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Bettie

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85. And that is why we need someone who

Fri Nov 6, 2020, 09:51 AM

Nov 2020

will shovel money at it forever. Right wing radio didn't make money at first either.

It isn't even really profitable now, but the voices are out there because super rich people want them there.

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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