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matt819

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28. This was the most sensible tweet in the linked article
Fri Dec 13, 2019, 03:13 PM
Dec 2019

Since it's from The Rude Pundit, sensible may not be the best word, but he is 100% right.


Democrats have to go full court press, balls to the wall on messaging around removing Trump from office. They can't rely on Americans actually understanding any of this. Ads, town halls, fuckin' billboards. All of it. Treat it like a campaign.

— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) December 13, 2019

If Tom Steyer and Michael Bloomberg want to do some good, take a few hundred million and create campaigns to get this out to Republicans wherever they are. In simple, direct language. No mocking (leave that to the Rude Pundit and others). Full page ads in republican area newspapers and magazines along with the nationals. Hell, expand this internationally so that overseas voters are encouraged to contact their legislators. Billboards, advertising, banner ads, websites, social media. Start using FB advertising the way Russians and Republicans use FB advertising. Non-stop. Then every Democrat needs to hold town halls in areas where they have republican constituents. (Can a legislator hold a town hall in a district that is not their own?) And this needs to be done now. As in beginning this weekend and continuing as long as it takes.

One more thing. Non-stop fact checking and immediate responses in all social media to trump's lies. As fast as he can tweet, rebuttals and fact-checking go up and go viral. How's this? Daily ads in the NYT and the other majors rebutting every single one of trump's lies from the day before. Ad in the same place in every paper. If possible, get the same ads in RW papers.

This is where billionaires can do good right now.

Also, Bezos should buy Fox News, but that might take a little while longer.

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I'm your huckleberry. Mme. Defarge Dec 2019 #1
He has not yet begun to defile himself . . . hatrack Dec 2019 #22
I think he's begun to soil MontanaMama Dec 2019 #26
He could never be mistaken for an educated man. Mme. Defarge Dec 2019 #30
So, is he going to do something, or just stand there and bleed? hatrack Dec 2019 #32
His hypocrisy know no bounds Mme. Defarge Dec 2019 #35
Caption for both malaise Dec 2019 #2
And all that illegal Russian cash that was laundered through the RNC during the 2016 election. fleur-de-lisa Dec 2019 #5
and the NRA... stillcool Dec 2019 #10
And, God, please don't let them find the Russian Ca$h I got from the NRA in 2016 Captain Zero Dec 2019 #21
"They're trying to take away my sugar daddy!" Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2019 #25
They has a big sad 'cause they got caught bein' bad. abqtommy Dec 2019 #3
The faces on the GOP members for the two rounds of "Nay" votes blogslut Dec 2019 #4
Yeah, I missed yesterday's 14 hours of smirking and showboating Miles Archer Dec 2019 #6
Last time he had that face, he found out he was being sued for turning his back on sex misconduct. TheBlackAdder Dec 2019 #7
Are those cases moving forward? We need depositions. dem4decades Dec 2019 #8
He looks like he has aged 10 years, since this process began. dewsgirl Dec 2019 #9
He does. Between the stress 2naSalit Dec 2019 #11
I agree 100 percent. dewsgirl Dec 2019 #15
Gym Jerkin looks gray, very very ill. lagomorph777 Dec 2019 #17
He really does look like shit. dewsgirl Dec 2019 #18
Those are the faces I want to see lunatica Dec 2019 #12
"rage filled spittle spewing rants" Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2019 #27
If you want to compile such images lunatica Dec 2019 #31
I can imagine it, I just can't create it Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2019 #33
Someone kind of came up with a similar idea lunatica Dec 2019 #34
thanks for the link! Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2019 #36
Did they cry next? greatauntoftriplets Dec 2019 #13
He looks like a Neanderthal but not quite as intelligent. Pepsidog Dec 2019 #14
fuck m'em they cam all rot in hell gopiscrap Dec 2019 #16
They did their job. Now they are all tuckered out. progressoid Dec 2019 #19
to appease DENVERPOPS Dec 2019 #24
His momma needs to.. Ahpook Dec 2019 #20
His momma gonna lose her social security too Captain Zero Dec 2019 #23
This was the most sensible tweet in the linked article matt819 Dec 2019 #28
Yes, there's no room for autopilot or passivity. Miles Archer Dec 2019 #29
Can't Gym just look the other way like he does in the locker room? Blue Owl Dec 2019 #37
Trump Era coming to a close. oasis Dec 2019 #38
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