Put the Russia story on the periphery & tackle our real problems now

[egbertowillies]

It seems I opened up a can of worms in our country's largest Liberal site, DailyKos, for which I am a contributing editor. I am sharing because I think the topic is important. The article generated several articles, some in agreement that we are spending too many resources on Russia and not on working class issues. Others were outright mad at even questioning the issue.

Check out all of the articles written by the passionate authors ab0ve. I am of the belief that crowdsourcing opinions and ideas are important in our movement. It can be difficult to some because the blowback can be vicious and sometimes outright offensive. But we are Democracy and will survive the battle of ideas and opinions.

https://egbertowillies.com/2017/05/21/put-the-russia-story-on-the-periphery-tackle-our-real-problems-now/

[marylandblue]

1. You are correct but you are figjting human nature

which loves gossip and scandal. How do we ignore our emotional brains that love to read about peeing prostitutes and immature meltdowns.in the White Hoise and instead get down to serious stuff like making policy. Maybe you can talk about this in a future blog?

[bettyellen]

2. No thanks- we can do both. Why cover for Trump unless you want him to stay...

[marylandblue]

4. People knew Trump was corrupt

but they voted for him anyway. They don't care if he is corrupt, they just want their own concerns addressed. We need a message other than "Trump sucks."

[bettyellen]

6. Trump is an unprecedented disaster in so many ways- all must be fought.

I'm only seeing the let's ignore Russia crap from people who disliked Hillary. I'm guessing they pushed he RT crap themselves and you know what- they OWN that. "Nothing to see here" isn't going to be sufficient. We need some honesty around this.

[JI7]

9. yup, and it was hillary who was accused of all the shit that is true of trump

but we can't say it about trump ???????? WTFFFf

trump supporters claiming he was some great businessman and deal maker and other shit . all of it crap.

[bettyellen]

10. Yeah I guess since "everyone's corrupt" we can't take a hard look at Trump....

[NightWatcher]

3. Or we blast the shit out of him and ride a wave into office in 2018 & 2020

We drive out as many repukes as we can and we (indirectly) shame those who voted for them so that if we get our internal democratic shit together, we skate to victory.

No mercy. No quarter.

[wasupaloopa]

5. We have no power to work on our issues. We need to regain power first

Getting rid of Trump is the very important as is taking back Congress

[JI7]

7. republicans control the govt. and the presidency because of russia's interference . so NO

we can't tackle problems without addressing the russia issue.

[Exilednight]

8. I can walk and chew bubble gum at the same time.

No need to push one aside when I can handle both.

[marylandblue]

11. Think you are missing the point

Right now we are mostly talking about Trump. It's easy, there is a lot to take about. But if your main message is "Trump sucks," that doesn't autaricallyean everyone is going to shoe up and vote Democratic next time.

[Exilednight]

13. I'm not missing the point. It is possible to multitask.

It's not about having a "main message". It's about having a unified voice.

2008 taught me that the electorate can handle several issues at once, as long as everyone within the party is giving the same response to each issue.

[marylandblue]

14. Sure but is that what we are doing now?

We are speaking with one voice on Trump, but on what other issues have Democrats created a unified positive meesage, and if so, how many ordinary people do you think know what it is?

[Exilednight]

15. To answer your question: the ACA.

We're speaking with a unified voice about the ACA.

Let's be honest, focusing on any other issues is pointless until Democratic leadership gets their act together. The DNC is in disarray, Schumer can't unify Democrats behind anything of substance, and no one is focusing on lower level government.

[dalton99a]

16. Precisely.

[justiceischeap]

12. You know, its bad enough we have to contend w/ gerrymandering and voter suppression

I think Russia is a very big issue that has a little to do with Trump but has major consequences down the road. Meaning, if this happened once, they'll happily do it again. No matter the message, if Russia or any other foreign state sees a positive outcome by tampering with our elections, no message we come up with will matter.