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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublicans are singing in sync. We aren't.
Their messaging machine goes into action and all Republicans use the same talking points. They are very good at repeat, repeat, repeat.
Democrats are making sense and doing their best, but they're not putting out a synchronized message.
Basically, the impact of their propaganda is far superior to the reasonable statements being made by Democrats. We've really got to get better at this stuff. That sucks, but that's reality.
dem4decades
(11,322 posts)randr
(12,418 posts)America will suffer due to Trumps refusal to sign on the bill he asked for.
Also Republicans suck at everything and will never be able to get anything done that the lsos doesn't ask for.
awesomerwb1
(4,270 posts)I wonder if the Dems circulate talking points like the reps do.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)1. The shutdown is all Trump's fault.
or
2. We will fight for DACA even if it means a shutdown.
Doodley
(9,176 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)How would you handle the messaging on DACA and the shutdown?
Stuart G
(38,458 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,513 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Personally, I think #2 would be even more effective - but #1 works also.
rainin
(3,011 posts)Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)which I can't believe.
ConnorMarc
(653 posts)That they practically bent over backwards with no Vaseline ready to take it, and 45 STILL WOULDN'T sign the dam bill.
Squinch
(51,090 posts)WE should also be coalescing around that and saying, "SEE? There is NOTHING the Democrats could have offered that they would have agreed to. They were not negotiating in good faith. They were hell bent on screwing all you dumb republicans who fell for their lies, and now they are going to. Elections have consequences. Now you suffer."
Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)everybody was rallying behind - and as it should be. This FOOL is the BIGGEST problem and he ain't no dealmaker he
is Dealbreaker Dotard Donny.
Doodley
(9,176 posts)deport people who have lived as children and most their lives in America. Trump and racist are the key words that need to be repeated.
Cyrano
(15,076 posts)the Democratic Party does not have in place a well-oiled, synchronized messaging machine.
The Party, as a whole, must get such a machine in place. And they'd better do it far before election time.
KewlKat
(5,624 posts)GreenEyedLefty
(2,073 posts)I need to see proof of the superiority of Republican propaganda.
Wherever I go, I see people thoroughly exasperated by the "leadership" in Washington. What is needed is MORE voices of reason, not more propaganda.
Cyrano
(15,076 posts)written talking points to each member of congress, and all of their pundits.
This is true on an ongoing basis, regardless of the issue. Just flip around the TV dial during news hours or half hours. The Republican are all singing the same tune. Dems aren't.
GreenEyedLefty
(2,073 posts)I glean my news from various sources on the net and like to watch Twitter. That's where the real news is happening. Democrats are winning the internet, bigly.
Besides, you can't argue with results:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/01/17/this-is-what-the-democratic-special-election-wave-looks-like/?utm_term=.bffb76a8c9ed
All the talking heads in the world aren't going to get people to the polls, that is why getting out the vote is going to be so important. Best yet, it works. Just ask Virginia and Alabama.
Cyrano
(15,076 posts)I've been avoiding twitter, but I guess it's time to sign up. Thank you, GreenEyedLefty.
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)#TrumpShutdown
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)from the same exact scripts. The GOP are experts at fake messaging, alternative facts and everything else propoganda. Hammer the hell out of them with our inclusive positions and support.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)difference voices. We are not single minded trolls.
kentuck
(111,111 posts)...they usually have the corporate media behind them.
JI7
(89,289 posts)bluestarone
(17,128 posts)RUSSIA LAST
thbobby
(1,474 posts)Joseph Goebbels quote: "If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it"
GOP is very good at this.
Democrats are not Nazis.
DavidDvorkin
(19,510 posts)And probably never will.
Initech
(100,149 posts)They have half the country's local TV stations. They have a monopoly on AM radio. They have a monopoly on the clergy. What have we got that can spread that kind of message?
meow2u3
(24,776 posts)Enuf said.