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GulfCoast66

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39. The Socialist thing killed us. It did in Florida in 2018 as well.
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 12:30 AM
Nov 2020

The republicans saw it worked here and almost parlayed it into a win.

And it is a self own.

For the last 2 Democratic Primaries the second most popular candidate was a self described socialist.

You can spin it however you want. But words matter. Adjective Noun. When the noun in your self description is Socialist you are a self described socialist.

I can’t believe democrats are shocked the socialist label worked. A big percentage of the party supported a self described socialist. Why should Americans doubt that lots of democrats are socialist?

When in fact the number of actual socialist in the party could have a meeting in a medium size conference room.

If you don’t want your opponents to label you with something it is best not to claim that yourself. And too many of us did.

That the down and dirty.

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Or we can blame the dirtbag left wellst0nev0ter Nov 2020 #4
From the Politico article wellst0nev0ter Nov 2020 #6
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Messaging isn't the problem StarfishSaver Nov 2020 #14
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+1 Keep Your Eye on the Ball Stallion Nov 2020 #22
Defund the police. KentuckyWoman Nov 2020 #5
Dems allowed themselves to be branded by goops, you mean wellst0nev0ter Nov 2020 #9
Rep Clyburn Me. Nov 2020 #10
This. cwydro Nov 2020 #48
If you have to explain a slogan, it's a bad one Eid Ma Clack Shaw Nov 2020 #49
DEfund the police 100% obamanut2012 Nov 2020 #54
THey Are A Problem Me. Nov 2020 #61
DEfund The Police & Socialism Me. Nov 2020 #7
What ads did Max Rose run? wellst0nev0ter Nov 2020 #12
PLease See Post #30 Me. Nov 2020 #32
Yep wellst0nev0ter Nov 2020 #34
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Defund the police. docgee Nov 2020 #8
Propaganda works wellst0nev0ter Nov 2020 #15
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we're tracking to 221-214, unless we win one or both of the two ultra-tight races left (CA-25, IA-2) Celerity Nov 2020 #36
Did gerrymandering play no part? Six117 Nov 2020 #18
massive part, and we likely failed to flip any statehouses, so the post 2020 Census redistricting Celerity Nov 2020 #40
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The Socialist thing killed us. It did in Florida in 2018 as well. GulfCoast66 Nov 2020 #39
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hmmm. triron Nov 2020 #60
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