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In reply to the discussion: There's going to be an October Surprise [View all]CrispyQ
(36,470 posts)104. Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarians - interesting reading.
https://www.theauthoritarians.org/
It's been a while since I checked out his site. He's done a lot of updating since Trump.
Basically there are authoritarian leaders and authoritarian followers and Limbaugh & his ilk are leaders. The leaders are using the followers to divide the middle/working/lower classes. And our side has been like crickets in the face of almost 40 years of hate radio, which has metastasized into Fox News and right wing hate sites.
And even now, some of the most powerful anti-Trump ads are from The Lincoln Project, a group of disaffected republicans. Where are the equally powerful ads from our side? Not our candidate, but our side? It's like the dems don't believe in marketing. I don't fucking get it.
It's been a while since I checked out his site. He's done a lot of updating since Trump.
Basically there are authoritarian leaders and authoritarian followers and Limbaugh & his ilk are leaders. The leaders are using the followers to divide the middle/working/lower classes. And our side has been like crickets in the face of almost 40 years of hate radio, which has metastasized into Fox News and right wing hate sites.
And even now, some of the most powerful anti-Trump ads are from The Lincoln Project, a group of disaffected republicans. Where are the equally powerful ads from our side? Not our candidate, but our side? It's like the dems don't believe in marketing. I don't fucking get it.
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I'm guessing Rudy will show up with a doctored tape about Ukraine and Biden's son.
Squinch
Jul 2020
#2
Barr has establushed himself as such a partisan hack that anything like that won't work.
SunSeeker
Jul 2020
#51
And once average people realize tRUMP is a fraud that destroys everything, and that he is so stupid.
WyattKansas
Jul 2020
#12
At least Barr has blown his credibility, so anything coming out of the DoJ
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2020
#17
waiting for billionaires is not the answer nor is 'market forces'. they built and
certainot
Jul 2020
#87
N. Korean Peace, China Trade Deal, Vaccine Cure, Tax Cuts & $5,000 for all
bucolic_frolic
Jul 2020
#38
And then there will be the November Surprise. And Sniffles McGolfcart won't like it.
GoneOffShore
Jul 2020
#50
Hard economic times are coming. Trump and McConnell will play throw the dog a bone...
KY_EnviroGuy
Jul 2020
#55