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busterbrown

(8,515 posts)
Wed Mar 19, 2014, 08:24 PM Mar 2014

I have a friend, Comedian in L.A. and his political views sum up our

problems in the next election cycles... Even though he has a good heart and knows right from wrong he conflates Republican politicians with Democratic politicians...”They all stink”...

And this is a huge problem....Right wing News Media has a simple message.. Obama and his Liberal
supporters are letting millions of immigrants across our borders and a are giving away tons of money to lazy people, just to obtain their votes..Destroying the Constitution..

Our message is much more complex emphasizing empathy and compassion for the disadvantaged and explanations of how Corporations and Banks are taking huge advantage of our govt’s deregulation policies over the past 20 years.... driving to ruins, millions of middle class Americans.

Our message complex... Their Message simple..

We must come up with better ways to simplify our message..
We also need to find better messengers...ones who don’t fumble, speak clearly and concisely and don’t ramble....A Symposium on how to respond and fight the Gish Gallop..

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Gish%20Gallop

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I have a friend, Comedian in L.A. and his political views sum up our (Original Post) busterbrown Mar 2014 OP
Recommended reading: Drew Westen's "The Political Brain". I think you'll appreciate it very much. Scuba Mar 2014 #1
"They stole our money, and we want it back." nt rrneck Mar 2014 #2
Three words should scare the shit out of everybody: President Rand Paul Initech Mar 2014 #3

Initech

(100,040 posts)
3. Three words should scare the shit out of everybody: President Rand Paul
Wed Mar 19, 2014, 09:21 PM
Mar 2014

You want a president who will do more damage to the economy than Bush or Reagan? You want a president who will take workers rights back to the stone ages? You want a president who will allow publicly traded companies to literally get away with murder? You want a president who will declare another trillion dollar stalemate against Iran and Russia? Vote Rand.

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