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Andrew Yang: Democrats have become party of "coastal urban elites" [View all] True Dough Nov 2020 OP

What we need to do is get rid of right wing radio dhol82 Nov 2020 #1

THIS! secondwind Nov 2020 #3

Absolutely - We Need the Fairness Doctrine YessirAtsaFact Nov 2020 #7

We need someone who will sink the cash into a liberal radio network Bettie Nov 2020 #33

This. bamagal62 Nov 2020 #61

We did that already. Remember Air America Radio? dhol82 Nov 2020 #82

And that is why we need someone who Bettie Nov 2020 #85

+1000 doubleplusgood Nov 2020 #87

Not sure libs would listen to the extent that repukes do. Doremus Nov 2020 #99

Absolutely correct. Caliman73 Nov 2020 #105

Air America was underfunded and mismanaged doubleplusgood Nov 2020 #86

YES! Honestly, that would make ALL the difference Bettie Nov 2020 #89

The blanket of 1500 hate radio broadcasting 24/7/365 needs to be challenged The Genealogist Nov 2020 #37

1) you can't 2) it wouldn't make any difference. brooklynite Nov 2020 #52

My first reaction is to disagree with his assessment. secondwind Nov 2020 #2

Andrew Yang repeats GOP talking point YessirAtsaFact Nov 2020 #4

I think Yang and Van Jones should get together and run for an elected office still_one Nov 2020 #9

Bernie said the same thing before the election Dem2 Nov 2020 #23

I'm glad Bernie is aligned with the Democratic party in the Senate YessirAtsaFact Nov 2020 #38

The talking point is garbage. octoberlib Nov 2020 #57

As noted in the post below, it's a perception Dem2 Nov 2020 #60

The right wing has been pushing this lie for SharonClark Nov 2020 #62

Instead of insulting working class Dem2 Nov 2020 #66

He did not say it IS that Bettie Nov 2020 #41

Yang, we are in the middle where trump is reaching out to republicans in Congress still_one Nov 2020 #5

This Meowmee Nov 2020 #27

+++ still_one Nov 2020 #42

Yang is talking about white people here, not blacks especially "working class" black and Latinx ... uponit7771 Nov 2020 #6

Unfortunately, there are still too many white Bettie Nov 2020 #44

No he is not. former9thward Nov 2020 #65

That's not an aggregate of polls so far, that's one poll in one region so ... yeah, its white people uponit7771 Nov 2020 #75

Yes, we're starting to lose men across the board. radius777 Nov 2020 #93

Well gamergate was a fair reckoning of sexual harassment in video games. alarimer Nov 2020 #98

This kind of talk is ridiculous. phylny Nov 2020 #8

Why? brooklynite Nov 2020 #54

I reject "coastal elite" because it is a Republican talking point. phylny Nov 2020 #63

So you just don't like the phrasing? brooklynite Nov 2020 #72

No. phylny Nov 2020 #76

And that's Yang's point. brooklynite Nov 2020 #78

Yes, thanks for explaining that to me. With my Master's degree, I would have had phylny Nov 2020 #84

Yang's is making a RW argument radius777 Nov 2020 #95

where the vast majority of Americans actually live bigtree Nov 2020 #10

I disagree. Instead, the Democratic Party is falling short on messaging. yardwork Nov 2020 #11

The Democratic Party is actually overwhelmed by endless propaganda.. ananda Nov 2020 #16

Yes. yardwork Nov 2020 #21

+1 uponit7771 Nov 2020 #50

I believe the fairness doctrine as previously Bettie Nov 2020 #56

Agree. ananda Nov 2020 #92

Agreed. I think people see the Fairness Doctrine as a panacea. Caliman73 Nov 2020 #106

I dunno, I saw alot of room for improvement at the convention LeftInTX Nov 2020 #47

+1 uponit7771 Nov 2020 #48

There bdamomma Nov 2020 #53

I've said it quite a few times on this board that we, democrats as a whole, need to do better Claustrum Nov 2020 #12

Well said. MaryMagdaline Nov 2020 #22

Agreed Dem2 Nov 2020 #26

agree LeftInTX Nov 2020 #59

Right-wing propaganda has been at this about as long as Yang's been alive. TwilightZone Nov 2020 #13

But the propaganda is powerful and pervasive Bettie Nov 2020 #94

But they'll worship a billionaire playboy from Manhattan who lives in a golden penthouse NYC Liberal Nov 2020 #14

This! AleksS Nov 2020 #46

Bullcrap. It's Urban/Rural. Period. Nothing to do with "working class"... blitzen Nov 2020 #15

Winner, chicken dinner Cosmocat Nov 2020 #31

. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2020 #17

Coastal and Urban... orwell Nov 2020 #18

God, this is so tired. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2020 #19

Yet if you ask those same people what the GOP has done for them specifically... llmart Nov 2020 #20

Democrats have become the Party in the White House. Enjoy!! PubliusEnigma Nov 2020 #24

Post removed Post removed Nov 2020 #25

Bernie said the same thing before the election Dem2 Nov 2020 #28

Same epithet applies, I think. AleksS Nov 2020 #51

Democracy is a numbers game. moondust Nov 2020 #29

Georgia is not "elite" by any definition. LMAO. scrabblequeen40 Nov 2020 #30

Dems are the party of densely populated areas radius777 Nov 2020 #32

This is a disadvantage that no "messaging" treestar Nov 2020 #45

There is a rural Democratic caucus in Texas LeftInTX Nov 2020 #68

Good on them treestar Nov 2020 #70

Agree, to at least reduce the margins. radius777 Nov 2020 #71

Yang needs to back off this anti- Semitic nonsense. octoberlib Nov 2020 #34

Says a costal elite ... Cosmocat Nov 2020 #35

I'm sick of this bullshit narrative. What Democrats are you talking to? In It to Win It Nov 2020 #36

It's the GOP narrative. xmas74 Nov 2020 #77

It's the GOP narrative. xmas74 Nov 2020 #79

What? pamdb Nov 2020 #39

Bullcrap ebbie15644 Nov 2020 #40

Yes they are. Its an emotional thing, not a rational one. apnu Nov 2020 #58

I'm tired of people giving them cover, people like Yang ebbie15644 Nov 2020 #83

He made a generalization on his anecdotal experience treestar Nov 2020 #43

Yang's got a point apnu Nov 2020 #49

Agreed Dem2 Nov 2020 #64

I'm old, I use the lexicon of my time (70s and 80s) apnu Nov 2020 #74

This is not the time for this shit Andrew kwolf68 Nov 2020 #55

We need Democrats in every state LeftInTX Nov 2020 #73

So True Aepps22 Nov 2020 #80

This isn't the issue. Rizen Nov 2020 #67

It is and has always been about one thing: racism Blasphemer Nov 2020 #69

Damn...took himself off the Secretary of the Treasury list, did he? nt Baltimike Nov 2020 #81

Yang has a right to his opinion Trumpocalypse Nov 2020 #88

And republicans represent the brain-dead, hateful segment of the central states. Paladin Nov 2020 #90

Says a coastal urban elite. When is Yang's sell by date again? JCMach1 Nov 2020 #91

FWIW: Minnesota's DFL--Democratic, Farmer, Labor party Hassler Nov 2020 #96

Oh, so Detroit and Milwaukee are coastal now? alarimer Nov 2020 #97

Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Turin_C3PO Nov 2020 #100

Looks like Pennsylvania too. panader0 Nov 2020 #107

We won GEORGIA and ARIZONA, you pudwhacker Withywindle Nov 2020 #101

I hate that term elites Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2020 #102

UGH mindfulNJ Nov 2020 #103

Nope. The Democratic Party has BEEN PAINTED as the party of coastal elites. Caliman73 Nov 2020 #104