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teach1st Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-04 02:03 PM
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Democrats need to...
Democrats need to..

Buy gold
Sell themsevles
Project strength
Eschew liberalism
Insert libertarianism
Embrace the middle
Eat at Applebee's
Conquer the media
Bust a move
Crank it up
Suck it up
Give it up
Toke it up
Not give up
Let it go
Let it snow
Find their roots
Kiss the pig
Nominate a winner
Persevere
Shine their shoes
Lie like their enemies
Tell the truth
Face up to the truth
Frame the truth
Frame their certificates
Go after those fuckers
Make shiny new buttons
Move toward morality
Expose the hypocrisy
Get some sleep
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NYC Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-04 02:04 PM
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1. We've been waiting for that for a while now...
I say we take matters into our OWN hands.
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MatrixEscape Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-04 02:18 PM
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2. Democrats
first need to see for themselves what the main problems are.

If we have a representational government at this stage, that does not seem to include the Executive Branch at all right now. Considering what is passing in the House and Senate, one has to question that branch also.

If the mass media has become nothing more than info-tainment as a an owned corporate and governmental propaganda tool, that is another towering barrier to traditional dissent. Democracy cannot exist in that climate.

If the Radical Right-wing Religious have a solid agenda and game-plan that is clear and in progress, (towards a Theocracy) we should get that straight as a major issue now. Looking the other way too long is an invitation to the completion of it.

I am just making those points because I see the above as part of a very different landscape than one would expect in a traditional way for American politics. With so much in the way of obvious, tangential strategy, I suggest clearing the mind and rethinking the response.

It seems that resorting to la-de-da old methodology is more of a distraction and waste of time. Kind of a self-imposed political make-work that may make you feel good, but accomplishes nothing. Conservation of energy is important, too.

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Unstuck In Time Donating Member (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-04 03:46 PM
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4. Dude. Buzzkill.
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Droopy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-04 02:20 PM
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3. This Democrat needs to get a life
Instead of spending all my free time on DU.

Nice work teach1st. I think you've summed it up quite nicely.
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