OK Democrats, where is your response? The political ads write themselves - "legitimate political discourse" in the classroom, the schoolyard, the workplace, the subway, on the street. Heck, just do a voice-over to video of the riot itself, and of the speeches of Trump and others to promote it. Dramatize what the Republicans have just sai…
OK Democrats, where is your response? The political ads write themselves - "legitimate political discourse" in the classroom, the schoolyard, the workplace, the subway, on the street. Heck, just do a voice-over to video of the riot itself, and of the speeches of Trump and others to promote it. Dramatize what the Republicans have just said, which may be the most outrageous political statement that has ever been endorsed by an American political party.
In 2000, the Republicans delayed healthcare reform by ten years when they ran their "Harry and Louise" ads. Just two married people discussing healthcare issues over the kitchen table. Issues like death panels and the government forcing healthcare decisions on ordinary citizens. A few months of those ads generated popular resistance that killed the Clinton Administration's initiatives to fix healthcare, and limited the ability of Obama to create a system that was as fair and national as it could be. It was an incredibly effective ad campaign that was not tied to any candidate - just an attempt to change the national dialogue.
So, DNC, this is your Harry and Louise moment. Public relations and advertising can focus people on this outrage without damaging the legal battles taking place to punish those who caused this violent riot. Anyone who does not understand in the face of overwhelming evidence that January 6th was not legitimate, or political, or discourse, will never be convinced. If the battle over core American values can be won, this is the issue.
The RNC has given those who believe in American values a golden opportunity. Do not squander it. The fight must be fought here.
This is more than going low. It is one of the two major political parties publicly endorsing seditious violence to overturn the will of the American people. If Democrats do not respond to that just as publicly, our country is at the mercy of one party that endorses autocracy and one that is incapable of defending democracy. It's pretty clear how that story ends.
No. Left leaning third party/independent candidate voters are exactly passionate. They vote with their gut instead of their brains. And give wins to the GOP.
Extremists coopted the GOP through a clever long game - through strategy not passion. And the GOP coopts government through strategy. McConnell, Murdoch, Reed, and Leo have done more long term harm than Trump.
reminds me of what my father used to say when someone tried to excuse a scoundrel's actions by claiming, "But he's so sincere." My dad said, " A rattlesnake is sincere when it's trying to bite you."
Sarcasm and mockery are so tempting, but political messaging expert Anat Shenker Osorio recommends to stick to shared values, e.g. economic progress, jobs increase, and do not use the far right's language. We have to figure this one out better. Quickly.
I respect the desire to stay above it - to go high when they go low - but consider the track record of that approach. Making high-minded, policy-based arguments to people who have been raised with short attention spans has not worked, and the reason is pretty obvious. Our opposition knows that we can talk ourselves blue in the face and they can instantly steal the spotlight by launching a new bright shiny object. In that way, Trump was their ideal candidate, and the ideal person to distract the country from their authoritarian agenda.
We are in the midst of economic progress and increasing employment, exactly your formula, but the public's attention is drawn to the MTG-Gosar-Cruz-Bannon-Stone-Pence clown car, and the people actually pulling the strings are slipping in the message that the Biden administration is failing on all fronts. This is not a coincidence.
Sometimes you have to adopt the tactics of the other side, particularly if their tactics are working and yours aren't.
Add today's Editorial from the WaPo........"GOP formally declares that truth is fiction and patriots are traitors"...."they have exposed the dark, festering core of what their party is becoming: an unruly revolt against fact and reason....."
Excellent, I will pass that on up through the Lincoln Project, I’m sure we can start that ball rolling, not so sure that the DNC will run with it, but we know how to do it.
Thanks! This does seem tailor-made for what the Lincoln Project does, but it seems like an opportunity to reach people who have already tuned out the LP and other "liberal" channels. "Harry and Louise" ran as ads in heavy rotation on popular TV shows and poisoned the political center against health insurance reform for a decade. "Legitimate political discourse" has at least as much power, and deserves at least as much distribution to people who are more centrist than the typical Lincoln Project viewer.
The Lincoln Project is a good place to start, but this is the biggest ammunition the Republicans have given us in a long time - and by us, I mean "sane people". We may not get another chance like this.
Day 6 here in Tampa Bay Times world and still not one story on the false electors and other crimes that Trump’s minions committed to overturn the election. It’s really hard to wake up the people here when they’re not being told the truth.
How about these Harry & Louise type ads running on Fox News constantly. I don’t understand why Fox News ads are not completely bought up with real facts presented as entertainment
YES!!! T-shirts! Stickers! The brilliant legal scholar and activist, Dean Spade, once said that stickers were among their most powerful tools as an activist. Think about the "Silence=Death" sticker with pink triangle - for those of us who were around in the 80's and experiencing the AIDS epidemic.
OK Democrats, where is your response? The political ads write themselves - "legitimate political discourse" in the classroom, the schoolyard, the workplace, the subway, on the street. Heck, just do a voice-over to video of the riot itself, and of the speeches of Trump and others to promote it. Dramatize what the Republicans have just said, which may be the most outrageous political statement that has ever been endorsed by an American political party.
In 2000, the Republicans delayed healthcare reform by ten years when they ran their "Harry and Louise" ads. Just two married people discussing healthcare issues over the kitchen table. Issues like death panels and the government forcing healthcare decisions on ordinary citizens. A few months of those ads generated popular resistance that killed the Clinton Administration's initiatives to fix healthcare, and limited the ability of Obama to create a system that was as fair and national as it could be. It was an incredibly effective ad campaign that was not tied to any candidate - just an attempt to change the national dialogue.
So, DNC, this is your Harry and Louise moment. Public relations and advertising can focus people on this outrage without damaging the legal battles taking place to punish those who caused this violent riot. Anyone who does not understand in the face of overwhelming evidence that January 6th was not legitimate, or political, or discourse, will never be convinced. If the battle over core American values can be won, this is the issue.
The RNC has given those who believe in American values a golden opportunity. Do not squander it. The fight must be fought here.
After this are the Dems still playing by the naive rules of “When they go low, we go high?”
NO! When they go low, Stomp their ass!
This is more than going low. It is one of the two major political parties publicly endorsing seditious violence to overturn the will of the American people. If Democrats do not respond to that just as publicly, our country is at the mercy of one party that endorses autocracy and one that is incapable of defending democracy. It's pretty clear how that story ends.
In case I didn't make myself clear, the people who show more passion win.
Repubs are passionate in their evil, we had better top that with passionate governing. Joe is trying but the message needs to be clear and loud
No. Left leaning third party/independent candidate voters are exactly passionate. They vote with their gut instead of their brains. And give wins to the GOP.
Extremists coopted the GOP through a clever long game - through strategy not passion. And the GOP coopts government through strategy. McConnell, Murdoch, Reed, and Leo have done more long term harm than Trump.
Like the writhing death throes of a dying rattlesnake that endures into the next day, the RNC has attracted the gutter dwellers to their forefront.
reminds me of what my father used to say when someone tried to excuse a scoundrel's actions by claiming, "But he's so sincere." My dad said, " A rattlesnake is sincere when it's trying to bite you."
With track shoes.
No, with sharp hockey skate blades.
How about we turn "legitimate political discourse" into a comic tagline?
"The Bruins-Sabres game last night was interrupted when both teams engaged in five minutes of legitimate political discourse."
"Police were called to Joe's Bar last night to break up an incident of legitimate political discourse."
"History was changed on April 4, 1865 when John Wilkes Booth had a round of legitimate political discourse with Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater."
Sorry, probably too soon for that last one.
Sarcasm and mockery are so tempting, but political messaging expert Anat Shenker Osorio recommends to stick to shared values, e.g. economic progress, jobs increase, and do not use the far right's language. We have to figure this one out better. Quickly.
https://communitychange.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/C3-Messaging-This-Moment-Handbook.pdf
https://www.volts.wtf/p/volts-podcast-how-the-left-can-suck
I respect the desire to stay above it - to go high when they go low - but consider the track record of that approach. Making high-minded, policy-based arguments to people who have been raised with short attention spans has not worked, and the reason is pretty obvious. Our opposition knows that we can talk ourselves blue in the face and they can instantly steal the spotlight by launching a new bright shiny object. In that way, Trump was their ideal candidate, and the ideal person to distract the country from their authoritarian agenda.
We are in the midst of economic progress and increasing employment, exactly your formula, but the public's attention is drawn to the MTG-Gosar-Cruz-Bannon-Stone-Pence clown car, and the people actually pulling the strings are slipping in the message that the Biden administration is failing on all fronts. This is not a coincidence.
Sometimes you have to adopt the tactics of the other side, particularly if their tactics are working and yours aren't.
Timothy Snyder does point out that mockery is a tool against tyrants.
Here's a similar take: Robert Hubbell's obituary of the Republican Party. Date of death: February 4, 2022.
https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/declaring-the-time-of-death-for-the?r=874j7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Add today's Editorial from the WaPo........"GOP formally declares that truth is fiction and patriots are traitors"...."they have exposed the dark, festering core of what their party is becoming: an unruly revolt against fact and reason....."
Kathy, "festering" like, a boil?
He said it far more eloquently than I could.
Thanks for that. So true.
I couldn't agree more with him.
Excellent, I will pass that on up through the Lincoln Project, I’m sure we can start that ball rolling, not so sure that the DNC will run with it, but we know how to do it.
Thanks! This does seem tailor-made for what the Lincoln Project does, but it seems like an opportunity to reach people who have already tuned out the LP and other "liberal" channels. "Harry and Louise" ran as ads in heavy rotation on popular TV shows and poisoned the political center against health insurance reform for a decade. "Legitimate political discourse" has at least as much power, and deserves at least as much distribution to people who are more centrist than the typical Lincoln Project viewer.
The Lincoln Project is a good place to start, but this is the biggest ammunition the Republicans have given us in a long time - and by us, I mean "sane people". We may not get another chance like this.
Mobiguy, let's all use it then. Open source!
to Dick Montague. Thank you for alerting me to the Lincoln Project.
If Dems let this opportunity go by, they are toast, as are we all
Yes it is time to fight back, make noise, wake up the 30% who don't care about politics as it was just another sittrag.
Day 6 here in Tampa Bay Times world and still not one story on the false electors and other crimes that Trump’s minions committed to overturn the election. It’s really hard to wake up the people here when they’re not being told the truth.
How about these Harry & Louise type ads running on Fox News constantly. I don’t understand why Fox News ads are not completely bought up with real facts presented as entertainment
The Lincoln Project and Liz Cheney know how to do it (because it's the Republicans who know how to do this shit).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
https://twitter.com/RepLizCheney/status/1489691175883882496?s=20&t=0GjQPkJFvgDGcIVI07AkmA
The Lincoln Project makes the best commercials. They are not afraid to tell the truth.
Maybe for big bucks, Frank Luntz could be bought. He has been the genius behind republicans making Schitt smell like roses - for decades
YES!!! T-shirts! Stickers! The brilliant legal scholar and activist, Dean Spade, once said that stickers were among their most powerful tools as an activist. Think about the "Silence=Death" sticker with pink triangle - for those of us who were around in the 80's and experiencing the AIDS epidemic.
Bravo!
I think they need to re-run that amazing video put together by the NYT (I think) of January 6. Every week, if necessary. Clips during the Super Bowl.