David Corn and the Dem Messaging Deficit
Mother Jones' David Corn just published a piece sounding the alarm at how Trump is winning the messaging war in the Russia investigation because there is no sufficient rhetorical opposition. It's not so much that there is no pushback. There is no rhetorical offense. But it's not just in the case of Russian collusion. Democrats are out-messaged for lack of going on coordinated offense 100% of the time.
Let's take a page from the book of Gopper messaging. No - Let's take the entire book. With nothing to offer, Goppers put negative spin on every move Democrats make with quick denigrating phrases that seep down to those white suburban women who literally swing in the balance. Suburbanites were soaking up Gopper messaging on Obamacare before Obamacare even became law which helped to shift House leadership to Gopper hands. Goppers have a simple offensive phrase for everything Dems support with the purpose of sowing doubt in the Dem agenda.
Dems, on the other hand do have an agenda, but we have no messaging. While it's so easy, it's never done. It's VEXING. No safe Dem should talk about the Trump Administration without mentioning how Americans are tired of the DAILY CORRUPTION, LIES, AND COVERUPS. It's so easy.
No Dem should avoid the opportunity to talk about the MASSIVE DEFICIT HIKE passed by Goppers which PUNISHES THE MIDDLE CLASS FOR MAKING LESS MONEY. It's so easy!
No one should talk about and White House officials and their Congressional allies without referring to them as CONSPIRATORS where applicable. It's so easy!
No Dem should talk about agenda and vision for the future without talking about THE MORAL HERITAGE OF OUR COUNTRY. We should own it. It's so easy.
Goppers never lost points by using rhetoric to undermine voter faith in Democrats and the Democratic Party. They are the only ones playing on that field. Yes, we need Adam Schiff to explain the legal ins and outs of Gopper corruption, but we also need to frame what we would want the typical suburban white voter to parrot to their friends. Whose message do we want them to repeat - ours or theirs?
Should we be going on offense on points in the Russia investigation? Yes. That would be a great place to START.
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Dems do have trouble with messaging. Yes, I know that the corporate media is too busy covering 20-30% of Fatso-In-Chief's deplorable base 'round the clock it seems 
Or, most in the corporate media are trying to gen up trouble between Dems/Indy's with one or both Clinton's between , but I would keep taking and putting out facts even if I was standing alone in a forest, and with this mostly corporate media who really doesn't do it's job, that's what I'd be doing if I were a Dem.
But they don't. There is NO consistent messaging. NONE. Dems need better surrogates too, because Dem surrogates are "too" polite. Just too polite. I've seen them sitting there while a thuglican interrupts and they say nothing. Even during their talking points, they politely YIELD the right of way to thuglicans who take up all or most of the air time
*Le Sigh.*
but I'm not even sure what to say about the utter nonsense that Trump tweets out on a daily basis. It's like, how does an adult respond to constant two-year old tantrums- by a grown adult? Normally, when a two-year old starts getting cranky and throwing a tantrum, that's when a responsible parent puts them to bed or down for a nap. At the moment, the Republicans are *supposed* to be the adults in the room exercising control and discipline over Toddler Trump but, of course, they're not and there's not much Democrats can really say or do about it.
