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In reply to the discussion: Other than Katie Porter & a couple others, the Democratic Party STILL doesn't know how to fight back [View all]crimycarny
(1,351 posts)The Gen-Z generation loves a fighter like AOC. I don't necessarily agree with AOC when she attacks other Dems, but the way she attacks the GOP is why the younger generation loves her.
The Dems are not good at messaging, never have been. I don't believe your post means just yelling and ranting (as some are accusing you of calling for) but it does mean getting smarter at fighting back and stop falling all over ourselves just to prove how "good" we are. (See? Look at us! We're the good people! Don't you notice how nice we are being?)
Look at we did to Al Franken. In the rush to show how "pure" we were and how we don't tolerate sexual harassment like those "other guys", we forgot to stop look at the actual accusations. We didn't even give Al Franken a chance for an investigation. We ran him out on a rail just to prove how much better we were than the GOP as the GOP laughed their *sses off watching us shoot ourselves in the foot. And we do it time and time again. It seems we're tougher on our own party than we are on the GOP.
Biden's response to a question from the press as to whether he would the Trump Administration accountable for having broken laws was a perfect example of poor messaging. The correct answer was "Any investigations will be left up to the DOJ. The DOJ works for the American people, not me." STOP. But Joe had to add "but I'd really like to see the nation healed." stirring up the fear that Biden will "let bygones be bygones" fear. NO! These people BROKE THE LAW. Hold them to the same standards that the average citizen is held to. Who wants to vote for a party that won't even hold politicians responsible for blatant crimes, even bordering on treason? Maybe the new DOJ will go after those in the Trump Administration, but that's not the message Joe sent. Thank God he didn't say that before the election. I think a big reason many turned out was they wanted to see TRUMP AND CREW HELD ACCOUNTABLE!!!!! If people had the idea Joe was going to "look forward, not back" and "let bygones be bygones" I guarantee the turn-out for Biden would have been lower. Why bother?
We need to get much much better at messaging.