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Blue Full Moon

(2,342 posts)
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 05:09 AM Thursday

Deserve to lose

Mrs. Betty Bowers

"We're all going to die."

"They'll get over it."

If Democrats don't use these glib Republican dismissals of Americans' concerns to Medicaid cuts in Midterm ads, they will deserve to lose.

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NNadir

(36,079 posts)
1. In general, I'm not a fan of statements like "If Democrats...
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 07:53 AM
Thursday

...don't do..." (insert this or that) "...they deserve to lose."

The United States now has only one party that embraces decency in sum. If the American people do not embrace decency, they deserve to suffer. I would argue that all nations that went fascist had their populations suffer as a result, deservedly so.

SocialDemocrat61

(5,001 posts)
4. I'm not a fan of these kinds of posts either
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 08:11 AM
Thursday

along with the “democrats need to do X” posts. No one here is a political expert and probably have never worked in a campaign in a major paid position. I’ve worked in many campaigns but never as anything more than as a low level volunteer. I would never presume to tell anyone running for office what they need to do to win an election. Some are Monday morning quarterbacks who think they know better than professional coaches on what the team should do to win.

Blue Full Moon

(2,342 posts)
6. The professionals are saying do and say nothing
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 08:38 AM
Thursday

Don't have a very good winning record. They keep fighting over a very few independents. My experience from doing GOTV is that independents are mostly ashamed republicans. But Carvel did say democrats need to apologize to MAGA.
They also pushed out Biden because of billionaire Reed Hastings wanted Lina Khan Chair of the Federal Trade Commission removed. He was being investigated by the FTC.

SocialDemocrat61

(5,001 posts)
7. There are good professionals
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 08:56 AM
Thursday

and bad professionals as in any industry. Never said there weren't.

Oopsie Daisy

(5,991 posts)
2. So, if Democrats don't produce ads that meet with your personal expectations and wants, then they "DESERVE" to lose?
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 08:02 AM
Thursday

Well... isn't that charming? I'd never wish such a thing on Democrats. I don't see what good purpose is served in "pre-gloating" over any Democrat's loss for not having done things your way in some imagined future.

Here... let me fix this for you: "If Democrats showcase genuine empathy and understanding towards Americans' concerns about Medicaid cuts in their Midterm ads, they will be positioned to win based on compassion and connection."

THERE! That's better, isn't it?

IronLionZion

(49,273 posts)
3. NYC Dems nominated a Dem Socialist
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 08:10 AM
Thursday

so I think our voters have shown tremendous interest in not dying and not getting over dying.

Blue Full Moon

(2,342 posts)
5. This is the republicans "Let them eat cake"
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 08:13 AM
Thursday

Those statements need to be hung over each republican and make them own it. The disabled people that went to talk to them about the Medicare cuts. Their hands were zip tied and arrested. The one lady needed her meds and had dialysis scheduled for this morning.

betsuni

(28,035 posts)
8. If Democrats don't stop Republicans with just the right sternly worded ads they (they are Americans) deserve to lose?
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 09:57 AM
Thursday

What now?

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