Posted on 07/29/2018 12:20:35 PM PDT by Kaslin
We’re more than halfway through the summer and with the midterm elections drawing closer, the liberal media have been desperate to continue the Democratic Party’s “blue wave” narrative despite a booming economy and improving poll numbers. And during Sunday’s This Week on ABC, host Martha Raddatz wondered how the Democrats planned to “counter” the voters who approved of the conservative things President Trump had done for the country.
Before Raddatz’s asked her ridiculous question, Washington Post national correspondent Mary Jordan spoke about how many voters had a dual attitude when it came to President Trump. “[T]hey like Trump, but as they say, he may not be a good man but he's a good president,” she explained.
According to Jordan, many voters had a “discomfort” about Trump when it came to all the controversies surrounding him and his style rubbed them the wrong way, “but they will vote for him; they're saying as of today because of conservative judges, tax cuts, lower regulation and that to them is what he's doing is why they're still on his side.”
After hearing that, Raddatz seemed befuddled and turned to New York Times editorial writer Mara Gay to help understand the situation. “Then how do you counter that,” Raddatz wondered. “And I've seen that on the road. Mary and I have talked about this too. I've seen that on the road as well. ‘I don't care about Russia, I don't care about the tweets.’ He's a means to an end.”
ABC’s Raddatz: How Do Dems ‘Counter’ Voters Who Like Trump Policies?
Gay’s solution was for Democrats to double down on their socialist pipedream that bankrupts counties and bankrupts the future for generations. Her poster child for the push was New York Democratic candidate and staunch socialist, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
“Well, the big unknown, I think, is whether the Democratic and liberal energy in the country right now will actually translate into electoral victories,” Gay opined as she boasted about people getting more political. “Our primary contest in New York with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that really suggests a level of participation in races where many voters didn’t participate before.”
Raddatz seemed unsure about elevating Ocasio-Cortez and asked if she and other candidates like her were “taking the party too far to the left”. But Gay insisted that her politics were the future for the Democratic Party:
But I actually think that Democrats have an opportunity to define themselves. And frankly, the Republican Party has gone so far to the right that some of the things that candidates like Ocasio-Cortez are calling for, better paid leave policies, these are not necessarily radical things. They may work just as well in Alabama.
“I think Democrats really should consider doubling down on their base,” Gay added.
ABC Political Director Rick Klein then chimed in to tout how Ocasio-Cortez represented something larger than just the coming “progressive wave”. She also represented a wave of women opposed to Trump. “There's a pink wave, records number of female candidates (…) and a lot of that I think gets to this engagement of women in this election where President Trump is just such a polarizing and energizing force,” he hyped.
The transcript is below, click "expand" to read:
ABC
This Week
July 29, 2018
9:44:08 AM Eastern
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MARY JORDAN: The environment is just making people register to vote, give money to vote, getting other people out. And that's in big contrast to the women who say they're going to vote for Trump, they like Trump, but as they say, he may not be a good man but he's a good president. By that when you talk to them they say they don't like his style, they don't like Stormy Daniels. They don't like how he tweets and they don't even like -- what's this thing with Putin they were saying. There's this discomfort, but they will vote for him they're saying as of today because of conservative judges, tax cuts, lower regulation and that to them is what he's doing is why they're still on his side.
MARTHA RADDATZ: Then how do you counter that? And I've seen that on the road. Mary and I have talked about this too. I've seen that on the road as well. “I don't care about Russia, I don't care about the tweets.” He's a means to an end.
MARA GAY: Well, the big unknown I think is whether the Democratic and liberal energy in the country right now will actually translate into electoral victories. And we are seeing people more engaged in their communities, at PTA meetings, even I would say at primary contests. Our primary contest in New York with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that really suggests a level of participation in races where many voters didn’t participate before. And so, that carries over, if you have voters who vote who don't generally vote in primary elections but do show up for presidential elections, will we see them vote in the mid-terms?
RADDATZ: But her race and you saw me try to get to that with Congressman Lujan about is she, and others like her, taking the party too far to the left?
GAY: I think that it's definitely true that you have to know your district. So every district is different across the country. I mean, what plays in New York may not play in Alabama. But I actually think that Democrats have an opportunity to define themselves. And frankly, the Republican Party has gone so far to the right that some of the things that candidates like Ocasio-Cortez are calling for, better paid leave policies, these are not necessarily radical things. They may work just as well in Alabama. What we saw with Doug Jones, who won that victory, it was black women. I think Democrats really should consider doubling down on their base.
RICK KLEIN: It's not just Ocasio-Cortez. The broader context for what she's part of is not just a Progressive wave. There's a pink wave, records number of female candidates and some of them are medical professionals, former fighter pilots, intelligence officers, incredible life stories that they're bringing and a lot of that I think gets to this engagement of women in this election where President Trump is just such a polarizing and energizing force.
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I certainly believe you’re right Aria. I enjoyed your thoughts there.
Nice post, and I think it does apply as nicely to Trump as to Lincoln.
Trump will die a beloved former leader of our nation.
Like Reagan, he will have devoted supporters who will praise him decades from now.
Reagan was an upbeat man. So is Trump.
It’s hard to think of either of them being depressed.
We are lucky to have lived through both of their terms in office.
God has been good to those of us who did.
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Good analysis, Liz. And I think another element of the Halfrican's con was he knew how to play the victim of slavery, discrimination, and all the other dark forces of injustice that made white Americans guilty of race problems. He was the first -- and hopefully last -- affirmative action President.
People were in awe of how well-spoken he was -- fresh and "clean" as Biden said. Only later did we find out his "eloquence" was 90% teleprompter. He was a mere puppet of the oligarchs and the fawning mainstream press.
I distinctly remember the one postcard I received from his campaign in 2007. It was a very unusual post card because it covered no progressive talking points. Instead it was a pure appeal to right-the-wrong of history and to finally elect a black person as President.
Of course, Hildebeast tried the exact same thing as a woman victim. The con job may well have worked a second time were it not for the utter competence and awesome communicating skills of that Very Stable Genius who now occupies the Office.
Anyone have a video of her CRYING on election night?
Counter it with policy proposals of their own. Pity they don't have any.
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Reagan was an upbeat man. So is Trump... It’s hard to think of either of them being depressed. * * * Yes, aside from all the wise political moves these leaders have made, we also thank them for their God-given power to inspire. They inspire we citizens -- weak and Deplorable as we often are -- to fulfill our destiny as the world's beacon of Freedom. |
I like the doubling-down on stupid too. That's what they're going to do, despite the "war" inside the Democrat party right now. The old-guard Democrats are trying to "moderate" the message while the Sanders/Ocasio-Cortez wing want to swing harder left.
I've already gone on record that the "blue wave" is really the Tidy Bowl Man.
If that continues there WILL be a RED WAVE come November 2018 and November 2020.
“They are in deep sh*t and they know it.”
They may be in deep sh*t but they’re experts at registering voters and counting votes. They especially love counting votes, any votes, in trunks, back pockets, or wherever they can find them.
Their treachery knows no bounds.
IMHO
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When Hillary suffers a loss, her five stages of grief don’t include crying.
Anger: Hit nearest person
Anger: Throw some object not affixed to a counter top
Anger: Find someone to blame other than herself
Anger: Concoct some story line, that makes her the victim
Anger: Go on an anger/misery speaking tour
I agree, good call Liz.
It’s probably a good call on Bill Clinton as well.
After her late teens, we could say the same thing about Hillary Clinton also.
Nice photo, and I agree with your take on it.
And to those of us he knew who would not fall prey to his "victim con".....Obama had another card up his sleeve.
He said (with a straight face) that he wanted to be "another Reagan."
LOL, what an insult. And knowing the man, this is perhaps the biggest lie he ever stated in public.
Well, maybe not... he told some amazing lies during his eight years.
Right up there with “if you like your plan, you can keep your plan.”
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