Beware of Pre-Election Agitprop Designed to Discourage Voting

[MineralMan]

With just a few short days until the election, the negative agitprop plant is in full bloom. If you're allergic to the pollen from this foul-smelling weed, avoid full exposure to it.

Wherever you go over the next couple of days, the stink of the Agitpropus Negativius will be everywhere, even on the Internet.

Pay no mind. The antidote is easy. Just GOTV like crazy!

GOTV 2014 and Beyond!

[randys1]

1. Yes, indeed, VOTE VOTE

https://twitter.com/DidTheyLetUVote

[MineralMan]

2. And take people to the polls with you!

Don't let the negativism stop you!

[randys1]

3. and go here and make calls

http://front.moveon.org/


https://twitter.com/DidTheyLetUVote

[MineralMan]

7. Absolutely.

[FSogol]

4. K&R. n/t

[Bluenorthwest]

5. We're at 32% State wide as of yesterday, which looks like about 70% by end of election

Could be better.

[MineralMan]

6. Your state's vote-by-mail program is a great model.

Every state should adopt it, in my opinion.

[freshwest]

8. Agitpropus Negativius... That's what it is...

[MineralMan]

9. Yup. A foul-smelling weed it is, too.

[JaneyVee]

10. Exactly. Solidarity wins elections, not division.

[MineralMan]

11. Yes. The time for division and choosing candidates for 2014 is

long past. We get to start on 2016 on Wednesday to do that again.

[Phlem]

12. Wow, you rec your own threads?

[MineralMan]

13. Yes, frequently I do.

And I'm not the only one who recommends my threads.

If that's your only comment on this thread, I don't know what to say.

[Doctor_J]

29. I didn't know you could even do that

Bizarre

[woo me with science]

14. Third Way divisive agitprop. Trashing thread.

This response will suffice again:

Third Way argle blargle. I'm gonna get whiplash
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5745196


from the Third Way telling us first that liberals are "fringe" and irrelevant, but then that we are so powerful that a critical post *on a political discussion board* is going to sink the election.

Corporatists really need to start having their talking point meetings all together in the same room.

The ONLY people I see deliberately trying to reduce turnout are the corporate faction of the party. In fact, I can't *ever* remember seeing such a sustained, relentless, and deliberate effort to discourage, demoralize, and outright attack the base of the party. It makes no sense whatsoever...until you realize that corporate politicians depend on divided government in order to be able to continue to claim to the electorate that they cannot stop predatory corporate policies.

I presume you have contacted the DCCC about this garbage?

"Accept Defeat" <--- newest DCCC fundraising email
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025736826

[MineralMan]

15. OK. Whatever you say.

I do appreciate the kick, though.

[Phlem]

17. Exactly.

and if they don't like what you say they'll just silence you.

But hey, keep the ignorance alive!

[Oilwellian]

33. That's exactly what this OP is about

I see your question wasn't answered.

[ibegurpard]

16. Does that include the DCCC

with their "All hope is lost" emails?

[MineralMan]

19. I don't see any of those. They all go to my spam folder.

I donate to individual candidates. Reverse psychology doesn't work on me, anyhow. I suppose it works for some people, and they must be getting donations, since they keep using that strategy. It's not what I'd do, though.

I don't donate to any national campaign organizations. Only to my own local candidates. I vote locally, and my activism is all local, as well. I discuss national politics here on DU, but don't count DU activities as activism at all.

[Phlem]

20. wait a minute,

what happened to the "hope and change"?

Talk about whiplash.

[MisterP]

27. can't be: they're in the Party so everything they do is by definition constructive

note that the system is broken and you're a propagandist secretly paid by the GOP to destroy democracy itself

[Rex]

18. It is all over the front page!

Clean up, isle one!

[MineralMan]

22. What is? I never use that page.

My home on DU is the GD thread list.

[Rex]

24. I C, I always start on GD page one.

The Doom and Gloomers are out in full force today.

[MineralMan]

34. They seem to be. Time's short, I guess.

[baldguy]

21. K&R

[MineralMan]

23. Thanks!

[Phlem]

25. Hey I just voted a straight D ticket 2 weeks ago.

You mean like that?

[HockeyMom]

26. I used my handy dandy "Household" Republican (husband is) guide

when a candidate didn't list party affiliation. If the Republican guide supported them, I voted for the other candidate. Thank you, Republican Party. Little hint. Not everyone in a household is a REPUBLICAN.

[Phlem]

28. My oh my we have a problem with inferance.

"I would expect that from a Republican" doesn't exactly mean I'm calling someone a Republican. But hey go ahead and twist it all around till it fits your reality.

[HockeyMom]

30. Excuse me?

Since HE is a Republican, why don't they send this guide to just HIM and not "Household"? I rarely get any voters guide from the Democrats, but when they send something it is addressed just to ME and not the household. Maybe the Republicans just assume that if the husband is Republican, that the WIFE must be also? Gender discrimination too?

Anyway, their lost, and my advantage.

[Phlem]

32. Sorry my problem with inference completely!

Please excuse me I thought we were talking about something else. It's been a rough day and I hope you forgive me. I understand now.

In my particular family I'm completely surrounded by them, they even invade my FB page but what do you do with old friends?

I come here to get away from it all and this morning just got drawn into the most ridiculous thread that ended up getting me kicked out of my own thread. It's really unfortunate to come here and be told to sit down and shut up. One day I'm supposed to have thicker skin and the next day I'm talking to someone who's is butterfly wing thin. The whole gang is here in the thread and I misread your post.

It was a knee jerk reaction on my part and I completely apologize, you didn't deserve that.

I hope we can still be friends.

I think I need a nap.

[KMOD]

36. "I think I need a nap."

Yeah, you probably do.

Nighty night.

[Phlem]

37. ...

[KMOD]

38. What? You said you needed a nap. I just agreed.

[Bobbie Jo]

31. Even on this very thread

Like flypaper.


GOTV

[mcar]

35. K&R and GOTV

Thanks MM.

[Hekate]

39. Well spotted, my friend!

[Doctor_J]

40. tell me about it

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5742682

And you might want to find a different word