This Is Not A Good Day - Public Perception - Russian Probe
I am livid right now. The efforts made by Trump and his cronies are working. As Trump stated to Leslie Stahl when asked why he is so relentless against the intelligence agencies and the media...I do it to discredit and demean you so that the American people will not believe what you write. What the hell!
53% of the American people think that the Russian probe is politically motivated! Unreal.
The average American voter does not immerse themselves into the issues of the day...not like we do. They do not have a clue as to what is going on and how our democracy is under existential attack. For the first time in a long time I am terrified that we will continue to be ruled by the uneducated and by the low information voter. This is NOT a good day.
The NFL now will punish anyone who does not stand up during the national Anthem. What the hell!
This just shows that they still do not understand why people were kneeling down. They continue to interpret it as unpatriotic and somehow a protest against the troops. Another example of how clueless the average American is. This is NOT a good day.
It is clear now (as it has always been I suppose) that there is a certain segment of our population that simply doesn't care about corruption in our government. If they continue to remain clueless, we may be in real trouble.
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On the other hand there are a handful of smaller tidbits of news that keep us hanging on...
The former head of Intelligence told Rachael that he believes that there is little doubt that the Russian hacking of our voting system did indeed have an impact on the results of the presidential election. I have felt that all along. Glad to see someone of high authority make such a statement.
Secondly....Stacy won in Georgia. An important win for our side and for the future of Georgia.
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Still....I cannot shake this feeling that we are taking two steps forward and three steps back.
-Paige
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WE NEED TO HAVE TRUE EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP ON THE DEM SIDE. WE NEED TO TELL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO AS A PARTY...WE CAN WAIT NO LONGER!!!
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that we have Congress protecting this POS fake pResident WTF.
They are shredding our values each day, and gutting our democracy. I hope they all choke on that money.
But we must never do this 
work on those who aren't particularly interested in being lead, OR on Republicans if the leadership is Democrat? Right there you have well over half the population eligible to vote.
Yes, charismatic bombast works on the right. Most conservatives are drawn to authoritarianism, and some very strongly.
For thrilling people on the left with stirring speeches, you have to go over to the farther left to find people yearning for a leader to follow. And spewing the kind of anger, blame, lies that work so well on the right on our side only works on niche groups. Think about it. When were most Democrats excited and cheering over a Trump-, Palin- or Sanders-style delivery? Pick the last Democratic president who thrilled millions with authoritarian certainty uncluttered with details of what and how.
Obama was a very good, charismatic speaker, but he compelled intellect not obedience. And when he did get passionate and demanding coming up to November 8, at least as close as he could get to thundering angrily as key speaker at the Black Caucus Dinner, it was powerful, it was widely televised, but it didn't work. At least not enough.
How about instead being self lead? Lead yourself to a group that's going door to door to GOTV. Take a friend with you. Just getting up and doing something to make a different makes us feel happier and more confident. Works every time. It's sitting around wishing someone else would lead us that does us in.
To each his own. But if 20,000 people started cheering excitedly at a string of familiar catchphrases, booing on cue, and chanting their leader's name in unison at each pause, I wouldn't have to look to know it wasn't Obama up there.
