defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Sep-17-10 11:14 PM
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Dems to voters: You may hate us, but GOP is worse
Edited on Fri Sep-17-10 11:15 PM by defendandprotect
Dems to voters: You may hate us, but GOP is worse
By CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press Writer Charles Babington, Associated Press Writer – 31 mins ago
WASHINGTON – With just six weeks to avoid a possible election catastrophe, Democrats are trying to limit the damage with a closing argument that's more plea than platform: We know you voters are furious with us, but just let us explain why the Republicans would be worse.
The strategy requires an autumn influx of voters willing to view the election as a choice between two imperfect parties — and imperfect candidates on each ballot line — rather than as a chance to slap the Washington establishment that the public seems to dislike so deeply.
But the Democrats admit the Republicans have a big emotional advantage with voters who are fed up with high unemployment, soaring deficits and what many see as an arrogant Congress and administration that rammed a revolutionary health care plan down their throats.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_desperate_democrats
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So Dems are arguing that they're the "lesser of evils" -- !!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9155811The tide is turning DUmmies.
People are fed up with democrats big time.
If the GOP follows the tea party movement the democrats will be close to being obsolete.
The days of big govt are coming to an end because the people have woken up.
iamjoy (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Sep-17-10 11:18 PM
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4. It Could Be Worse
is a heck of a campaign slogan
And saying the Democrats "rammed" health care down people's throats is just so much right wing spin. The Democrats listened to people who are frustrated by rising costs, inability to find coverage and practices of insurance companies that were unfair and immoral and put in place a plan to address some of the worst abuses.
That's Obama's motto, "It could be worse".
BeFree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Sep-17-10 11:19 PM
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5. Good argument, at this point Updated at 3:16 PM
Given that the R's have pretty much had their way with the country for decades, what else can the D's argue?
"Give us a chance, we won't be as bad as them."
And there is a great deal of truth in that message, eh?
Ha ha ha so from 1996 to 2007 was decades, must be that DUmmy math again.
BzaDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Sep-18-10 05:06 AM
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10. Believe it or not, 80%+ of Democrats approve of Obama and his bills. It is the independents that are
turning against the Democrats.
Those independents make up a bulk of the Tea Party. Something for you goons to think about.
Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Sep-18-10 05:18 AM
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12. **** the potential election catastrophe.
Time to draw a line in the sand.
The dem leadership needs to be sent a strong message. I personally hope the dems lose the house and the senate, so that they can see just what they have missed, when they ignore the people who put them in power, and I am talking about us, the liberals who have carried their water for ****ing generations. I hope they choke on this election.
Hey that is a bannable offense at the DUmp. He is not supporting the democrat party.
Tx4obama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Sep-18-10 06:23 AM
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15. The high unemployment is because of BUSH & the republicans....
Edited on Sat Sep-18-10 06:25 AM by Tx4obama
we democrats need to get the correct message out to the American people.
It sucks that the republicans left THE HUGE MESS for Obama to clean up and then on top of it they blame Obama for the BS that they caused.
The media needs to STOP staying that the bad economy and the high unemployment is Obama fault when it is NOT.
Uh huh it was just a coincidence that unemployment spiked after the dems took all 3 houses.
That is another thing DUmmies people aren't buying it when you and Obama blame Bush. Obama has had close to 2 years and not one thing has been done to make things better. In fact everything that he has done has made it worse. And I'm not saying that Obama should have had it all fixed by now I am just saying that people expect at least a show of some progress by now.
