Enough of this bullsh*t

[ashling]

[Adam051188]

1. funny

it shows a piece of paper and a box. not a computer. hilarious.

[wildbilln864]

2. abso freakin lutely! n/t

[William769]

3. Well you have to take into account that want us to fail & they won't vote

Will be like cutting off their nose to spite their face.

[Rod Beauvex]

4. Here's what I don't get.

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One can yak all day about how we all need to get out to vote, but if you even so much hint at the idea of mandatory voting, people go full potato idiot.

Why?

[I edited this this time. Pleases note I did not insult actual mentally undeveloped people. Don't be hypersensitive.]

[Sarah Ibarruri]

22. Two reasons: 1) Republican propaganda by GOPers posing as Democrats; 2) Naderites nt

[hrmjustin]

5. Thank you!

I am sick of the pessimism.

[blue neen]

6. Thank you.

[TreasonousBastard]

7. I am going to vote...

I spent the weekend collecting petitions for this year's congressional election and will do it again later this year for local elections

I might be an election inspector this year again

I always hear about "principled nonvoting" or whatever bullshit they call it but the truth is that there is no proper excuse for not voting and anyone who claims there is is a lazy, whiny little piece of shit who should never, ever, open his or her yap complaining

[3catwoman3]

14. "...there is no proper excuse for not voting and anyone who claims there is is a lazy, whiny little

...piece of shit...."

Thanks for the late night giggle. I admire your efficient and unambiguous word usage.

[sheshe2]

8. Vote!

[ErikJ]

9. Only if the Dems can motivate them thru social media

with their messages to get out and vote.

[elzenmahn]

10. The key is turnout....

....the higher the turnout, the better the odds for the Dems. It's been proven in election after election, and these midterms are just as important as the presidentials.

Vote, then pressure them. Get involved.

[marble falls]

11. K&R!

[Whisp]

12. something has to be done about all the trashing of democrats here on DU

the people that are consistently doing this, some over years, are probably also doing it with their friends and co-workers and anyone they know - not only here on DU.

[freshwest]

17. Yes, what is said online is echoed offline. Agreed, their words won't change. n/t

[zeemike]

13. You are preaching to the choir

My guess that most people here will vote...but we are not enough to make a difference.

The ones that need to vote are the ones who are not political junkies who voted last time for change and the only change they saw was things getting worse...they are the ones that will likely say fuck it, they are all the same.
You will have to convince them that the candidates on their ballot are for change, and mean it, to motivate them to go to the polls...and you will not do it by telling them things are better now when they know full well they are not...trying to bullshit them will not work.

Get the people running for office to come out with positive populous proposals that benefit them and they will go to the polls...but being defensive will make them turn away once again.

[AtheistCrusader]

15. I have misgivings about our enthusiasm levels but

I'm sure as fuck going to vote, and encourage everyone I know to get off their happy asses and vote, too.

Mid term doldrums.

People do need to be reminded of the wins we have under our belt so far, even if we have a couple black eyes too.

[freshwest]

16. Thank you! Remember this thread when we were being spooked in 2012?

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ELECTION SPOILER: Obama wins in a LANDSLIDE

All this handwringing & worrywart crap.

It means nothing to me.

All the 'this poll says this' & 'this poll says that'.

It means nothing to me...

How can I be so sure?

Well, just LOOK at these fools.

...Who they got?

...What? Hahahahahaha!

...I knew more & more as each day went on that we were looking at the end of the Republican Party on the National Stage. The Southern Strategy DIES in this election. They hold a strong bitter Plurality but no longer a Majority.

Appealing to the Bigots for the benefit of the Selfish Rich will no longer work on Presidential elections after this. Once the Republicans lose the National Stage they will eventually lose the Regional Stages. Either the Republican Party TRIPLES down for 2016 with the same strategy & lose even harder.

Or the Republican Party goes searching for another reliable voting block to pad the Elite (AKA Few) Greedy Rich's numbers for future elections. That takes time & they lose in the short term in search of this new base. If they don't find one in time, they lose permanently.

...Damn the polls. Damn the crying & carrying on...


Edited from the 2012 Original by John Lucas

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251130631

There are current GOP equivalents running against us just as we had the insane clown posse of 2012. F.U.D. didn't phase John then and it shouldn't phase any of us now. The media mileau was just as bad then. And the prognasticators of doom were just as active, too.

So, that's how I'm going to look at this thing. No more mealy mouthed whining is gonna get in our way. DU was in a meltdown finding everything wrong and had bought into the GOP mantra of inevitability with their big money.

If we believe in people and not money, we will win. They are paper tigers, knock 'em down. We can't give up before the votes are taken. That's be a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[PBass]

18. I don't watch TV... are the negative ads about Obamacare being countered with positive ones?

The election is being won (or lost) right now, long before November. I listen to Right Wing Hate Radio sometimes, just to see what kind of stuff they're talking about, and I always wonder if anybody in the media is offering an opposing viewpoint to all the negativity. We know the Koch Bros. anti-Obamcare ads are bullshit, but is anybody running commercials to say so?

[pragmatic_dem]

19. yes, because nothing gets out the Democratic vote like 3rd way investment bankers

if Democratic Party wants liberals to vote, they need to appeal to liberals. Instead, they are spending all their energy trying to appeal to wealthier independent conservatives financing wealthy candidates who would otherwise vote and run as Republicans.

I'm betting they don't debate politics on a site like this.

The Democratic Party could use some populism right now, but instead they are just staying the conservative course.

Income disparity is record high, poverty record high, real unemployment is high, youth unemployment record high, tax breaks for off shoring jobs still intact, H1Bs flooding labor markets, and spying/drones/wiretapping disasters are on people's mind.

And for people who do not qualify for ACA discounts, health costs continue to spiral upward.

So, it's going to take more than threats of Sarah Palin to get people enthusiastic.

[Enthusiast]

20. K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations!

[liberalla]

21. Agree 100%! . . . . K&R

I'm sick of all the negative bullcrap...

Don't buy into it!