"What do we want?"
"An end to procrastination!"When do we want it?"
"When we get around to it!"bravenak (31,297 posts)
How can we depress Republican turnout in midterms? **** sitting around crying. Time to fight them.
Let's start planning on how to **** up the Trump admin before he takes office. I know, I know! We are supposed to be the grownups!! Well, **** that, these guys are nutzo. We need to come up with strategies that will actually work.
What do we know?
1. Trump voters are easy to manipulate
2. Trump voters are ANGRY
3. Trump voters hate liberals
4. Trump is a fake republican
We all know that Trump has gone from supporting abortion rights to being a prolifer in the past decade. He never has a clear position, he does whatever is popular at the moment. Now that there is no liberal president to get them all riled up, they have no reason for another Tea Party revolution. The time to start taking back the house and Senate is right ****ing now.
Trump cannot handle criticism. He hates being made fun of. He is at his best when he is on offense. We can make that work in our favor.
It is time for Republicans to play defense. We attack him non stop from the left while simultaneously tamping down on the right by blaming them for all of his mistakes, pointing out his bad intentions while stopping him from getting shit done, then saying he never gets shit done like, WHERE'S THE WALL?!?! MAKE MEXICO PAY?? LOL!!" He hates ridicule. So do his fans. Time and time again we heard about how TIRED they are of being called racists. Good. Call them more racists and point out that they and the KKK agree on supporting Trump.
No more of this silly self hating bullshit that we Dems do to ourselves when we win the popular vote but lose the electoral college. And we can stop lying to ourselves by saying Trump won the working class. That's a lie. Stop spreading it.
Time to look to 2018. Midterms can be brutal for the party in power. Let's make damn sure it stays that way for 2018.
So, in other words...
Everything you thought would work during the election but obviously failed.
CaliforniaPeggy (120,894 posts)
2. I like how you think, bravenak! The time to act is NOW. n/t
In the Land of the Mindless the lobotomy patient is king.
Stellar (4,073 posts)
3. Joy Reid said the on her show today...'let's get it together and fight back' starting next Saturday
Something else Joy Reid had on her show, scary and important. Check out the video at the link.
"Writer Details Trump's Kleptocracy"
http://crooksandliars.com/cltv/2016/11/writer-details-trumps-kleptocracy
Thank goodness someone is there to tell you what to think.
FBaggins (15,773 posts)
7. Much more useful to find a way to boost our own turnout
Midterms (at least in recent cycles) have strongly favored Republicans since their base is more likely to vote.
What we need is a stimulus unlike prior midterm elections. Something to rise up and oppose. Something that acts as a clear target for voters' anger.
bravenak (31,297 posts)
8. It favors them most when Dems are in power
Because your policies make people pissed-off. You're just too thick headed and arrogant to realize not everyone loves you as much as you love yourself.
We are no longer in the whitehouse for these midterms. We have plenty of ammo. We got two million more votes, so more voters doesn't seem to always work. Time to accept that and work around it. There will not be a Hillary for him to lob bombs at during these midterms, and no Obama or birtherism to focus their hate on. Hell, since they are getting rid of Obamacare, they wont have that either.
Makes sense to try to make republicans not excited to get out and vote while racheting up our attacks and getting our voters out.
Trumpism is what we have to rise up and oppose. And the reality of Trump is far worse than we imagined it would be.
Sweetie...you got 2 million more votes in California.
Try to place that in its appropriate context before you go racing off towards your next windmill.
bravenak (31,297 posts)
12. Two years of hell
I hope we make it
rwheeler31 (5,948 posts)
42. Sessions is against pot.
We could press all the house members on where they stand on that and on drug costs. If he gets in as attorney general it could cause a huge backlash especially if we put up a strong fight against him.
Have you thought about pressing on the issue of the 10th Amendment?
No?
I didn't think you stoner tyrants would.
treestar (65,736 posts)
9. Yes, no more Mr and Ms Nice Guys and Girls
When were you ever nice?
In fact, it's your acrimonious natures that makes this victory so much sweeter.
bravenak (31,297 posts)
11. Seriously. We need to stop being nice to them
And they really want us all to stfu so, time to get louder
You're going to throw MORE riots?
NewJeffCT (43,015 posts)
13. Telling the truth about Trump
hasn't really worked with his base of supporters. What will depress turnout is if the jobs don't come back to those rural white small towns and cities and if Trump gets the blame for it.
So, your plan is: economic sabotage.
Thankfully your government control is at an all time low; especially on the state level.
bravenak (31,297 posts)
18. It hasn't worked yet
But he is not handling the rigors of the job very well, and he aint even in office yet. He will embarass the **** out of the US. And when the whole world is laughing at us, they will finally start to get upset. Once they turn on him, we win.
I guess we better help them have a reason to turn on him. He should be humiliated daily until that happens. I'll do my part in shaming him.
The jobs aint coming back ever. We know that. They know that. It was never about jobs.
Not to be confused with Obama who is Putin's cabana boy in the gay porn film of geopolitical affairs.
djg21 (1,226 posts)
16. Minimum IQ requirement?
NT.
Said the people whose forum was down for nearly 2 weeks.
Uponthegears (1,148 posts)
17. I had an idea
But considering we couldn't even make a moderate show of force to send a message to racist trying to suppress black turnout in Philly in 2008 without getting charged with a crime, it probably isn't worth mentioning.
This asshole is referring to the New Black Panther Party thugs standing outside polling stations with batons in their hands to menace voters.
Apparently the Proglodytes approve of violent racists.
bravenak (31,297 posts)
20. We need to buck up
Oh, that you would try.
Uponthegears (1,148 posts)
24. Yes
In hindsight it may be that I was smarter at 17 than I am in my 60's. Resistance comes at a cost but sometimes that cost is worth paying.
bravenak (31,297 posts)
26. Yep. Worth paying this time.
TexasProgresive (8,684 posts)
27. A better question is
How to get democratic voters to vote?
bravenak (31,297 posts)
29. Once Trump starts taking our shit they will regret stating home in complacency
Bet they find the will to show up in midterms. All those purists who hated obamacare are sure gonna hate not having it.
Two million more of us showed up. We vote.
If the government gave it to you it's not your shit, it's somebody else's shit the government took from them and gave to you.
2 million more showed up in Commifornia.
Assuming they're legally qualified to vote.
rwheeler31 (5,948 posts)
35. Point out and post every job loss in your area.
Harp on every dip in the market. Publish any energy rate hike no matter how small and keep saying it will get worse. Spread news of any health risk due to lack of regulation. Always refer to the republicans not just Trump when anything bad happens. I will give it some thought and add more later.
meow2u3 (20,204 posts)
37. We can target conservative Xtian churches
But with one caveat: we have to make it look as if it were coming from one of them. The best way it to hit them where they live--right in their bibles with some carefully weaponized Scripture passages, maybe from Proverbs or the Psalms or some of the prophecies condemning those who make unjust laws that oppress the poor while propping up evildoers, for instance.
Are there any preachers on DU who can do a good fundie act?
Now if only you could get past you homosexuality, abortion, greed, sloth and general hatred of Christians.
Star Member bravenak (31,297 posts)
40. I like that idea too
Talking about Jesus and the poor has not worked though. Maybe after Trump makes us all poor they will listen
QUESTION: If you do not consider yourself poor now why are you worried up-thread that all of your government-given shit will be taken away?
If you aren't poor you shouldn't taking government-given shit.
If you can only be not-poor by getting shit from the government...
...you deserve to be poor.
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