Looking Forward. Looking Ahead. Rockhead

[AzJames73]

MineralMan (95,889 posts)         https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029297388

Looking Forward. Looking Ahead.
Are we finally ready to start doing that? I sure as Hell am. Right now, there is no looming election. There are no candidates. But, if we do not start thinking about 2018 and 2020, instead of analyzing, reanalyzing and rending our clothing over what is now long past, those elections will be upon us and we will be caught, once again, looking in a mirror instead of through a window.

2016 is history. 2017 is ugly as Trump's triple chin. 2018? What about that? Are we analyzing congressional districts and looking at which Democratic districts need help to stay blue? Are we looking at them to see which current red districts can be flipped. This is the time when we should be doing that, if we hope to start turning things around.

I don't care who might run for President in 2020. That comes after the 2018 election. It has nothing to do with what we should be doing right now, and even less to do with who ran in 2016. We need to be talking about new names for 2018. We need to be worrying about regaining control of at least one house of Congress, for goodness' sake.

Trump is bad. We all know that. There are investigations going on. Maybe something will come from those, but we're not directly involved in that process. We can, however, be directly involved in our own local, state and congressional elections that will happen next year. It's not too early to start working on those, but it will soon enough be too late.

Let's forget yesterday. Let's deal with today. Let's plan like crazy for tomorrow.

ck4829 (18,557 posts)
2. Work on contingency plans

The 'system' in the form of the rigged voting machines, the tyrants of the electoral college, corrupt secretaries of state on the state level who certify 'elections', gerrymandering, disenfranchisement, and more is not our ally, but our enemy.

But, we do have work we can do beyond voting, which by all means we should not stop doing, but we also need to look 'outside' as well:

Deflate the cliches that give them symbolic capital
Crack the bully pulpit
Spread the word that they call it the 'greatest healthcare system in the world' is not because of it's ability to treat illnesses, injuries, and disabilities; but rather because it enforces social control
And let's realize that the House, Senate, and White House under Ryan, McConnell, and Trump are not political bodies befitting that of the US Constitution.

Only when it does not work in your favor 

[Old n Grumpy]

2. Work on contingency plans

The 'system' in the form of the rigged voting machines, the tyrants of the electoral college, corrupt secretaries of state on the state level who certify 'elections', gerrymandering, disenfranchisement, and more is not our ally, but our enemy.

that was all good shit when you were winning. We won without it, so piss off and go play with your hemorrhoids.

[fatboy]

The key to Democratic success 2018-2020 is to insult every deplorable and everyone not a full bore lefty

[Ralph Wiggum]

DUAC!!!

[SVPete]

ck4829 (18,557 posts)
2. Work on contingency plans

The 'system' in the form of the rigged voting machines, the tyrants of the electoral college, corrupt secretaries of state on the state level who certify 'elections', gerrymandering, disenfranchisement, and more is not our ally, but our enemy.

The key to Democratic success 2018-2020 is to insult every deplorable and everyone not a full bore lefty

Yeppers! Keep those shop-worn talking-points going! Keep insulting 1/2 the American people as racists, misogynists, homophobes, and Islamophobes! Make, "I am not Trump!" your core message!

[YupItsMe]

Dear liberals.   FOAD   We win DESPITE all your cheating in every single state.   The only thing we have going in our favor every once in a while is gerrymandering, "which is named after a Democrat"    You guys cheat every single way you know how.  dead people voting, illegal immigrants voting,
  voting in multiple states,  disqualifying military votes,  paying drunks a pint of vodka to vote, slashing tires of Republican GOTV vans.  Yet we still win.   Every year would be like a Nixon 520/18 vote or a Reagan 525/13 vote if we had honest elections in this country.   So again I say FOAD

[fatboy]

MineralMan (95,889 posts)         https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029297388

Looking Forward. Looking Ahead.
Are we finally ready to start doing that? I sure as Hell am. Right now, there is no looming election. There are no candidates. But, if we do not start thinking about 2018 and 2020, instead of analyzing, reanalyzing and rending our clothing over what is now long past, those elections will be upon us and we will be caught, once again, looking in a mirror instead of through a window.

2016 is history. 2017 is ugly as Trump's triple chin. 2018? What about that? Are we analyzing congressional districts and looking at which Democratic districts need help to stay blue? Are we looking at them to see which current red districts can be flipped. This is the time when we should be doing that, if we hope to start turning things around.

I don't care who might run for President in 2020. That comes after the 2018 election. It has nothing to do with what we should be doing right now, and even less to do with who ran in 2016. We need to be talking about new names for 2018. We need to be worrying about regaining control of at least one house of Congress, for goodness' sake.

Trump is bad. We all know that. There are investigations going on. Maybe something will come from those, but we're not directly involved in that process. We can, however, be directly involved in our own local, state and congressional elections that will happen next year. It's not too early to start working on those, but it will soon enough be too late.

Let's forget yesterday. Let's deal with today. Let's plan like crazy for tomorrow.

Who we white man? And how do you stupid people analyze congressional districts to maybe flip them or at least hold the line? Sit around waiting for Rachel to get her hands on some damming piece of paper that will be the end of Trump?

The absolute beauty of the situation between the Dopes and Trump is that they simply cannot help themselves, thinking that they by sheer power of will, will cause the President to leave office. As far as analyzing 2016 is concerned you DUmmies still haven't begun analyzing it yet and probably never will because you have your heads so far up your rear ends that this is impossible. But that's all good for us and yes we intend to continue to make fun of you jerks. 

[Ralph Wiggum]

Who we white man? And how do you stupid people analyze congressional districts to maybe flip them or at least hold the line? Sit around waiting for Rachel to get her hands on some damming piece of paper that will be the end of Trump?

The absolute beauty of the situation between the Dopes and Trump is that they simply cannot help themselves, thinking that they by sheer power of will, will cause the President to leave office. As far as analyzing 2016 is concerned you DUmmies still haven't begun analyzing it yet and probably never will because you have your heads so far up your rear ends that this is impossible. But that's all good for us and yes we intend to continue to make fun of you jerks. 

Rock Head is at least subtly acknowledging how President Trump won.  He used "we" rather than "I" or "her" as Cankles almost always did.

[BattleHymn]

. We need to be worrying about regaining control of at least one house of Congress, for goodness' sake.

Considering you dipshits are 0-5 in the last five seats that have come up, you might want to set your expectations a little more realistically- instead of aiming to flip one chamber, aim to flip one seat. 

[franksolich]

You guys cheat every single way you know how.  dead people voting, illegal immigrants voting, voting in multiple states,  disqualifying military votes,  paying drunks a pint of vodka to vote, slashing tires of Republican GOTV vans.  Yet we still win.   Every year would be like a Nixon 520/18 vote or a Reagan 525/13 vote if we had honest elections in this country.

Man, ain't that the truth.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Let's plan like crazy for tomorrow.

Well, Rock-head has most of the right words to describe what the Dems will do, but there's something wrong with the order and construction in that sentence.  "Crazy" and "Plan" should be an adjective modifying a noun, not an adverb modifying a verb.