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emulatorloo

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16. That's true. But Reps have a leg up w the caBle news MSM. I really don't know what to do about it.

Reply to marylandblue (Reply #12)

Sat Jun 24, 2017, 06:17 PM

Jun 2017

We have to figure out a way around it. Writing letters to the editor is good. But really just a drop in the bucket.

In the past we thought bloggers might help, but we saw in 2016 how susceptible some blogs were to Russia's fake news campaign.

Facebook turned into lie about Democrats central.

DU during primary 2016 was a cesspool of uncritical citations of Fox, Breitbart.com, Washington Times, RT, and so on.

I am terribly frustrated right now. I'm frustrated because I don't know the way out of this mess.

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Beyond opposing Trump, do Democrats have a message? [View all] marylandblue Jun 2017 OP

Beyond opposing Obama, did the Tea Party have a message? sharedvalues Jun 2017 #1

It's almost impossible to have a message under the insanity of a Trump regime. Gravitycollapse Jun 2017 #2

Yes we have a message. This is a continuation of the lie that HRC had no policy positions emulatorloo Jun 2017 #3

There is a dearth of charismatic Democratic leadership right now. Gravitycollapse Jun 2017 #6

Interesting. Can you name the charismatic Republican leadership so I can get emulatorloo Jun 2017 #11

I never said Republicans have charismatic leadership. They're far worse than us. Gravitycollapse Jun 2017 #15

Excellent examples. They are all great at explaining our values. emulatorloo Jun 2017 #17

"This is a continuation of the lie that HRC had no policy positions" NurseJackie Jun 2017 #8

Of course she had positions marylandblue Jun 2017 #10

Her speeches were full of policy. MSM only showed the anti-Trump soundbytes emulatorloo Jun 2017 #13

Policy wonks on this board are convincable loyalsister Jun 2017 #18

LOL! NurseJackie Jun 2017 #14

No, this has been an issue with Democrats for years marylandblue Jun 2017 #19

+1 betsuni Jun 2017 #20

Funny, I always thought we had a message... Wounded Bear Jun 2017 #4

Yep. They don't wanna show policy discussion. They frame everything as a political cat fight. emulatorloo Jun 2017 #5

The message gets garbled because we are not as good at selling it as the Republicans marylandblue Jun 2017 #12

That's true. But Reps have a leg up w the caBle news MSM. I really don't know what to do about it. emulatorloo Jun 2017 #16

Yes. It's the same message we have had since FDR. No one is listening to us. They would rather nikibatts Jun 2017 #7

If people aren't hearing the message, perhaps it's the media's fault? Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2017 #9