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WeekiWater

(3,259 posts)
13. Tom Perez
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 09:47 AM
Oct 2018














Don't forget to look over some of their more recent expenditures, some of which have to do with TV and social media.

https://www.opensecrets.org/parties/expend.php?cmte=DNC&cycle=2018

I'm not looking for a win against you and I never feel we are doing enough. Give them a nice donation so they can do more.

this is how it has always been jodymarie aimee Oct 2018 #1
I'm 74, and yes I agree. tRump burned the playbook....he rules the airwaves and keeps on lying Ninga Oct 2018 #2
BULL.. I'm grateful for Taylor Swift's Activism Cha Oct 2018 #3
Perhaps I did not make myself clear. I apologize. My point is that in these inchartered waters Ninga Oct 2018 #4
Agree. Activists are the national party. nt DURHAM D Oct 2018 #8
Thank you! EffieBlack Oct 2018 #34
I couldn't agree more. mtnsnake Oct 2018 #5
My entire point. Why is it enough to to this but not that? Ninga Oct 2018 #6
Hard to say mtnsnake Oct 2018 #41
Because Dems aren't sheep or need to get riled up atvpep rallies EffieBlack Oct 2018 #35
The comparison to Taylor Swift is nonsensical. WeekiWater Oct 2018 #7
Ok, you win. I'm totally wrong. Democrats are doing enough. We don't need a teevee presence. Ninga Oct 2018 #9
Tom Perez WeekiWater Oct 2018 #13
A quote worth repeating. OneBro Oct 2018 #16
No need to get defensive/agressive. You said the party was doing nothing, turns out you were wrong. emulatorloo Oct 2018 #17
Either we need a strong national presence or we don't. i didn't say the party was doing nothing. Ninga Oct 2018 #20
Point to the posters who said we don't need a strong national presence. emulatorloo Oct 2018 #23
Activists ARE the party EffieBlack Oct 2018 #37
Mahalo, WeekiWater! You are the bestest! Cha Oct 2018 #10
No bashing please we can do it Oct 2018 #11
Thank You! Cha Oct 2018 #12
Based on what? EffieBlack Oct 2018 #14
I am an activist. I marched against the Vietnam War. I understand the value of GOTV. I Ninga Oct 2018 #15
People here fundamentally agree with you. It is ok you weren't aware of efforts of the national emulatorloo Oct 2018 #19
I know exactly what the national party is doing. Always have, always will. Ninga Oct 2018 #22
See above emulatorloo Oct 2018 #24
I don't think a "national strategy" works in midterms - and, in fact is counteroroductivr EffieBlack Oct 2018 #25
Respectfully, we have NEVER been through a tRump midterm. We don't know what we don't know, Ninga Oct 2018 #26
Because very few people on the ground who haven't decided what they're going to do EffieBlack Oct 2018 #27
Valid point. I guess we just disagree that there is no place for a coordinated national message. Ninga Oct 2018 #30
A reminder from Tip O'Neill: "All politics is local." brush Oct 2018 #29
I understand your point zipplewrath Oct 2018 #18
I Assume You're Referencing Jacob Soboroff Me. Oct 2018 #21
Problem is, besides you and me who else knows that? It's my entire point. We either Ninga Oct 2018 #28
Bingo. When I saw his face or Log Cabin boy on msnbc, I change channel. Funtatlaguy Oct 2018 #32
Activists are showy; party workers WhiteTara Oct 2018 #31
All this is important, warm and fuzzy...IMO libdem4life Oct 2018 #33
Same as it ever was JCMach1 Oct 2018 #36
Calm down and quit pointing fingers SharonClark Oct 2018 #38
It is not all about what the DNC does. LiberalFighter Oct 2018 #39
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2018 #40
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