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dameatball

(7,671 posts)
Sat Jun 9, 2018, 01:42 PM Jun 2018

Attack ads: Why are we not doing them now? Who needs a candidate?

First of all, I do NOT watch TV much, so my point may be moot and I am just out of the loop. But when I do watch TV I have not yet seen any anti-Trump ads. I assume it is because that is usually done after a Democratic candidate has been selected.
The need to get a head start is obvious because everyday this country is falling farther and farther into a spiral which the MSM does a pretty poor job of trying to stop. Maybe it is past time for the DNC (or ?) to start regularly pointing out the lies, corruption, incompetence....can I say corruption again?.....the divisiveness, the racism......et al. Why play by the rules if only one side is going to do that? Trump campaigns every single day. He does not govern, he destroys.

Why not start now? If it is a money issue I will kick in something. I think most Democrats are really tired of waiting for Mueller to fix things, although I do have faith that the final result will be highly damaging, if not fatal, to the Trump administration. Start fighting back and slinging mud. Every time Trump whines "fake news" smack him in the mouth with a rebuttal and put it out on national TV, Cable, wherever. Target Sinclair stations to start with.

Like I said, if this is already happening, I am sorry for wasting your time. But I haven't seen it.

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Attack ads: Why are we not doing them now? Who needs a candidate? (Original Post) dameatball Jun 2018 OP
Start with health care Freddie Jun 2018 #1
Exactly. Start now! dameatball Jun 2018 #2

Freddie

(10,144 posts)
1. Start with health care
Sat Jun 9, 2018, 01:55 PM
Jun 2018

"only one party wants every American to have good affordable healthcare as a right. It's not the Republicans."

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