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In reply to the discussion: The left gets rolled on legalizing pot -- and legal protections for cops [View all]GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)It does no good to be seen as anti-police. You create the target on your back.
Realize most Americans are not like we on DU. They generally like the cops although for the first time ever most Americans think there is a problem. But we should do nothing to make it seem we are anti-cop. It gains us nothing. And may well be a promise that even with a majority we cant keep.
And Pot? I have no doubt it will be decriminalized if Joe is elected. But again, making a deal about it does not help us. And its more a state issue anyway.
The most successful politicians spell out themes and beliefs, not specifics. Because specifics are easy to attack. And impossible to implement too often.
FDR did not run on Social Security. LBJ did not run on Medicare or Civil Rights.
And Joe knows this.