Sorry, old Dem here and you lost me at Ted Cruz and the Green Eggs and Ham filibuster re “the potential government takeover with healthcare..” And there seems to be an assumption that Democrats are just going to lay down and die. We don’t need Amanda Carpenter preaching to Democrats. Ugh. Why don’t you talk to the listeners about what WE…
Sorry, old Dem here and you lost me at Ted Cruz and the Green Eggs and Ham filibuster re “the potential government takeover with healthcare..” And there seems to be an assumption that Democrats are just going to lay down and die. We don’t need Amanda Carpenter preaching to Democrats. Ugh. Why don’t you talk to the listeners about what WE can do. My representatives are totally are in the bag with Trump—I don’t have anyone to write or call—so short of going to the streets to protest, what do I do? We can make a big show of fighting but when he gets his way on everything in the end, then what? I say we learn from what just happened, wait for the fuck-ups, and be ready for the next election cycles.
I think the biggest problem is the messaging silos. How do we breakthrough to people who are either not listening or getting bad information. The Republicans will make every win theirs, like Pelosi's stimulus checks with Asshole's name on them, and every failure, like no action on the border even though Asshole scuttled Langford's border bill, the Democratics fault. How do you fight that? That's what we need to figure out. There has to be a way.
This is the fundamental issue. Even if you have the perfect messenger by the perfect person no one that needs to hear it doesn’t hear it. That’s the biggest issue we face. I’m honestly at a loss on how to do it.
The second problem is even if you have the perfect message and the perfect messenger, trump blocks out the sun media wise.
This is where I always disagreed with Jvl about Harris winning every news cycle. It was never possible because Trump lights himself on fire.
Exactly. I started Jason Stanley's How Propaganda Works. What's happening isn't new it is just different because of social media. I feel like we need to try everything.
I know. What I don’t understand is how we says things that are soooooo offensive how it never ever effects him. I’m. I’m. Lost. Literally Trump has done 1000 things that if a normal politician did would be finishing moves. He lives on and is more popular because of it. The world is upside down.
Sorry, old Dem here and you lost me at Ted Cruz and the Green Eggs and Ham filibuster re “the potential government takeover with healthcare..” And there seems to be an assumption that Democrats are just going to lay down and die. We don’t need Amanda Carpenter preaching to Democrats. Ugh. Why don’t you talk to the listeners about what WE can do. My representatives are totally are in the bag with Trump—I don’t have anyone to write or call—so short of going to the streets to protest, what do I do? We can make a big show of fighting but when he gets his way on everything in the end, then what? I say we learn from what just happened, wait for the fuck-ups, and be ready for the next election cycles.
I think the biggest problem is the messaging silos. How do we breakthrough to people who are either not listening or getting bad information. The Republicans will make every win theirs, like Pelosi's stimulus checks with Asshole's name on them, and every failure, like no action on the border even though Asshole scuttled Langford's border bill, the Democratics fault. How do you fight that? That's what we need to figure out. There has to be a way.
This is the fundamental issue. Even if you have the perfect messenger by the perfect person no one that needs to hear it doesn’t hear it. That’s the biggest issue we face. I’m honestly at a loss on how to do it.
The second problem is even if you have the perfect message and the perfect messenger, trump blocks out the sun media wise.
This is where I always disagreed with Jvl about Harris winning every news cycle. It was never possible because Trump lights himself on fire.
Exactly. I started Jason Stanley's How Propaganda Works. What's happening isn't new it is just different because of social media. I feel like we need to try everything.
I know. What I don’t understand is how we says things that are soooooo offensive how it never ever effects him. I’m. I’m. Lost. Literally Trump has done 1000 things that if a normal politician did would be finishing moves. He lives on and is more popular because of it. The world is upside down.