Sun Jun 6, 2021, 06:12 PM
Stinky The Clown (65,762 posts)
I had a long drive this afternoon. I was listening to Sirius/MSNBC as long as I could stand it.
They were talking about Manchin and Sinema, and others, unnamed.
We need, it seems to me, effective state-level agitators to put pressure on them at home. Make the arguments local. For example, in West Virginia, have a few "grassroots" group warning the citizenry that the infrastructure spending they really want and need is being blocked by their own Joe Manchin. Find similar issues in Sinema's Arizona, DiFi's California, Chris Coons' Delaware. This may be a bit underhanded but hardly illegal. Let the GOTV continue in Stacy Abrams style. Whip up the people to block the GOP candidates as crazies. But run a different campaign against the people stopping Biden's agenda from (supposedly) our side.
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Stinky The Clown | Jun 2021 | OP |
pandr32 | Jun 2021 | #1 | |
drmeow | Jun 2021 | #2 | |
iemanja | Jun 2021 | #3 | |
Stinky The Clown | Jun 2021 | #7 | |
iemanja | Jun 2021 | #8 | |
Stinky The Clown | Jun 2021 | #9 | |
iemanja | Jun 2021 | #11 | |
brooklynite | Jun 2021 | #4 | |
KPN | Jun 2021 | #6 | |
msfiddlestix | Jun 2021 | #10 | |
KPN | Jun 2021 | #5 |
Response to Stinky The Clown (Original post)
Sun Jun 6, 2021, 06:14 PM
pandr32 (9,636 posts)
1. It sure couldn't hurt
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Response to Stinky The Clown (Original post)
Sun Jun 6, 2021, 06:17 PM
drmeow (4,598 posts)
2. I've been thinking similar thoughts
We need a massive call-in and letter writing campaign from their voters.
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Response to Stinky The Clown (Original post)
Sun Jun 6, 2021, 06:19 PM
iemanja (52,265 posts)
3. the problem is most W Virginia voters are conservative
which is why Manchin does this stuff.
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Response to iemanja (Reply #3)
Sun Jun 6, 2021, 08:37 PM
Stinky The Clown (65,762 posts)
7. Conservative or not, WV favors the notion of infrastructure spending. BIG infrastructure spending.
Kinda like the old "depends on whose ox is being gored".
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Response to Stinky The Clown (Reply #7)
Sun Jun 6, 2021, 09:51 PM
iemanja (52,265 posts)
8. the recent news is about voting rights
Not infrastructure.
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Response to iemanja (Reply #8)
Mon Jun 7, 2021, 12:13 AM
Stinky The Clown (65,762 posts)
9. Yes, but the Achilles heel may well be the infrastructure
The point is to put pressure on Manchin by helping his constituents see that he is blocking what THEY want, which is infrastructure. By getting them riled up about what THEY want, we turn Manchin and get what WE want.
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Response to Stinky The Clown (Reply #9)
Mon Jun 7, 2021, 07:41 PM
iemanja (52,265 posts)
11. I'm not so optimistic. nt
Response to Stinky The Clown (Original post)
Sun Jun 6, 2021, 06:20 PM
brooklynite (84,324 posts)
4. Translation: somebody ELSE needs to do something...
Response to brooklynite (Reply #4)
Sun Jun 6, 2021, 08:20 PM
KPN (14,515 posts)
6. They were good ideas. Not everyone fits into the same mold, so why criticize?
Response to brooklynite (Reply #4)
Mon Jun 7, 2021, 08:44 AM
msfiddlestix (6,143 posts)
10. Do you think folks from outside of West Virginia should whip up grassroots in WV?
How does that work?
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Response to Stinky The Clown (Original post)
Sun Jun 6, 2021, 08:17 PM
KPN (14,515 posts)
5. Good ideas. What are the chances our party leaders are thinking of them or, if not, saw them here,
will put them into action?
I'm thinking not very good, but sure do hope someone can convince me otherwise. |