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grahamhgreen

(15,741 posts) Mon Jun 30, 2014, 05:14 PM Jun 2014

If you give in before you fight, you always lose. We can beat this Congress. Stop giving in to them [View all]

by arguing that "we can't get it past this Congress".

It's a loser mentality that I see all over this board.

You want to win? Pick a popular position and fight for it. Get your message out to the American people. Let them know what bills you are pushing.

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If you give in before you fight, you always lose. We can beat this Congress. Stop giving in to them [View all] grahamhgreen Jun 2014 OP

How do we beat SCOTUS? nt valerief Jun 2014 #1

Hobby Lobby? Medicare buy in. grahamhgreen Jun 2014 #2

SCOTUS. They make the rulings paid for by the women-haters. nt valerief Jun 2014 #3

Congress still trumps SCOTUS with the right laws. randome Jun 2014 #7

We have NO CONGRESS. Zip. Nada. None. NO CONGRESS. nt valerief Jun 2014 #9

Reality is tough sometimes Politicalboi Jun 2014 #4

We'll lose 'cause we've offerered no alternative that makes clear why voters should vote Dem. Scuba Jul 2014 #10

+1000 nt MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #5

You do realize they didn't really save Tinkerbell by clapping, right? jeff47 Jun 2014 #6

Right. And we can't win this by not fighting. grahamhgreen Jun 2014 #8