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Democrats Just Can’t Win The ‘Respect’ of Donald Trump voters
Washington Post ^ | May 15 at 1:40 PM | Paul Waldman

Posted on 05/15/2018 12:51:02 PM PDT by ethom

In the endless search for the magic key that Democrats can use to unlock the hearts of white people who vote Republican, the hot new candidate is “respect.” If only they cast off their snooty liberal elitism and show respect to people who voted for Donald Trump, Democrats can win them over and take back Congress and the White House.

The assumption is that if Democrats simply choose to deploy this powerful tool of respect, then minds will be changed and votes will follow.

As a voter says in “The Great Revolt,” a new book by conservative journalist Salena Zito and Republican operative Brad Todd, “One of the things I really don’t get about the Democratic Party or the news media is the lack of respect they give to people who work hard all of their lives to get themselves out of the hole.”

“I despise Barack Obama. I think primarily because I don’t think he thinks very much of people like me,” one Republican told The Post’s Dan Balz. “One of the places I would agree with the hard-core Trump people, they’re tired of being treated as the enemy by Barack Obama,” he went on. “His comment, the whole thing, it’s been worn out to death, that clinging to God and guns, God and guns and afraid of people who don’t look like them, blah, blah, blah. Just quit talking down to me.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2018election; 2020election; earnednotwon; election2018; election2020; elitist; elitists; mediabias; respect; rulingclass; trumpists
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To: DJ Taylor

Excellent.


61 posted on 05/15/2018 2:26:45 PM PDT by Gator113 ( ~~Trump 2020~~)
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To: DJ Taylor; SunkenCiv

Well written. Thank you.


62 posted on 05/15/2018 2:31:40 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (The democrats' national goal: One world social-communism under one world religion: Atheistic Islam.)
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To: ethom

Liars can’t be trusted. Democrats are deluded thinking all it takes is some simplistic outreach to Trump voters.

1) We aren’t simple, and 2) we know propaganda when we see, hear and smell it.


63 posted on 05/15/2018 2:33:21 PM PDT by OpusatFR
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To: ethom

How could the godless ever gain the respect of the Godly?


64 posted on 05/15/2018 2:48:30 PM PDT by maddogtiger
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To: Lurker

And that, sir, is a GREAT tagline!

(-:


65 posted on 05/15/2018 2:55:54 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: MeganC

I thank you, ma’am.

L


66 posted on 05/15/2018 2:57:03 PM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: Billthedrill

The article itself was a steaming pile.


67 posted on 05/15/2018 3:24:48 PM PDT by kallisti (You have to answer for Santino, Carlo.)
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To: ethom
respect is NOT won... it is EARNED!!!
68 posted on 05/15/2018 3:51:13 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: ethom
What have they ever done that deserves respect? Lied? Stolen? Conspired? Betrayed? Cowed? Posed? Pretended? Whined? Incited?

What? Why would I respect a herd of amoral bovines who somehow manage to walk on their hind legs?

69 posted on 05/15/2018 3:55:55 PM PDT by IronJack (A)
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To: ethom

Progressives are enemies of the Republic and not fit to breathe American air


70 posted on 05/15/2018 3:58:18 PM PDT by Thibodeaux (Long Live the Republic!)
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To: ethom

Gee I can’t understand why? Maybe because they call them names, assault them, and tell them that they are stupid? Could that be it?


71 posted on 05/15/2018 4:07:08 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: ethom
“Can I get me a huntin’ license here?
72 posted on 05/15/2018 4:14:38 PM PDT by skimbell
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To: ethom

We are not just treated like the enemy by the likes of Barack Obama. Hillary did it as well. So did Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and many, many other politicians.

However, never forget who else treats us like the enemy. The 60+ million people who voted for hillary treat us as the enemy as well. And they are our neighbors, family members, and people we work with.

Do you know a person who cried after hillary lost in 2016? That person considers you the enemy.

There is no recovery for the demo_rats. I trust they lose big this November (again...) and President Trump again triumphs in 2020.

JoMa


73 posted on 05/15/2018 4:33:37 PM PDT by joma89
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To: DJ Taylor

Amen.


74 posted on 05/15/2018 5:49:03 PM PDT by Amberdawn (If The Left Didn't Believe In Double Standards, They'd Have No Standards At All.)
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To: joma89

“We are not just treated like the enemy by the likes of Barack Obama. Hillary did it as well. So did Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and many, many other politicians.”

“However, never forget who else treats us like the enemy. The 60+ million people who voted for Hillary treat us as the enemy as well. And they are our neighbors, family members, and people we work with.”

Well spoken! And it’s a truly scary thought. But it’s true and each of us “deplorables” has to be ready at the individual level for any eventuality.

NRA sticker on your vehicle? Someone wants to key it or else run you off the road. Think about it. Ever practiced firing from your vehicle while either moving or stopped? I have & do.


75 posted on 05/15/2018 6:07:24 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: ethom

Don’t forget, there are still enough Morons to put the DemoncRats back in power. It’s a matter of turnout and sanity.

We will find out this November and in 2020 if 2016 was just a one off or a sign that People in this Country are “woke”.

Of course, with the negative percentage of Media coverage of POTUS Trump (91%) equaling the positive coverage of Lord Obama by the same Media (don’t doubt me), you have to wonder if any Republican could be elected Dog Catcher.


76 posted on 05/15/2018 6:19:49 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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To: NohSpinZone

Its comments like yours that keep me coming back here!


77 posted on 05/15/2018 6:47:06 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: ethom

What is there to respect: they are avowed communists who hate America and American citizens.


78 posted on 05/15/2018 7:25:35 PM PDT by Jmouse007 (Lord God Almighty, deliver us from this evil in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, amen.)
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To: boop

Yes, the comments at the original article are as delusional as the ones that are usually at NYT articles. We truly live in different universes. My liberal sisters are never exposed to intelligent conservative viewpoints. They simply don’t want to hear any. Conservatives can’t help but hear liberal viewpoints since we are bombarded with them throughout the week by liberal media and schools. The author is clueless and so are his readers. But he plays the “victim card” and so he can feel morally superior and not have to change.


79 posted on 05/15/2018 7:27:58 PM PDT by DeweyCA
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To: DJ Taylor
BINGO! We have a winnah, give D J Taylor a Cupie Doll!

Outstanding post of the day!

80 posted on 05/15/2018 7:28:25 PM PDT by Jmouse007 (Lord God Almighty, deliver us from this evil in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, amen.)
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