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What the Democratic party needs is enthusiasm. We have no voice. We have a web address but that's weak. You asked what ? All of the answers are at www. No person just a web address. Republicans are making our path as easy as possible and we're going to squander the golden opportunity. All because nobody could figure out how to communicate to those not already on board. You would surely think someone would figure it all out. Trump says stupid shit daily. We say nothing except when Mr. Perez makes it onto television every 9th day. Ultimately it will be too little too late.
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TJ Wrote:What the Democratic party needs is enthusiasm. We have no voice. We have a web address but that's weak. You asked what ? All of the answers are at www. No person just a web address. Republicans are making our path as easy as possible and we're going to squander the golden opportunity. All because nobody could figure out how to communicate to those not already on board. You would surely think someone would figure it all out. Trump says stupid shit daily. We say nothing except when Mr. Perez makes it onto television every 9th day. Ultimately it will be too little too late. Yes T.J. my feelings exactly. Even with the "shutdown" there was no unity in the party. This way you will always loose. Let alone an solid way to "negotiate" by not not giving away the store when you are at the beginning of any negotiations. I had many negotiation courses as well lots of experience in dealing and wheeling all over the world, but wonder if people like Schumer had such experience. I've got a feeling that in the government they are not used to the "mafia" way of dealing as Trump does.
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Chet Ruminski Wrote:Schmidt said: "Wow you sure are full of "demands". Is that how you view the Democratic Party's role...demand, demand, demand?" Schmidt, I spoke to a couple that borrowed $2600 in a loan called a speedy loan. I worked out the payments and in three years they will pay back $14,000. That is what the Democratic Party has done for their constituency. Allowed business to redicule usury laws and abuse the lower classes. Yes I say demand because lawmakers break their backs giving every consideration to the .001 while stepping on the backs of the lower class to do it. The USA is completely misaligned in maintaining a country for people. Everyday more money and services are denied to the lower class while enabling more money to flow to the top. Demand is the operative word when an entire class of people is fighting to stay alive. Chet -- I do not disagree with you regarding the inequality that has evolved in our democracy over decades. The country needs a course correction to ultimately provide more equality in income and wealth to those less fortunate. It certainly starts with education opportunities, but it also includes health care as well as decent wages. As I wrote in another post in the thread, what does it mean to make America great again, the shift in the inequality started some 40-50 years ago with the advent of the Lewis Powell doctrine in which he laid out a capitalist plan to make the country great through private enterprise. Since then every Republican president has slowly shifted the curve to favor the plutocrats. Some were big jump shifts (Reagan and Bush tax cuts for the rich and corporations at the expense of spending programs for the poor and middle class), whereas others have been a slow whittling away of the gains under Roosevelt. Trump is just the latest Republican president to push the plutocracy ideology. Where we differ is that you want change seemingly overnight, and do not hesitate to place blame, more on Democrats than Republicans. You can get up on the podium and shout your demands until you are blue in the face, but it will not get you anywhere. In fact just the opposite as it further drives a wedge through the Democratic Party dividing it into factions, exactly as intended by the plutocrats driving the Republican Party. The plutocrats love it when Democrats play the "blame game" blaming each other while they quietly work to undo regulations that Democratic presidents fought so hard for. I agree with many of your objectives for equality. Where we differ is how to achieve those objectives. As a realist I can understand that we didn't get where we are in a year or two. We got here because of decades of complacency and ceding the messaging to the plutocrats, and allowing cultural issues to divide us rather than pushing economic issues that really can make a difference. Yes, I assign much of that blame to Democrats who allow and actually get caught up more in the cultural issues that seem to define campaigns giving economic issues a back seat. It is happening now as we focus more on Trump's shortcomings, especially his apparent racism, rather than driving how the economic issues will affect everyone more. If we make the elections all about race or religious issues such as abortion, then we will never connect with the white middle class voters who left the party. We certainly need a course correction but like the Titanic, we cannot turn on a dime. My opinion...
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I don't make this up about the Democratic Party. How the Democrats Lost Touch on Trade - POLITICO Magazine Politico › magazine › story › 2016/09
Party elites just got blindsided by their own working-class voters. Can they let go of their cherished globalist beliefs? ... The Democrats' 'Working-Class Problem' - The American Prospect The American Prospect › article › democ...
The Democrats' 'Working-Class Problem'. It's not only with whites. It reaches well into the party's base. Stanley Greenberg. June 1, 2017 ... What Killed the Democratic Party? A new report offers a bracing autopsy of the 2016 election—and lays out a plan for revitalization. By William Greider OCTOBER 30, 2017 The Democratic Party lost just about everything in 2016, but so far it has offered only evasive regrets and mild apologies. Instead of acknowledging gross failure and astounding errors, the party’s leaders and campaign professionals wallowed in self-pity and righteous indignation. www.thenation.com/article/what-killed-the-democratic-party/
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