Harris & Walz "blunt the attacks right out of the box"

[Jrose]

"The Harris-Walz campaign proved two important things last week. First, it proved that sometimes all you really have to do is answer attacks—the mere fact of answering them deflates their momentum. Second, it proved that Democrats have finally learned something from brazen Republican presidential campaigns over the years: Convert your perceived weakness into strength and their perceived strength into weakness.

"In 2016, we had a Trump who expected and even wanted to lose, who had no investment in winning. In 2020, we had a Trump with a deep investment in winning, and who expected to win. In 2024, we had a Trump—while he was running against Joe Biden—who fully expected to win.

But now we have a new Trump. He really isn’t sure. We’ve never seen this animal on the loose. Hide the wives and children. The Democrats are hitting him where it hurts. And it’s about damn time."

(Excerpt from article by Michael Tomasky, Editor
The New Republic)

[CrispyQ]

1. We've played nice for too damned long!

The rules changed in 2000 when they stopped the count in FL but we still played nice. For years!! It's past time to put on our boxing gloves & Harris & Walz are the team to do it.

[Wednesdays]

9. Yes! Even taking off the boxing gloves!

Like in the olden days!

[tinrobot]

2. When they go low, kick them in the face

...while smiling!

[onecaliberal]

5. THIS!

[Ramsey Barner]

3. A link to the article

https://newrepublic.com/article/184754/donald-trump-freaked-out-harris-walz-attacks

[birdographer]

10. Great article TY for the link n/t

[MarineCombatEngineer]

4. Setting up a QRF to answer Been A Dick and Vance's lies is a brilliant strategy by the

Harris/Walz campaign and has proven to be quite effective.

[ananda]

6. I had to look it up -- Quick Reaction Force

I like it.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

8. I should have spelled it out,

QRF is a military term for a unit ready at a moment's notice to quickly deploy to trouble spots.

[Wednesdays]

12. Bill Clinton had that in 1992

And it was instrumental in his victory.

I remember whenever I went to campaign headquarters, they begged us to bring in that day's news clippings--no matter how obscure the publication--so that they'd have a response ready instantly to any negative stories.

Also see DENVERPOPS reply #11.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

13. +100. nt

[agingdem]

7. Dems now get that "nice" is another four letter word like

shit/fuck/damn...

[DENVERPOPS]

11. During Bill Clinton's run for President

Clinton's people assembled a crack crew every night. And everyone on that crew were professionals in their area of expertise... They looked at the pure crap that was thrown at Bill that day. By the next morning they ran their video/ads they had made during the night, tearing apart whatever was said the day before by the Republicans. Boom, in their faces before the Republican lies could be forgotten......

I don't think Hillary did that during her election, or at least not as effectively.....

Harris-Walz need to assemble a crew to do the same thing.......

[obamanut2012]

14. When they go low and attack us

Kick them. stomp them, don't allow them to stand up again.