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How to counter Trump? Democrats still searching
WTOP-TV ^ | October 21, 2017 | Bill Barrow, The Associated Press

Posted on 10/21/2017 10:34:51 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nine months into the Donald Trump era, Democrats are still searching for a standard-bearer and a crisp message to corral widespread opposition to an unpopular president and a Republican-led Congress.

The minority party has put that struggle on vivid display this week in Nevada, site of Democrats’ first national party gathering since a contentious chairman’s election in February. The party’s congressional leaders and potential presidential candidates mostly stayed away, with the exception of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, whose name has surfaced among possible 2020 hopefuls.

The activists and party leaders who did attend expressed optimism over their rebuilding efforts, but also lingering resentments from the 2016 presidential primary, confirming that the battle between liberals and establishment Democrats continues long after Hillary Clinton dispatched Bernie Sanders but lost to Trump....

(Excerpt) Read more at wtop.com ...


TOPICS: Parties; State and Local
KEYWORDS: democrats; trump
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The mayor of Los Angeles? Melania might as well start ordering outfits for 2021 and beyond.
1 posted on 10/21/2017 10:34:51 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Mostly they want us dead. Then they criticize us for wanting to be armed.


2 posted on 10/21/2017 10:40:52 AM PDT by Spok
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The mayor of Los Angeles? Melania might as well start ordering outfits for 2021 and beyond.

Is dukakis dead yet?


3 posted on 10/21/2017 10:41:34 AM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Maybe learn to lie with more credibility?


4 posted on 10/21/2017 10:42:09 AM PDT by gbaker
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The minority party has become what they have created so many of and they still don’t get it fools on the march.


5 posted on 10/21/2017 10:44:52 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)
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Speaking of former Democratic candidates.

6 posted on 10/21/2017 10:46:14 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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They are playing their 20th century game. Welcome to the 21st century, Dems. The Revolution has to get in control so as to get completely in control of the truth. The revolution failed. That’s what happens when you try for an overthrow without guns. How do you counter The Truth WITHOUT brute force?


7 posted on 10/21/2017 10:48:38 AM PDT by TalBlack (It's hard to shoot people when they are shooting back at you...)
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Here is what they are working on to see of something sticks:

1. setting him up with the black cowboy clown dressed as a saloon hooker attacking him with outlandish lies

2. the Puerto rican cruz attacking him with outlandish lies

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

“Joy Reid Guest: In Every Controversy, Trump Admin Tries to “Destroy” a Black Woman”

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3597202/posts

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


8 posted on 10/21/2017 10:48:49 AM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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HH would be a republican in today’s world and excoriated for those racist remarks.

Do I really need a sarc tag?


9 posted on 10/21/2017 10:50:02 AM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison...like yesterday.)
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Double down, Dems.


10 posted on 10/21/2017 10:50:07 AM PDT by VRW Conspirator (Enforce the Law. Build the Wall.)
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How can Democrats counter President Trump?

All they need to do is support GOPe candidates for Congress.

11 posted on 10/21/2017 10:50:40 AM PDT by buckalfa (Slip sliding away towards senility.)
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Anyone who listens to joy Reid needs hospitalization


12 posted on 10/21/2017 10:51:30 AM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison...like yesterday.)
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Nine months into the Donald Trump era, Democrats are still searching for a standard-bearer and a crisp message to corral widespread opposition to an unpopular president and a Republican-led Congress.

Putting aside the broad and incorrect assumption in the final phrase, the only way for the Democrats to craft a "crisp" and appealing message to 50+1% of America is to kick their hard Left freak show to the curb and become Americans again.

And they don't dare... :)

13 posted on 10/21/2017 10:53:05 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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HH was considered ridiculously “square” and his nomination is what triggered the absolute bedlam at the 1968 Chicago Convention, not that they weren’t there for trouble in any case.


14 posted on 10/21/2017 11:05:18 AM PDT by ichabod1 (Smoke does not mean fire when someone threw a smoke grenade.)
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I’d suggest a minor adjustment in campaign approach, myself. “You suck and you’re to blame for everything that’s wrong on this long, long list I got here and so vote for me you racist, sexist bastards” might be considered a bit indiscreet, especially by those on the receiving end. Doubling down, as Hillary did, “we’re Stronger Together and we’ll roll over you and break your damn glass ceiling”, was worse. Do as 0bama did, smile and wait until you’re in office to screw ‘em over.


15 posted on 10/21/2017 11:23:14 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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What should be a part of every high school curriculum - learning about the history, care, feeding, and grooming of a sidearm, and the necessary skills to aim, fire, and reload the weapon, to the end of being able to hit a designated target in a consistent manner, and for a specific purpose. Definition of target and accuracy of aim are the important aspects here. The actual performance of firing the weapon depends on control of body motion that would compromise the accuracy of the aim, such as sighting down carefully on target, suppressing breath, and squeezing off the trigger smoothly, not jerking it back.

Requires coordination developed through repeated practice.


16 posted on 10/21/2017 11:24:26 AM PDT by alloysteel (Guilty until proven innocent, while denying defense, justice, mercy or any appeal. No pardon, ever.)
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screaming “russia”, “racist” and “fascist” with zero substance to back that up in thousands of “news” articles every week loses it’s impact after a while.

and the big question after that for the leftist Dems is: “Now what do we do?”

And the answer so far is that they have no idea what to do next ...

That right there in a nutshell shows how intellectually bankrupt and hollowed out the modern leftist Democrat party is.


17 posted on 10/21/2017 11:29:58 AM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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” frank public assessments about how far the Democratic National Committee has to go to catch up to Republicans on fundraising and technology”

hilarious to see this in print because for the preceding nine years prior to trump being elected, we were assured in hundreds of “news” articles that the genius Dems were light years ahead of the stone age Pubs in terms of IT and social media, and that the Pubs could never possibly catch up.


18 posted on 10/21/2017 11:33:29 AM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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“The party is tantalized by an Alabama Senate race pitting the Democratic nominee, Doug Jones, against former jurist Roy Moore, a controversial figure who wasn’t the GOP establishment’s first choice.”

assuming that it’s true that they really are “tantalized”, then they are STILL deluding themselves: pretty much all the polls but the fake FNC one shows Moore ahead by double-digits.


19 posted on 10/21/2017 11:35:39 AM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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“Perez is selling confidence. “We’ve got game,” he roared to an exuberant audience at one reception.”

i think it’s pretty well known that if you HAVE to yell “We’ve got game,” at the top of your lungs, then you don’t.


20 posted on 10/21/2017 11:37:00 AM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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