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The midterms need to be a bloodbath! (Original Post) Brainstormy Dec 2017 OP
Yeah I think "they go low we go high" might not be the best course of action now. Willie Pep Dec 2017 #1
That was bullshit! Alpeduez21 Dec 2017 #10
When Democrats consider being collegial with their opponents... Salviati Dec 2017 #16
Its time to cut their balls off. Come on people these crooks are destroying our country. Pepsidog Dec 2017 #18
We need to attack the root cause of this when we do take it all back. Dustlawyer Dec 2017 #2
Bingo! Brainstormy Dec 2017 #3
We start by demanding our Party start to support this! Dustlawyer Dec 2017 #4
2018 is the last stand Cosmocat Dec 2017 #5
Yes, it is. roamer65 Dec 2017 #6
I agree! n/t Brainstormy Dec 2017 #23
What is the best way to get people to the polls?? kentuck Dec 2017 #7
We need to educate people on exactly what this bill will mean for them. smirkymonkey Dec 2017 #8
Agree! Mountain Mule Dec 2017 #14
Individual action taken with people each of us knows. MineralMan Dec 2017 #9
It just takes people voting. Figure that mystery out and it will be a bloodbath. ffr Dec 2017 #11
Oh it will be bloodbath for sure workinclasszero Dec 2017 #12
The Dems have been playing way too nice lately! ananda Dec 2017 #13
Big talk from us at the cutting edge. Mainstream Dems will go right on being wimps. Binkie The Clown Dec 2017 #15
Ds need to start "breaking" Republicans who will run right now. They ALL have dirt, expose it now & Sunlei Dec 2017 #17
dirt only works on dems because those radio stations stay silent when it's republicans certainot Dec 2017 #21
Needs to be on national free main network TV to reach 'the people'. Up to D party to expose & Sunlei Dec 2017 #22
it's going to be the same crap if democrats continue the biggest political mistake in history certainot Dec 2017 #19
If the Rigged Voting Machines Aren't Fixed, the Republican Minority Will Win Again dlk Dec 2017 #20

Willie Pep

(841 posts)
1. Yeah I think "they go low we go high" might not be the best course of action now.
Sat Dec 2, 2017, 10:11 AM
Dec 2017

Democrats need to be explicit about how this bill will hurt people and that Social Security and Medicare will be next on the chopping block.

Salviati

(6,008 posts)
16. When Democrats consider being collegial with their opponents...
Sat Dec 2, 2017, 12:35 PM
Dec 2017

they need to remember how they were treated when this horrible pile of shit got rammed through the Senate.

Dustlawyer

(10,495 posts)
2. We need to attack the root cause of this when we do take it all back.
Sat Dec 2, 2017, 10:24 AM
Dec 2017

We need to completely change campaign finance and eliminate the Revolving Door!

Big Donors bought this tax bill by buying our politicians, plain and simple!

Brainstormy

(2,380 posts)
3. Bingo!
Sat Dec 2, 2017, 10:35 AM
Dec 2017

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I don't know how we pull this off but I sincerely think the next six years contain the LAST window of opportunity this country will get for hell, maybe a century. We're in deep, deep trouble.

Dustlawyer

(10,495 posts)
4. We start by demanding our Party start to support this!
Sat Dec 2, 2017, 10:58 AM
Dec 2017

We march now like they have never seen before to bring attention to what just happened and what needs to be done about it!

We have been kept so busy fighting the symptoms of this, the horrible policies such as killing the ACA and their draconian Health Care bills, immigration, education, climate change... that we have not addressed the ultimate driver of these policies, THE MONEY!!!

We rank our candidates by how much in political bribes (campaign donations) they have taken. We allow legalized bribery of our politicians, it is built into the system, it is the system!

I would like to see in either late Winter or early Spring a march of epic proportions with the sole issue being complete campaign finance reform with this tax bill and the attempted Republican Health Care bills as the examples of the danger. Their Health Care bills had like 12% approval from Americans and yet they still pushed it, why?

The MSM will not talk about it because they are the beneficiaries of all of that campaign cash. This needs to be addressed too!

Cosmocat

(14,565 posts)
5. 2018 is the last stand
Sat Dec 2, 2017, 11:04 AM
Dec 2017

been posting this since the day over the 2017 election.

This country needs to WTF up in a BIG way and hold the R party accountable, and not turn around give them even more power after a four year TO like they did from 2006 and 2010.

There HAS to come a time when this country stops indulging right wing fuck wittery.

kentuck

(111,098 posts)
7. What is the best way to get people to the polls??
Sat Dec 2, 2017, 11:14 AM
Dec 2017

In my opinion, we need to constantly beat into their brains the importance of voting. In the end, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
8. We need to educate people on exactly what this bill will mean for them.
Sat Dec 2, 2017, 11:18 AM
Dec 2017

Most of them listen to Trump and Fox and think they are going to get a huge windfall. We need to get the message out to EVERYONE about what this bill really means for THEM and how it will affect their lives.

Mountain Mule

(1,002 posts)
14. Agree!
Sat Dec 2, 2017, 12:25 PM
Dec 2017

I live in a conservative enclave, but I've started talking politics (in a polite way) with my neighbors. Many are actually fed up with Twitler which gives me some hope.

ffr

(22,670 posts)
11. It just takes people voting. Figure that mystery out and it will be a bloodbath.
Sat Dec 2, 2017, 12:13 PM
Dec 2017

Registered Dems often outnumber repugs.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
12. Oh it will be bloodbath for sure
Sat Dec 2, 2017, 12:20 PM
Dec 2017

Either the USA or the republicans.

Whose blood will be shed is the question.

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
15. Big talk from us at the cutting edge. Mainstream Dems will go right on being wimps.
Sat Dec 2, 2017, 12:27 PM
Dec 2017

Always have, always will be. And that pisses me off just as much as the Repubs. If it's a bloodbath it will be Dem blood and the Repubs will be holding the axe.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
17. Ds need to start "breaking" Republicans who will run right now. They ALL have dirt, expose it now &
Sat Dec 2, 2017, 12:45 PM
Dec 2017

force them to resign over their personal dirt.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
21. dirt only works on dems because those radio stations stay silent when it's republicans
Sat Dec 2, 2017, 01:08 PM
Dec 2017

they only scream when it's a dem or dem related, and it can even just be a rumor or lie.

1500 radio stations have been making excuses for trump for months, and now roy moore, for instance, while still trying to blame the clintons and obama.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
22. Needs to be on national free main network TV to reach 'the people'. Up to D party to expose &
Sat Dec 2, 2017, 01:14 PM
Dec 2017

send out the damn press releases AND our elected/running for office Ds to PUSH the exposed issue 24/7.

fuck pay RW radio, people pay to listen to their own crazy shit.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
19. it's going to be the same crap if democrats continue the biggest political mistake in history
Sat Dec 2, 2017, 01:05 PM
Dec 2017

and keep ignoring talk radio.

protests and boycotts aimed at those radio stations and the universities and pro teams that broadcast on them would be a total surprise for the republicans, freak them out, get media attention, and scare off most advertisers.

without that 1500 radio station advantage dems could get supermajorities.

but i suspect dems will keep doing the same thing over and over - keep ignoring talk radio and blame the symptoms ---- corporate media and money and dem reps.

dlk

(11,567 posts)
20. If the Rigged Voting Machines Aren't Fixed, the Republican Minority Will Win Again
Sat Dec 2, 2017, 01:08 PM
Dec 2017

Rigged voting machines are a counter to free and fair elections.

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