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JoeyT

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24. And that's one of the reasons why our party sucks ass at GOTV.

Sun Mar 16, 2014, 12:11 PM

Mar 2014

Because we have personality cults that scream bloody murder every time anyone disagrees with or criticizes whoever the focus is.

That kind of thing will fly for authoritarian Republicans, but once you start that Dear Leader shit a large segment of the left and the middle is going to pull away from you.

I've phonebanked for Dems, and I have to wonder how the "Brook no criticism" crowd handles people that are undecided. If they handle it the way they usually do, they tell the person on the other end of the line to get fucked because they never loved Him anyway and hang up on them.

"We want your votes and your money and then you can shut the fuck up." isn't a particularly motivating sentiment. Especially when it comes from the top down.

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