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everyonematters

(3,870 posts)
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 08:52 AM 22 hrs ago

A quote from Celinda Lake, highly regarded Democratic pollster.

“You can’t just be on the attack. You can’t beat something with nothing. “We have to show and tell what we would do, but I think that we’re on the precipice of a big opportunity, and I hope we take advantage of it.”

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A quote from Celinda Lake, highly regarded Democratic pollster. (Original Post) everyonematters 22 hrs ago OP
Yes, walk and chew gum at the same time. Bernardo de La Paz 22 hrs ago #1
And PLEASE oh please !! essaynnc 22 hrs ago #2
Living under a rock? usonian 20 hrs ago #3

Bernardo de La Paz

(57,152 posts)
1. Yes, walk and chew gum at the same time.
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 08:58 AM
22 hrs ago

maga-tRump is on the attack perpetually. The have nothing to offer to move forward.

Attack global supply chains by going back to ninety or more year old tariffs.
Attack "woke" by being going back to 1950s racism and misogyny.
Attack the vote by requiring married women to prove their names or lose their vote.
Attack regulation by going back to the 1960s industrial and vehicle landscape.
Attack, attack, attack. Nothing forward looking. Stablecoin is not it.

essaynnc

(927 posts)
2. And PLEASE oh please !!
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 09:16 AM
22 hrs ago

Not just policy positions or esoteric groverning strategies, but tell the hurting people in this country what were going to do for them!!!

How about "A chicken in every pot", reinstate the generous child tax credit, something, anything that we can get excited about.

usonian

(19,142 posts)
3. Living under a rock?
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 11:21 AM
20 hrs ago

Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have been barnstorming the entire effing country with a positive message for months, and people say "well, the Democrats are silent, have nothing to offer"


BULLSHIT
Maybe SOME high-profile Democrats are waving fingers.

Here's an excerpt from an email I got from Bernie.
THIS IS GREAT STUFF and
It gets wild, enthusiastic response.
Expect even greater response as the wrecking ball hits more and more of the U.S.A.

From Bernie:

People attending rallies in huge numbers are saying
YES to raising the minimum wage,
YES to expanding Social Security,
YES to guaranteeing health care as a human right,
YES to cutting the cost of prescription drugs,
YES to paid family and medical leave,
YES to equal pay for equal work,
YES to more affordable housing,
YES to making childcare and higher education affordable to all,
YES to taking on the existential threat of climate change.

And most importantly they are saying
YES to a government and an economy that works for all of us and not just the billionaire class and the Oligarchs.

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