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Old 12-08-2017, 10:34 AM   #3282
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Re: Mother, mother, mother - there's too many of you crying.

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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski View Post
Here's the thing, the biggest issue the Dems have right now is that the prez bragged about grabbing pussy, and Alabama is running a guy who got banned from malls, and no R's seem to care. We are less than a year away from midterm elections. Anything that blurs the line is a big problem. Of course it is unfair that he quit and Trump is still in office and this Moore will likely win election, but the D's need to win in contested places, lots of them, and cannot have a major bright line issue get less bright.
Here the bigger thing: The Democrats are not going to win by being the non-pussy grabbing party.

Those social issues you think will win the day? They're losers.

The issues that will win the day are:

1. The GOP just fucked the middle class with a shitty tax bill;
2. Wages are still stagnating (see today's jobs report);
3. The GOP is defunding the ACA; and,
4. Inequality is accelerating under GOP policies.

The environment? Not going to win the Ds any new votes.
Trump's foreign policy insanity? Average voter doesn't care about or understand anything beyond US borders.

Pussy grabbing/pedophile in the Senate? That'll get some votes.
The GOP embracing alt-right psychos? That'll get some votes.
But not 1/10th of the votes #s 1-4 above will attract.

The Democrats need to attract the moderate swing voters and the people who pulled the lever for Trump thinking, "Eh, why not? He might be a magic ticket," and now have serious buyer's remorse.

The people exercised by the pussy-grabbing issue are already voting Democratic. Rather than preach to the converted, the Democrats should spend time and energy bringing back the voters who pulled the lever for Obama in '08 and then Trump in '16. Obviously, given they voted for two extremely different candidates on social issues, it all about $$$ (read: jobs and growth) to them.
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