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29. Oh Lordy! I've DREAMED about the Dems bonding with George Lakoff!

Tue Jun 21, 2022, 11:26 AM

Jun 2022

What the hell is the matter with them? And WHY don’t they get how MASSIVELY important MESSAGING is?????

Sorry. My dad was a salesman. I grew up with sloganeering and salesmanship. May seem trivial and “eeeuw, shouldn’t we be above such things?” But the answer is “NO!” And not just a simple “no,” but a NO, DAMMIT!!!

Dammit! I ache with frustration about this! I’ve been tearing my hair for years about this! WHEN are the Dems gonna wake up and smell the coffee on this?????? The bad guys are good at it. REALLY good at it. And they’ve been spending their time and money building delivery systems for it also. And while they’ve been busy as bees, building this infrastructure, OUR team has been asleep! And IF they’re awake they’re busy turning their noses up at the whole idea and rolling their eyeballs at how low-brow and pedestrian it is. They just don’t get it!

WHEN will they start getting it?????

But - IS it too late? I don’t think so. But we Dems better jump on this with both feet, right NOW. NOT just think about it or talk about it or consider it. Actually GET IN there and DO it.

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