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Scuba

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10. Recommended reading: Drew Westen's "The Political Brain". Shows how Democrats have ...

Reply to leftstreet (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 29, 2013, 07:47 AM

Jun 2013

... blown election after election by allowing the R's to control the narrative. Bottom line: failure to call out the R's bad behaviors in debates, in ads, etc. has been costing our side elections. And these failures have been so consistent one could easily assume it's intentional.

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When Will It Be Time To Get Nasty With The GOP? They Go Deeper Into Hate And Sadism Every Day. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Jun 2013 OP

That time was sometime ago! LongTomH Jun 2013 #1

Why have the Democrats given them so much power? leftstreet Jun 2013 #2

Recommended reading: Drew Westen's "The Political Brain". Shows how Democrats have ... Scuba Jun 2013 #10

Who could lead the charge? DURHAM D Jun 2013 #3

party leadership prefers you be bipartisan and value repub ideals as equal to your own thanks nt msongs Jun 2013 #4

How Do You Talk To Someone Who Is Intent On Beating You No Matter What You Do? TheMastersNemesis Jun 2013 #5

You don't. Hou talk to the voters, and tell them the truth, then offer them ... Scuba Jun 2013 #11

Not only are they heartless and cruel, they are immoral. n/t DearAbby Jun 2013 #6

We Are Dealing With A Monster Of A Party TheMastersNemesis Jun 2013 #7

For the GOP, it is sport. Eleanors38 Jun 2013 #8

The GOP is nothing but a fundie religious cabal. longship Jun 2013 #9

The only way to deal with rude assholes is to step on their toes until THEY apologize. hobbit709 Jun 2013 #12

Ya missed the boat in 81 that was the time to really fight back YeahSureRight Jun 2013 #13