Each of us reading this post can amplify the message. We talk about it with friends/neighbors/family, we refer them to this post, and we discuss at every opportunity.
Absolutely-but how do these clear, understandable тАЬtruthsтАЭ get out on the тАЬairwavesтАЭ? Messages via HCR and Katie Porter need to infiltrate into places where Rush Limbaugh and other right wing messages dominate. I am not an expert in communications, but I am hoping that there are some experts with the Democrats who can figure out how to get these messages out there. I also wonder if the die hard Trump/conspiracy theory supporters have had their brain chemistry changed ? They probably have, which is very sad and scary.
So how do we get the popular pundits, the ones heard by most Americans, to hammer these truths? oh... wait... the big media companies are all owned by Republicans, aren't they?
Not really. NYT, Wash Post, and so many others are solidly, solidly Democrat. I think what we need to demand is that they do their jobs and report on key issues in depth, which to me, by and large, they haven't bothered doing for years.
I hope we can all stop playing into partisan politics of accursing the media of always being biased left or right. We need an open, free media. It is foundational to democracy. Constantly saying the Media is biased hurts us all.
My local TV station is owned by Sinclair News. The reporters grimace and grit their teeth when they have to report the rote biased not-quite-true news from headquarters. We need, as HCR lists as top priority, reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine ASAP.
democrats signed off on the military budget too, don't think they're not at fault here... dems and reps only serve the upper class, but dems are just nice enough to throw some table scraps our way
This is why we really need the progressive branch of the Democratic party. And they can't just come up with ideas, they have to persuade Trump's base! We have to persuade them that they really are not better off than they were four years ago. Other Republicans, too, need to be persuaded.
we absolutely DO NOT need to continue to validate and support the Democratic capitalist class. We already have a progressive wing of the Democratic party, and they get shutdown constantly. None of the progressive movements made it to the official party platform in 2016 or 2020. It's time for a worker's party, a people's party. We've seen how Trump and his party was incapable, now Biden will show us how Democrats are also incapable. We need a third party of regular everyday Americans that fights for us, and this party can gut both of the self-imploding capitalist parties.
I hear what you're saying, but you run smack into the problem of pragmatism vs. idealism. There's plenty of third parties. I've supported Greens for probably 30 years. I still think Ralph Nader would have been this country's best choice in 2000. He's the only one in recent memory who even moved the needle. What did he get for his effort? Eternal blame for costing Al Gore the presidency and thence the second war in Iraq, whether he deserves it or not. You can go back to Ross Perot, and John Anderson before him, which is as far back as my memory goes. Any slightly viable third party seems only to play the spoiler role, and kill the chances of the major party candidate most closely aligned. So what do you do? It's a tough nut. As it stands, our system is designed for two parties. Ranked choice voting opens the door for third parties to become effective vehicles for change. But it's slow going. I've heard talk of it for at least 25 years, but it's only recently begun to be implemented, statewide in Maine I believe, and maybe on municipal levels elsewhere. It seems like the best hope I'm aware of, but has barely broken through the public consciousness as of yet.
we have to abolish the fake duopoly, the dictatorship of capital. i think it starts with a strong labor movement. whether or not dems/reps appeal to the movement is up to them. but i think a lot more people are catching on to the slight of hand that is the capitalist duopoly.
You won't get much argument from me about the problems with capitalism. But the duopoly is definitely real, not fake. I'm all for a much stronger labor movement. I've got almost 25 years in a Union, and am politically active within it. That's why I brought up the pragmatic/idealist problem. We run into it regularly. But if you want to see change at the ground level you kind of have to play the game with all the other players. Otherwise you either need a revolution or your shouting in the wilderness. I don't mind a good shout on occasion, but revolutions seem difficult.
Both parties know quite well that spending other people's money makes for happy voters and gets the re-elected. The difference in my mind is that Democrats have learned how to invest 'other people's money' into infrastructure that benefits everyone. Republicans, well, not so much.
President Carter tried "fireside chats". They did not go over well as I recall. However I think Biden could pull it off, because next to FDR I don't think we have anyone more emphatic coming into the White House. I can't wait for Biden to come out with the mapsтШ║я╕П
Now would be a fine time for him to do that, as he's sadly hobbled by a hairbone foot fracture after his fall while walking Major and shouldn't be out and about much.
Yes, though Fala stole everybody's heart. The Roosevelts had lots of dogs. Interesting that Major was the name of both presidents' GSDs. Biden's was probably named in memory of his son, Beau, who had been a major in the Delaware National Guard. As most people know by now, he's the first rescue dog to be about to take up residence in the White House.
Oh! I read it as "hairline" too! I just looked up the injury to see what his activity restrictions should be. I am sure he will make the most of his recovery time, and the work he needs to do right now can be done from a comfy recliner.
I wish the Democrats could hammer this message home in a sound bite, over and over.
Democrats Grow Jobs. Republicans Grow Recessions!
I really like this sound bite! We need to get it to Biden's and Harris' people.
We need to get it to Georgia voters.
Nice!
May we repost?!
Each of us reading this post can amplify the message. We talk about it with friends/neighbors/family, we refer them to this post, and we discuss at every opportunity.
and if people prefer an audio version, HCR made these points in her
"History of the Republican Party" talks on the Reagan era and its aftermath, available on her Facebook and on YouTube.
Absolutely-but how do these clear, understandable тАЬtruthsтАЭ get out on the тАЬairwavesтАЭ? Messages via HCR and Katie Porter need to infiltrate into places where Rush Limbaugh and other right wing messages dominate. I am not an expert in communications, but I am hoping that there are some experts with the Democrats who can figure out how to get these messages out there. I also wonder if the die hard Trump/conspiracy theory supporters have had their brain chemistry changed ? They probably have, which is very sad and scary.
Thanks, Ellie - that's an excellent resource, too.
Good to know!
Yvonne Caruthers, absolutely, this one is getting oxygen on my regular Facebook feed
So how do we get the popular pundits, the ones heard by most Americans, to hammer these truths? oh... wait... the big media companies are all owned by Republicans, aren't they?
Not really. NYT, Wash Post, and so many others are solidly, solidly Democrat. I think what we need to demand is that they do their jobs and report on key issues in depth, which to me, by and large, they haven't bothered doing for years.
I hope we can all stop playing into partisan politics of accursing the media of always being biased left or right. We need an open, free media. It is foundational to democracy. Constantly saying the Media is biased hurts us all.
My local TV station is owned by Sinclair News. The reporters grimace and grit their teeth when they have to report the rote biased not-quite-true news from headquarters. We need, as HCR lists as top priority, reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine ASAP.
democrats signed off on the military budget too, don't think they're not at fault here... dems and reps only serve the upper class, but dems are just nice enough to throw some table scraps our way
This is why we really need the progressive branch of the Democratic party. And they can't just come up with ideas, they have to persuade Trump's base! We have to persuade them that they really are not better off than they were four years ago. Other Republicans, too, need to be persuaded.
we absolutely DO NOT need to continue to validate and support the Democratic capitalist class. We already have a progressive wing of the Democratic party, and they get shutdown constantly. None of the progressive movements made it to the official party platform in 2016 or 2020. It's time for a worker's party, a people's party. We've seen how Trump and his party was incapable, now Biden will show us how Democrats are also incapable. We need a third party of regular everyday Americans that fights for us, and this party can gut both of the self-imploding capitalist parties.
I hear what you're saying, but you run smack into the problem of pragmatism vs. idealism. There's plenty of third parties. I've supported Greens for probably 30 years. I still think Ralph Nader would have been this country's best choice in 2000. He's the only one in recent memory who even moved the needle. What did he get for his effort? Eternal blame for costing Al Gore the presidency and thence the second war in Iraq, whether he deserves it or not. You can go back to Ross Perot, and John Anderson before him, which is as far back as my memory goes. Any slightly viable third party seems only to play the spoiler role, and kill the chances of the major party candidate most closely aligned. So what do you do? It's a tough nut. As it stands, our system is designed for two parties. Ranked choice voting opens the door for third parties to become effective vehicles for change. But it's slow going. I've heard talk of it for at least 25 years, but it's only recently begun to be implemented, statewide in Maine I believe, and maybe on municipal levels elsewhere. It seems like the best hope I'm aware of, but has barely broken through the public consciousness as of yet.
we have to abolish the fake duopoly, the dictatorship of capital. i think it starts with a strong labor movement. whether or not dems/reps appeal to the movement is up to them. but i think a lot more people are catching on to the slight of hand that is the capitalist duopoly.
You won't get much argument from me about the problems with capitalism. But the duopoly is definitely real, not fake. I'm all for a much stronger labor movement. I've got almost 25 years in a Union, and am politically active within it. That's why I brought up the pragmatic/idealist problem. We run into it regularly. But if you want to see change at the ground level you kind of have to play the game with all the other players. Otherwise you either need a revolution or your shouting in the wilderness. I don't mind a good shout on occasion, but revolutions seem difficult.
I hear you. I just donтАЩt know if I agree. IтАЩm hopeful that Biden, with Harris, will move things further left. But, I hear your warning, too.
Both parties know quite well that spending other people's money makes for happy voters and gets the re-elected. The difference in my mind is that Democrats have learned how to invest 'other people's money' into infrastructure that benefits everyone. Republicans, well, not so much.
Yes! But what is that sound bite? тЭдя╕ПЁЯдНЁЯТЩ
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Emphatic or empathetic? Emphatically empathetic.
Marcy Meldahl, thanks for the catch. Yes, I meant empathetic. Emphatically empathetic, I тЭдя╕П it!
Or empathic! тЭдя╕ПтЭдя╕П
I'd love to see it but I doubt he'll be given a tenth of the air time that Trump regularly commanded.
And will continue to command is my fear!
Although, I do think his air time is waning. He is becoming less relevant.
Now would be a fine time for him to do that, as he's sadly hobbled by a hairbone foot fracture after his fall while walking Major and shouldn't be out and about much.
Breaking bones while playing with dogs. Something I can relate to
Ouch!
Broken elbow! It wasn't too bad
Still Ouch!
Trivia: FDR also had a Germ Shep named Major
Yes, though Fala stole everybody's heart. The Roosevelts had lots of dogs. Interesting that Major was the name of both presidents' GSDs. Biden's was probably named in memory of his son, Beau, who had been a major in the Delaware National Guard. As most people know by now, he's the first rescue dog to be about to take up residence in the White House.
https://www.dogster.com/lifestyle/all-the-presidents-pups-meet-fdrs-dog-fala
Of course, I meant "hairline."
Oh! I read it as "hairline" too! I just looked up the injury to see what his activity restrictions should be. I am sure he will make the most of his recovery time, and the work he needs to do right now can be done from a comfy recliner.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/30/politics/joe-biden-broken-foot-donald-trump-walter-reed/index.html
Thanks.