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In reply to the discussion: Biden tells civil rights leaders that 'defund police' was 'how they beat the living hell out of us' [View all]Gothmog
(145,129 posts)161. These ads were very effective
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Biden tells civil rights leaders that 'defund police' was 'how they beat the living hell out of us' [View all]
Gothmog
Dec 2020
OP
Yes, they're masters at taking half a sentence or thought and omitted the rest.....
George II
Dec 2020
#63
WE have it together. WE cannot control the hostile left or right's messaging.
Hortensis
Dec 2020
#13
"Moderate" Republicans are mental children who can't see past their own privilege.
maxsolomon
Dec 2020
#22
There you have it. Why couldn't our "progressives" think of putting it that way?
Hekate
Dec 2020
#97
Katie Porter on "The View" just called it a slogan and said "relying on a slogan" is wrong.
George II
Dec 2020
#141
People were actually calling to defund the police. Literally take money out of police budgets...
Caliman73
Dec 2020
#39
***BINGO!!!*** Why didn't down ballot democrats respond appropriately to polling saying they were...
uponit7771
Dec 2020
#85
I said give specific examples of who the incompetent Democratic candidates were
AmericanCanuck
Dec 2020
#109
So it was okay to lose the Maine and South Carolina senate seats due to this dumb slogan?
Gothmog
Dec 2020
#120
"Fuck the Police" would have had exactly the same effect as "Defund the Police".
Mariana
Dec 2020
#58
My kids laughed at me a couple of years ago about twitter and so I had to figure it out
Gothmog
Dec 2020
#55
Different times entirely.It was LBJ who lost us some Democrats, because the Dixiecrats all exited...
Hekate
Dec 2020
#99
the people who get bashed over the head with this are invariably folks who haven't used the phrase
bigtree
Dec 2020
#41
+1, if the slogan was that damaging why didn't dems respond to it before Nov 4th. The notion that a
uponit7771
Dec 2020
#86
Down ballot dems, not the top of the ticket. Biden responded but why didn't down ballot do such ...
uponit7771
Dec 2020
#98
They did. "In all these races, the Democratic candidates opposed defunding law enforcement."
betsuni
Dec 2020
#105
That's not individual dem down ballot polls, that's a polling of DTP. Dem down ballot polling was up
uponit7771
Dec 2020
#128
You don't know why Republicans win? Don't know about cheating, voting suppression, playing
betsuni
Dec 2020
#129
No, I know down ballot dems didn't underperform polling because of a slogan. That makes no sense
uponit7771
Dec 2020
#132
Yep. Joe said that & "progressives" went ballistic. Why give a long rational answer when a snappy...
Hekate
Dec 2020
#101
Isn't it time to make an issue of Republicans defunding the police by blocking aid to cities?
Midnight Writer
Dec 2020
#45
the percentage of people who said that on this site was likely a fraction of a fraction
bigtree
Dec 2020
#68
I have been working hard in the real world to turn Texas blue. This means winning races
Gothmog
Dec 2020
#127
As the famous Representative said a few weeks ago, "Defund the police means defund the police!"
George II
Dec 2020
#59
why should anyone stifle their beliefs because republicans might expolit something said?
bigtree
Dec 2020
#69
Because we want to win. We want to win to get the positions of power we need to bring about
Boogiemack
Dec 2020
#72
trust who you want, but you should recognize that most people don't live for elections
bigtree
Dec 2020
#83
A huge catastrophe': Democrats grapple with congressional and state election losses
Gothmog
Dec 2020
#122
blaming the people politicians expect to vote for them for expressing themselves is not only sad
bigtree
Dec 2020
#147
how special of you. You must be the only person who worked for a campaign here
bigtree
Dec 2020
#150
Thank you for confirming that you do not understand how campaigns in the real world work
Gothmog
Dec 2020
#151
Again do you tire of being wrong? Why do you want Democratic candidates to lose elections?
Gothmog
Dec 2020
#157
There is ... NO ... empirical proof of this, not one poll. Also, if that slogan was so damaging to
uponit7771
Dec 2020
#87
In leaked recording, Biden says GOP used 'defund the police' to 'beat the living hell' out of Democr
Gothmog
Dec 2020
#77
+1, also if DTP was depressing down ballot dems so bad why wasn't there a response before Nov 4th !?
uponit7771
Dec 2020
#88
That's not the reason down ballot dems underperformed out of MOE polling. The whole article is a ...
uponit7771
Dec 2020
#134
Democrats and progressives need to learn messaging, and message discipline.
backscatter712
Dec 2020
#82
Why didn't down ballot dems respond to polling that showed this beating them down ballot? tia
uponit7771
Dec 2020
#84
A huge catastrophe': Democrats grapple with congressional and state election losses
Gothmog
Dec 2020
#119
Which were countered how by dems? Also, were the candidates you're speaking of...
uponit7771
Dec 2020
#137
Living near a white middle class republican neighborhood- he is absolutely correct about this
dsp3000
Dec 2020
#135
Katie Porter is on "The View" this morning, and she just called it a slogan and said....
George II
Dec 2020
#142
I saw a ton of ads using the "Defund the Police" slogan very effectively against Democrats in Texas
Gothmog
Dec 2020
#163
They're doing it all over the state of Georgia in the two runoff campaigns. It's getting nasty.
George II
Dec 2020
#166