I keep bucking for announcing and promoting a vision for the nation and world-- I like "A sustainable and equitable nation and world"-- and then explaining and selling policies as serving the implementation of that vision.
And holding antis accountable in public. Like, "So why don't you want to tax the extreme wealth to fund the expansion of opportunity for the poorest? Oh, so you value incentives for the already-bloated over nutritive scraps for the starving." Like, "`It costs too much' really doesn't mean anything without talking about what's to be bought. $100 is a lot for a gumboil and very little for a functioning automobile. Let's talk about the short- and long-term benefits from the expenditure you oppose."
I'd hire out to argue people into a corner, if the money was right. Hell, I'd do it for free. You want to make a random statement online? Then source your statement or feel my wrath.
I learned from my experiences as an elected official it is often the little things that count, fix a curb, add a streetlight, get a stop sign installed...SO Joe could have released fuel from government stockpiles to moderate gas prices (a little thing) he could have implored Congress to pass the bi-partisan infrastructure bill (a bigger thing - but still small on the grandiose scale of Build Back Better), and there are other little things all of us citizens would find helpful like lowering prescription drug prices....thinking small and taking baby steps can lead to great accomplishments!
See, you, at least, speak from experience, but you're right. I just wrote about this for Hearst, but the fact that my grandparents credited the Democratic party for bringing electricity to their corner of NW Arkansas made them Democrats for life. They were conservative people. I know where they stood on just about every social issue (far, far to the right of me) but they voted Democrat every single time.
I agree with the comment about dividing Dems. We need to present more candidates in important areas that will draw excitement and energy. Terry McCaulif(sp), really? That better not be the best we can do.
I too am tired of Democrats rolling over and accepting defeat. Fight dammit!
Start a TicToc, FB, Instagram, Twitter, Billboard, you-name-it movement to get Dems out to vote. Ideas, direction, fairness, climate change, world view could all be the motivator rather than a politician.
That could be one piece of what needs to be done. People also need enough hope that their lives could be made better. They need to feel seen. Rich makes a good point, too, about listening to concerns and fixing even the small problems.
Also, this is interesting. The pandemic has slowed down voter registration. This is a problem, too: "The United States is exceptional in that registering to vote is the obligation of the citizen and not, as is the case in many other democracies, a government responsibility."
I don't know how to accomplish it, but Democrats, especially those in the spotlight, need to keep the disagreements between "Progressives" and "Moderates" behind closed doors and present a united Party face to the public. And I love Bernie, but it needs to be understood that he is not a Democrat, though he generally votes with them.
I've been blocking like a champion, but it does beg the question of just how much blood can they squeeze from a turnip? And the wording of those texts, the ones that start with "Trump won." Jesus H., that only makes me angry. It doesn't make me reach for my checkbook.
End. The. Filibuster.
#timesawasting
A. Men.
I keep bucking for announcing and promoting a vision for the nation and world-- I like "A sustainable and equitable nation and world"-- and then explaining and selling policies as serving the implementation of that vision.
And holding antis accountable in public. Like, "So why don't you want to tax the extreme wealth to fund the expansion of opportunity for the poorest? Oh, so you value incentives for the already-bloated over nutritive scraps for the starving." Like, "`It costs too much' really doesn't mean anything without talking about what's to be bought. $100 is a lot for a gumboil and very little for a functioning automobile. Let's talk about the short- and long-term benefits from the expenditure you oppose."
I'd hire out to argue people into a corner, if the money was right. Hell, I'd do it for free. You want to make a random statement online? Then source your statement or feel my wrath.
Bother, that should have been gumball, not gumboil. *What* is wrong with your priorities, spellcheck?
Yes, our media world needs more reporters and interviewers like you.
But we knew that.
I learned from my experiences as an elected official it is often the little things that count, fix a curb, add a streetlight, get a stop sign installed...SO Joe could have released fuel from government stockpiles to moderate gas prices (a little thing) he could have implored Congress to pass the bi-partisan infrastructure bill (a bigger thing - but still small on the grandiose scale of Build Back Better), and there are other little things all of us citizens would find helpful like lowering prescription drug prices....thinking small and taking baby steps can lead to great accomplishments!
See, you, at least, speak from experience, but you're right. I just wrote about this for Hearst, but the fact that my grandparents credited the Democratic party for bringing electricity to their corner of NW Arkansas made them Democrats for life. They were conservative people. I know where they stood on just about every social issue (far, far to the right of me) but they voted Democrat every single time.
I agree with the comment about dividing Dems. We need to present more candidates in important areas that will draw excitement and energy. Terry McCaulif(sp), really? That better not be the best we can do.
I too am tired of Democrats rolling over and accepting defeat. Fight dammit!
Start a TicToc, FB, Instagram, Twitter, Billboard, you-name-it movement to get Dems out to vote. Ideas, direction, fairness, climate change, world view could all be the motivator rather than a politician.
There WAS a lot of sitting this one out. People who vote can be motivated by anger or by hope.
Or some of each. This was interesting. According to this, over 23 million people are not even registered to vote. https://www.npr.org/2020/12/15/945031391/poll-despite-record-turnout-80-million-americans-didnt-vote-heres-why
My error. More like 56 million people are not registered to vote.
That is just incredible. So more outreach?
That could be one piece of what needs to be done. People also need enough hope that their lives could be made better. They need to feel seen. Rich makes a good point, too, about listening to concerns and fixing even the small problems.
Also, this is interesting. The pandemic has slowed down voter registration. This is a problem, too: "The United States is exceptional in that registering to vote is the obligation of the citizen and not, as is the case in many other democracies, a government responsibility."
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/voter-registration-has-plummeted-2020
We need more of this: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/automatic-voter-registration-summary
I don't know how to accomplish it, but Democrats, especially those in the spotlight, need to keep the disagreements between "Progressives" and "Moderates" behind closed doors and present a united Party face to the public. And I love Bernie, but it needs to be understood that he is not a Democrat, though he generally votes with them.
Great idea. The press goes down the rabbit hole of the conflicts within the party and that takes away from the ultimate message.
yup! C'mon Dems. Get tough.
I've been blocking like a champion, but it does beg the question of just how much blood can they squeeze from a turnip? And the wording of those texts, the ones that start with "Trump won." Jesus H., that only makes me angry. It doesn't make me reach for my checkbook.