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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]I_UndergroundPanther
(12,952 posts)276. Agree with you 100 percent.
Tell the fucking truth about what republicans are and what they do to the people
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Other than Katie Porter & a couple others, the Democratic Party STILL doesn't know how to fight back [View all]
mtnsnake
Dec 2020
OP
I don't want to sit back and watch them do nothing like you obviously prefer to do.
mtnsnake
Dec 2020
#4
Not sure how you can read wnylib's post and assume anything went over their head
StarfishSaver
Dec 2020
#258
People are going to have to get more involved and invested in society if change is happening.
betsuni
Dec 2020
#219
Apparently if you don't demand that Dems "scream bloody murder on TV every day"
ehrnst
Dec 2020
#310
I agree. It just doesn't work that way. Democratic voters aren't like Republican voters who don't
betsuni
Dec 2020
#250
I've never understood why some Democrats think the only way to beat Republicans
StarfishSaver
Dec 2020
#259
I find the "Democrats need to scream louder" to be the most immature form of political engagenent
StarfishSaver
Dec 2020
#266
There is nothing more immature than posting the same exact thing a dozen times in 1 thread
mtnsnake
Dec 2020
#270
It's certainly working well for MAGA crowd - Maybe we need to get flags and trucks?
sweetloukillbot
Dec 2020
#309
Sorry, wnylib, with umpteen posts in the trhead I didnt see your post until just a while ago
mtnsnake
Dec 2020
#217
You can tell the people who aren't really interested in progress but just want to complain
StarfishSaver
Dec 2020
#330
Agreed. Asking our folks to fight harder is NOT blaming them but coaching them
samsingh
Dec 2020
#149
So what are you looking for? Have you ever been involved in legislation or negotiations....
George II
Dec 2020
#193
The Dems being seen as weak allows people to think that both parties don't represent the people
DSandra
Dec 2020
#39
The Democrat That Said Trump Should Be Arrested On Jan 20 As He Leaves The White House?
DanieRains
Dec 2020
#132
If anyone surrendered before a fight began in any other setting, it's be seen as betrayal
DSandra
Dec 2020
#166
Actions must be bold. Language must be bold. When bullies bluster and threaten, get in their face.
Magoo48
Dec 2020
#154
Like the stern letter about the coronavirus stimulus plan signed by Bernie Sanders and five other
betsuni
Dec 2020
#141
I agree. We need better communicators. Porter puts the message in "kitchen table" terms
Raven123
Dec 2020
#3
I'm sure that Mitch McConnell will vote to impeach him if we yell louder
sweetloukillbot
Dec 2020
#19
Yes, Mitch and the Trump humpers TOTALLY respond to yelling on the part of Democratic leaders.
ehrnst
Dec 2020
#304
Do you honestly think the "Trump is undermining democracy" meme hasn't gotten us anywhere?
mtnsnake
Dec 2020
#22
How exactly do you think Democrats going on tv and screaming bloody murder is going to change their
StarfishSaver
Dec 2020
#24
Nice dodge. But since you seem to be an expert on screaming bloody murder
StarfishSaver
Dec 2020
#47
+1000. When one can't articulate what is demanding, then the likelihood of getting that demand
ehrnst
Dec 2020
#293
This is a valid and constructive critique of the party's strategy that in no way violates DU rules.
Towlie
Dec 2020
#9
Well, J try and stay on topic. There are plenty of other Republican bashing threads.
LiberalLovinLug
Dec 2020
#277
Democrats had a 60 vote filibuster-proof majority in the senate for all of four months and ten days
betsuni
Dec 2020
#279
About the topic of public support for M4A, since you brought it into the discussion...
ehrnst
Dec 2020
#301
What many advocates of the as-yet incomplete "M4A" (there still are huge funding gaps!) do is...
George II
Dec 2020
#311
Those attacks began even before Obama was sworn in. He was being bashed for some of his...
George II
Dec 2020
#300
I don't feel like a piece of software.I feel like a DU member who said I'd be willing to be on Jury
Hekate
Dec 2020
#111
Groupthink is not good as well, it doesn't allow for justified critiques and is ultimately harmful
DSandra
Dec 2020
#26
Once more, with feeling: Hillary lost the Electoral College in a game of peeling off fringes...
Hekate
Dec 2020
#95
The fact is, Clinton lost.......in 2016. Now in 2020 Biden won. But people are still complaining....
George II
Dec 2020
#241
Wrong, Symph. The GOP did not attack their wingnuts & were themselves absorbed by wingnuts...
Hekate
Dec 2020
#40
True. I keep an eye on her. She's slammin' Republicans, Rubio the 2024 contender especially.
ancianita
Dec 2020
#327
And yet no one has anything bad to say about her until she bashes Democrats and the party.
MrsCoffee
Dec 2020
#100
She may get more criticism than she deserves. She also gets more praise and credit than she's earned
StarfishSaver
Dec 2020
#165
The only thing that works is get the most votes/representatives. Screaming bloody murder...
brush
Dec 2020
#17
The base of the democratic party is the opposite of the base of the Republican Party
JI7
Dec 2020
#45
I'm as Democrat in demographic profile as one can get, and I want Democrats to fight harder
DSandra
Dec 2020
#182
This kind of demand is really about satisfying the desire for red meat among the already converted
StarfishSaver
Dec 2020
#44
Are we so helpless that we can't go after THEM? What about what they're doing to Hunter Biden?
mtnsnake
Dec 2020
#48
You keep insisting that this is only about yelling and screaming when it is anything but that.
mtnsnake
Dec 2020
#62
Yes, you proposed "taking action" yet somehow keep forgetting to share what that action is
StarfishSaver
Dec 2020
#74
Why is it that you want to see the GOP continue walking all over us with no response?
mtnsnake
Dec 2020
#83
"Claiming that "words have power" is not a defense to that kind of empty posturing"
LiberalLovinLug
Dec 2020
#128
So, in other words you don't like what Schumer, et. al., are doing but you can't say how....
George II
Dec 2020
#234
whatever....just read it. In other words nothing specific - just what another poster spoke about.
George II
Dec 2020
#239
"There's nothng about taking action in my OP"?? Really? It's right there in the first sentence
mtnsnake
Dec 2020
#67
Yup, The reason she is good is because she understands the issue and doesn't just repeat talking poi
JI7
Dec 2020
#58
I love how some folks are trying to make like my post is only about screaming and yelling
mtnsnake
Dec 2020
#66
Constructive criticism isn't screaming, yelling, bashing or trashing, so thank you for this.
democrank
Dec 2020
#121
No. "Nancy Pelosi didn't 'turn down' a great deal and then accept a much worse deal. There wasn't
betsuni
Dec 2020
#200
You're 100% right. It's time for a new generation of leadership who understands:
Maven
Dec 2020
#123
I agree. Our timidity - and 'taking high road bullshit - is risking our Democracy
samsingh
Dec 2020
#144
I remember how folks DEMANDED Pelosi impeach Trump and called her a weak coward
StarfishSaver
Dec 2020
#202
Oh my! Can't believe the blind loyalty crowd hasn't zapped this. Kudos
Laura PourMeADrink
Dec 2020
#174
Please go easy with such divisive and specious bellyaching like this. WE need to GOTV better and
Prof.Higgins
Dec 2020
#175
What are the problems, again, with our messaging? Please at least begin a list.
ancianita
Dec 2020
#187
Okay. Well. See, I thought I was summarizing what you said, so here's an example of
ancianita
Dec 2020
#321
Sure, keep bashing EVERY Democrat except for "a couple of others", i.e. all but 3.....
George II
Dec 2020
#188
"the ones that make the least noise are the ones that are actually accomplishing things"
betsuni
Dec 2020
#206
That's why it would be interesting to know of whom the OP is speaking, so we CAN....
George II
Dec 2020
#209