What a Guru Would Tell Democrats on How to Use Power

[BaronChocula]

1. Stop referring to your majority as "slim."
2. Give yourself a week to find bipartisanship on any issue. After that, you're just being trapped into running out the clock.
3. Keep traitors on defense. Call Kevin McCarthy a "Failed Deli Manager." Call the Insurrection "The Republican Insurrection," etc.
4. Resist criticizing members of your own caucus, regardless of how much they irk you (Joe Sinema).
5. Stop letting opportunities to capitalize slide by.
6. Don't let six-plus months go by before investigating an attempted coup.
7. Your opposition is a dwindling sliver of Americans. Republicans can't win the popular vote. Act like it.
8. Act like you WILL expand your majorities in Congress.
9. Keep showing suburban white women pictures of capitol terrorists in Lansing and D.C.
10. Repeat the narrative you want to hear voters repeat. That narrative should declare Democrats as the only legitimate party in existence.

[comradebillyboy]

1. I like it.

[Demsrule86]

2. You have to possess power to use it.

We do have a slim majority. Bipartisan is Mother’s the issue. We don’t have 51 votes often much less 60. Other than that I agree with you. However, it is easier said than done.

[F. Kafka]

3. This makes way too much sense.

We’re great public servants, but we are frikkin’ lousy politicians.

[11 Bravo]

4. Nicely put! (Now, don't be such a stranger.)

[FoxNewsSucks]

5. That's perfect.

I'd like to see every elected Democrat live by those rules. There's no legitimate reason not to.

[FreepFryer]

6. Who is the self described guru? Know thy teacher. (Nt)

[Champp]

7. k and r

[IronLionZion]

8. Elect more Dems instead of cursing out Manchin and Sinema

since their relevance is their swing vote.

[bringthePaine]

9. nice list!

[Beartracks]

10. Republicans can't win the popular vote. Act like it.

Word.

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[Red Mountain]

11. video from the Capitol

should be used in every campaign against an insurrection denier.

And all of the others, too.

Nail them down. Are you pro insurrection or anti?


So damn easy.

[wackadoo wabbit]

12. I was just thinking today how feckless Schumer is

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Does anyone — anyone! — think that MConnell would hesitate for an instant to abolish the filibuster if his and Schumer's positions were reversed?

Democrats are traditionally so afraid of what the public will think that they ultimately accomplish little, which leads to the public believing that the parties are the same.

We need to go big! Then, at least, if we fail, we'll fail for a reason. Right now, we might be failing for nothing.

edit: grammar

[lagomorph777]

15. Do it now and save democracy, or wait and let Mitch do it and kill democracy.

Is this a complicated choice? Really?

[uponit7771]

17. RIGHT ?! The people who support the 1/6 terrorist attack against America don't give a damn about

... "fairness" they care about turning US legislation into Texas and they can do that by getting rid of the filibuster WHEN THEY'RE IN POWER.

There's no level of GOTV that defeats laws AGAINST voting!!

[uponit7771]

13. **** THANK YOU !!! **** People blame slogans when dem messaging SUCKS. We need to get better message

[lagomorph777]

14. Jai Guru Deva!

Namaste!!!!

[Generic Brad]

16. I nominate BaronChocula to lead the DNC!

If not - they need to bring hire you as our answer to Frank Lutz!

[cynical_idealist]

18. 11. Start a massive educational campaign on how voting and democracy is supposed to work

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