday #160
IMO, anyone who voted Biden in 2020 and switched HAS to be stupid... consider_this Friday #79
Then why are Trump's numbers flat? dpibel Saturday #110
Links. Data or it didn't happen. hatrack Saturday #117
See post #160. onenote Saturday #161
The strategy is to run a white middle-aged straight protestant male. Scrivener7 Saturday #138
Trump got around the same number of votes in 2020 and 2024 soandso Saturday #149
That's a very simplistic -- and incorrect -- analysis. onenote Saturday #162
I'm saying his numbers (number of votes) soandso Saturday #164
No one is talking about TheFarseer Friday #78
This group needs a white middle-aged protestant straight male. Scrivener7 Saturday #139
I think we need to think outside of identity politics TheFarseer Saturday #165
Identity politics is what lost us this election. Sad as it makes us, some Democrats and democratically aligned voters Scrivener7 Saturday #166
That depends entirely on which "Them" we're talking about Zeitghost Saturday #100
THOSE voters, the ones who voted for Biden and then Scrivener7 Saturday #142
Fuck them !!! SamKnause Friday #17
how about cruel and selfish. Quiet Em Friday #18
What would you call people who blamed Emile Friday #19
Or Biden For RobinA Friday #53
Ironic, isn't it? That's precisely one of the factors that lost the race... WarGamer Friday #20
I agree DeepWinter Friday #21
I'm with you (sorta) but do you honestly think ANYTHING would have brought them to our side? hlthe2b Friday #22
Probably not in this election. I think the result was baked in early on. onenote Friday #48
Post removed Post removed Saturday #101
They are not reading du Meowmee Saturday #109
What else do you call people who have to learn everything the hard way... hunter Friday #23
Yes? PhilosopherKing Friday #25
They are - aren't they? claudette Friday #27
When will someone lecture the fascist about calling us names? Hotler Friday #28
Thank you MustLoveBeagles Friday #40
The bogus scolds are their duplicitous allies. TheKentuckian Saturday #105
I don't need to resort to name calling; just sit back and watch the Trump presidency play out. patphil Friday #29
Sadly, not as many as should. Xavier Breath Friday #36
Yeah, I left that as an open question, even though I already knew the answer. patphil Friday #69
I'm sure many of them held their noses for trump, because they were desperate. Omnipresent Friday #30
Desperate for what? viva la Friday #88
They somehow think he's going to help them lower housing costs, for one thing Omnipresent Saturday #91
He does usually find a way to ease the terrible tax plight viva la Saturday #94
Nonfuckingsense. No one on Earth can point to a damn thing he has on TheKentuckian Saturday #118
Is ignorant or blissfully ignorant better? Ferrets are Cool Friday #31
It's certainly not helpful. orange jar Friday #32
Blaming the voters means our Party leaders don't have to explain what went wrong. We really saw this in 2016. jalan48 Friday #33
Can't really explain what the problems are orange jar Friday #38
They are busy blaming each other! Fish700 Saturday #95
I wouldn't call them stupid. I would call them people who had no problem supporting a racist, sexist, bigot, JohnSJ Friday #34
I was going to reply kacekwl Friday #62
As my tweenager said many moons ago about adults: GreenWave Friday #35
Masochists sound better? Emile Friday #42
Are we allowed to hold Trump supporters to the same standard? yardwork Friday #43
Thank you! K&R Emile Friday #44
Here's the choice: it's either "stupid," or it's . . . markpkessinger Friday #46
For crying out loud! blue cat Friday #51
"Policing"? Since when is expressing an opinion on DU "policing". onenote Friday #56
I don't care about them JustAnotherGen Friday #54
Honestly, a lot are. Happy Hoosier Friday #57
They were. My progressive idealist son was one of them. Freethinker65 Friday #59
They call everyone one else worse. Truth hurts. Blue Full Moon Friday #60
It's a statement of fact. They are stupid. flvegan Friday #61
Hmmm Lotusflower70 Friday #66
Misidentifying who you're dealing with isn't a long term strategy for success. RockRaven Friday #68
I'm not worried about the venting for another week or so. badhair77 Friday #71
From the past.... Behind the Aegis Friday #74
That never, ever gets old Hekate Saturday #150
I would call them gullible. zanana1 Friday #76
The way I'd treat them EnergizedLib Friday #77
They won't listen Keepthesoulalive Saturday #132
Stupid is the LPBBEAR Friday #80
If someone voted for the Orange Antichrist, they're either Wingus Dingus Friday #81
In a democracy, the stupid have a voice. Wouldn't be a Democracy if it were otherwise. Sucks sometimes. Silent Type Friday #82
Calling them stupid is giving them the benefit of the doubt Blaukraut Friday #84
Calling them stupid is still being civil The Third Doctor Friday #85
It works for Trump...obviously. Us Dems tend to be more civil than the GOP but it must not work? walkingman Friday #86
The definition of stupid mnhtnbb Friday #87
Calling them "stupid"? Rigpa108 Friday #89
no one said it was a long term strategy for success, but if you voted for the traitorous rapist, YOU'RE STUPID krawhitham Saturday #92
Stupid is mild to what I think. Deluded wanna be fascists is more like it nini Saturday #93
Calling them stupid is not name-calling. Iggo Saturday #96
Zzzzzz Oopsie Daisy Saturday #97
I call them stupid fucking Nazis Zorro Saturday #99
Stupid is being generous. Nt. Voltaire2 Saturday #102
So what are they? Smart? LisaM Saturday #103
They're greedy cowards, bullies, and bigots. haele Saturday #156
The only way we will ever reach these people Ruby the Liberal Saturday #106
I bet Neville Chamberlain thought, "you know, we just need to win those Nazis over to our way of thinking". LudwigPastorius Saturday #107
... Prairie Gates Saturday #108
Cause they are dumb as fuck Dem4life1234 Saturday #111
I am not sure anyone actually called them stupid Marigold Saturday #112
Shall we "reach out" to them? More interviews in diners in the NYT? Pat them on the head? hatrack Saturday #113
73 million podcasts exploring the Maga voter. Nt. Voltaire2 Saturday #140
Pretty much Hekate Saturday #154
Other apt adjectives are: shortsighted, simplistic, deluded, misinformed, shallow and selfish wishstar Saturday #114
Stupid is as stupid does. LisaL Saturday #115
How do you win over someone who thinks the earth is flat? Cartoonist Saturday #116
We are a stupid, stupid country. It began decades ago with the dumbing down of public education... Hekate Saturday #119
They are never going to be on our "side" ismnotwasm Saturday #121
This! radical noodle Saturday #135
By the end of the first year of the Trump reign of terror, they'll be calling themselves stupid. Vinca Saturday #124
They're stupid, so they will find a way to blame us Hassler Saturday #136
Nope. They will be misdirected to blame others. Voltaire2 Saturday #141
They will blame Democrats Hekate Saturday #155
"Stupid" is the kindest possible interpretation of their actions 0rganism Saturday #126
If they are not stupid then they are evil. The charitable thing is to assign stupidity as their major malfunction. Blues Heron Saturday #128
They called some of their own supporters worse than stupid. Rhiagel Saturday #130
Stupid? Somewhat. Racist, misogynist and white suppremacist? For sure... brush Saturday #133
What do they call us? radical noodle Saturday #134
A) They're stupid. B) Us calling them stupid or us Scrivener7 Saturday #137
Not stupid. Racist and misogynist. alarimer Saturday #143
I'm sick of caring BigMin28 Saturday #144
With everything they call us, I'm B.See Saturday #147
I think that the main flips were based on immigration and transgender ads JanMichael Saturday #148
I'm treating them like adults RandySF Saturday #151
Many tRump supporters are indeed stupid, willfully so. Sibelius Fan Saturday #152
They knew what the stakes were. They practiced malicious inaction. They don't get a pass from me. Efilroft Sul Saturday #153
A large portion of them ARE. Captain Zero Saturday #157
Let me fix that for you. Why don't we go with unenlightened or racist or sexist or all of the above. Native Saturday #163
The alternative to "stupid" is worse. maxsolomon Sunday #168
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