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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What the party needs to do, plain and SIMPLE: [View all]NoGoodNamesLeft
(2,056 posts)26. It doesn't matter that it's not true...people believe it
And rather than tackling the issue head on it's just avoidance and pussy footing around the issue in an attempt to appease the far left who are extremely anti gun. What this country NEEDS is some damn common sense people who are willing to cut through all the bullshit and sit down and hammer out a COMPROMISE. Meet each other in the goddamned middle. People in the country don't need more gun control nor do they want it. People in the city DO need and want more gun control. So why can't both have it their own way? Get a conversation going and hammer it home that Democrats don't want to take away guns. Stop letting the GOP define Democratic policy on this stuff...FIGHT BACK.
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What jobs are we going to create in rural areas? How do you propose to do this?
LonePirate
Nov 2016
#2
Sure makes sense to me. As has been said forever, people vote with their wallets/pocketbooks
RKP5637
Nov 2016
#3
Clinton talked jobs, economy, income inequality, media not interested in showing that.
emulatorloo
Nov 2016
#12
Definitely that is all one predominately heard. Trump and hatred. Same tactics as Hitler. n/t
RKP5637
Nov 2016
#38
2, 3, 4 are exactly correct. If we're gonna drop civil rights and purge liberals from the
emulatorloo
Nov 2016
#13
Brave post, well thought out, and with suggestions very much worth considering.
mtnsnake
Nov 2016
#17
Gun control is not about banning or bashing guns. And Clinton is far more religious/Xian than Trump.
Garrett78
Nov 2016
#20
stop bashing religion ? Does this include Islam and other non christian religions ?
JI7
Nov 2016
#33
For what it's worth Schumer claims he is embracing some progressive issues & philosophy
think
Nov 2016
#25
The DNC platform had progressive populists ideas, it did not bring in enough voters.
Thinkingabout
Nov 2016
#27
they don't seem to have a problem with corporate types like Ron Johnson , in fact he did even better
JI7
Nov 2016
#32
Can we dispense with the notion that being a progressive sells in every market?
SaschaHM
Nov 2016
#44