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LittleBlue

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55. Nail on head

Reply to Fumesucker (Reply #11)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 12:23 AM

Jul 2013

Agree completely.

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Why Liberals Lose [View all] Phillyindy Jul 2013 OP

The GOP gets votes in the face of unmitigated unreason through fear lebkuchen Jul 2013 #1

we need somone who is good at politics. Obama and Clinton are very good politicians. liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #2

True...but lets face it... Phillyindy Jul 2013 #4

It won't be Obama. He has already proven that, but that doesn't mean there won't be other liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #6

Love your optimism but... Phillyindy Jul 2013 #10

The answer, in part, is that choices are reduced and we, as ordinary Americans, cannot pay AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #3

Occupy had a shot... Phillyindy Jul 2013 #5

I don't get that. How was Occupy any different than the hippies in the sixties? liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #9

Hippies in the 60's... Phillyindy Jul 2013 #12

They didn't blow anything. They are an organic, grass roots protest movement that opposes the liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #32

C'mon... Phillyindy Jul 2013 #35

If they had done what the Tea Party had done it would have defeated the whole purpose of the liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #38

Think we're talking past each other Phillyindy Jul 2013 #40

"while the Democrat party, driven by liberals, has worked tirelessly for the working man" Agony Jul 2013 #7

that line has to be a joke, right? hfojvt Jul 2013 #56

Nailed it Mnpaul Jul 2013 #64

They appeal to the one issue voters by catering to their fears. hobbit709 Jul 2013 #8

To a big extent it's because Democrats don't draw stark enough distinctions Fumesucker Jul 2013 #11

Totally agree, and I think Phillyindy Jul 2013 #13

It's obvious... Phillyindy Jul 2013 #14

More than a few elected Democrats have bought.. or been bought.. into the Republican talking points Fumesucker Jul 2013 #16

Yep, left has zero power anymore Phillyindy Jul 2013 #18

well this abused wife has had enough. I'm gone. liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #20

? Abused wife? Phillyindy Jul 2013 #23

I'm tired of the verbal abuse liberals have to put up by other democrats, but more so I am tired of liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #30

I hear you, Elizabeth Warren! Phillyindy Jul 2013 #36

Nail on head LittleBlue Jul 2013 #55

"Democrat party?" gulliver Jul 2013 #15

*sigh Phillyindy Jul 2013 #17

Not sure if you are aware... gulliver Jul 2013 #19

Oh... Phillyindy Jul 2013 #21

It's actually more the norm for the more dirtball... gulliver Jul 2013 #29

... because they are afraid to be Liberal, and so run, act and functionally are republicans panzerfaust Jul 2013 #22

Great post Phillyindy Jul 2013 #25

If the answer you keep getting doesn't make sense... Bunnahabhain Jul 2013 #24

I have.. Phillyindy Jul 2013 #26

If I had enlightenment Bunnahabhain Jul 2013 #28

Republicans have a good propaganda machine Rosa Luxemburg Jul 2013 #27

Despite your talking points, I think the problem is with older Americans. reformist2 Jul 2013 #31

No, the youth just don't vote Phillyindy Jul 2013 #39

Because liberals have this weird aversion to propaganda Scootaloo Jul 2013 #33

My reply Phillyindy Jul 2013 #48

Republicans win because America isn't the America we think it is. Drunken Irishman Jul 2013 #34

Yes that is when we went from the vision of a "great society" to the "greed is good" Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #52

Lies are also available at your fingertips 24/7. Beartracks Jul 2013 #37

funding grassroots organizations and policy shops would be a good start nashville_brook Jul 2013 #41

It is that 25% who are voting Republican. Curmudgeoness Jul 2013 #42

25% is about the percentage of the population that votes for the GOP. JoeyT Jul 2013 #43

All Politics is Local. And, Better the Devil You Know. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2013 #44

By obliterating their propaganda outlets Doctor_J Jul 2013 #45

So true, I remember... Phillyindy Jul 2013 #49

"the Democrat party, driven by liberals, has worked tirelessly for the working man, et al" YoungDemCA Jul 2013 #46

That's a shame...I recommend... Phillyindy Jul 2013 #50

Simple, it's a lot easier to rile up people who are afraid of losing something... WCGreen Jul 2013 #47

I don't know. The left has made actual policy blunders in the past we're still suffering from Recursion Jul 2013 #51

How, by facing reality... brooklynite Jul 2013 #53

Actually it is 3 groups, Demcratic voters, Republican voters and half the country who Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #58

Actually liberals win and have been for a while. wickerwoman Jul 2013 #54

Outside of social issues... Phillyindy Jul 2013 #61

So in 2008, wickerwoman Jul 2013 #66

Ok so... Phillyindy Jul 2013 #67

I am guessing you were napping during the election s of Doctor_J Aug 2013 #68

This post seems odd to me, the whole 'rail and rage at the stupid electorate while Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #57

Ummm... Phillyindy Jul 2013 #62

A lot of our candidates are fucking terrible Sen. Walter Sobchak Jul 2013 #59

Because some people think you should only have what you earn mathematic Jul 2013 #60

Because the population in general rrneck Jul 2013 #63

Another factor Arugula Latte Jul 2013 #65

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2013 #69