Lawrence O'Donnell Jr - What did liberals ever do? What did liberals do that was so offensive to the Republican party?

[Swede]

[wendyb-NC]

1. We need to let that ring throughout the tree tops and over the countryside

Thanks, for posting, Swede. As always Lawrence is right on target.

[legallyblondeNYC]

2. I have a huge crush on this man.

[SunSeeker]

10. Get in line!

I've been crushing on him for years.

[ShazzieB]

3. I love this!

[elleng]

4. Quoted by Matt Santos (Jimmy Smits) on The West Wing!

[TommyT139]

6. An episode Lawrence wrote?

Hmmm...sounds like a progressive conspiracy!

[elleng]

9. Heck yes!!!

[Hekate]

5. Excellent -- badge of honor indeed

[Silent Type]

7. Totally agree. But why isn't message getting to voters? We ought to be winning 65+%.

[SunSeeker]

11. Money. Big fat gobs of dark money buy a lot of anti-liberal propaganda. nt

[Silent Type]

13. Democrats have done well with fund raising and even "dark" money in recent years. Just don't think that's

the main reason. I’m assuming 35% or so are just racists, bigots, etc., who wouldn’t vote for a liberal no matter what. I don’t have the answer, but we need to figure something out quickly with mid-terms just around corner.

[erronis]

22. Because the RW knows messaging. The rest of us want to tell the truth.

The RW will spout lies and cast unfounded aspersions on their enemies.
The rest of us want to cite facts with footnotes.

The RW will put flashy zooming graphics with subtle innuendos to make their points.
The rest of us will present charts and numbers and facts - again documented.

The RW will stick skinny blonde people with legs and no brains as spokespeople.
The rest of us feel that is tacky and will present with real experts (with citations.)

I've been through a ton of power-pointless presentations where the whooshes and colors and generic actors are the main part. The facts and real content are usually inconvenient for the presenter, so they are avoided.

Whoooooosh!

[Charging Triceratops]

27. Why??? The incompetent, compromised, corrupt media

Too many people don't know any of what Lawrence said there.
And if you told them, they'd think you were lying.

[3catwoman3]

8. Did not JFK say something very similar?

[dchill]

12. It IS a badge of honor!

[elleng]

14. SIMILAR, from Harry Truman:

Socialism is a scare word they have hurled at every advance the people have made in the last 20 years.

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security.

Socialism is what they called farm price supports.

Socialism is what they called bank deposit insurance.

Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.

Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

When the Republican candidate inscribes the slogan "Down With Socialism" on the banner of his "great crusade," that is really not what he means at all.

What he really means is "Down with Progress--down with Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal," and "down with Harry Truman's fair Deal." That's all he means.

' In President Harry's Truman's remarks in Syracuse, New York on October 10, 1952.'

[Bread and Circuses]

15. Why .... We are kind and expect nothing back....

[dalton99a]

16. Kick

[electric_blue68]

17. Wow! HOW did I Miss this Meme from him. You, go, Lawrence! TY, for posting!

BOOM!

ETA:
Hadn't read it was spoken by a WW character, but a script written by Lawrence?

[calimary]

18. And Don't You Forget About That! ALL of that!!!

That’s what makes us Democrats, and that’s what makes Repubs mean, nasty, selfish, shortsighted, and vindictive.

[bdamomma]

24. They have

nothing over us, we are all for the betterment of people. Republicans are just for themselves, and have not done one thing for the country or us. But this bunch will eff up, and that's when we pound the ideas that we will succeed.

We need to hear from AOC, Crockett, Raskin, Swalwell, Frost etc. Bring in the new guards!!!

[calimary]

32. I keep reminding myself: what goes up must come down.

[bdamomma]

33. Exactly

They will mess up.

[B.See]

19. Exactly how I've always felt about it, O'Donnell.

And while we're at it, "WOKE" is a fkng COMPLIMENT.

Heaven forbid we should ever be as oblivious, bamboozled, and willfully ignorant as THOSE mfkrs.

[bdamomma]

25. Woke

is definitely a compliment.

[progressoid]

20. But today they've moved onto the scarry "trans" people.

They are invading our bathrooms and cheating at sports.

And let's not forget the criminals coming across the border to get free medical care and then kill our kids at the bus stop. It's happening!!@11! Wake up sheeple!!

[Skittles]

21. CRT! DEI! WOKE!

it is endless and it will never stop because repukes know how the repuke base is EASILY MANIPULATED

[bdamomma]

28. They

are doing the same thing that Hitler did, anyone who was not like them be it colour, creed, gender and religious beliefs were unpure? or viewed as not having the same mannerisms or were considered different from the norm and were branded or looked suspicious. And be very afraid of them. Geez, this is 2025 not 1825.!!!

[Dave Bowman]

31. They are eating the pets!

[bdamomma]

23. Republicans

which are no more, do not know how to govern, all the want is to steal and give money to their wealthy donors.

Democrats (which I am proud to be, thanks to my parents) care about the people, and always have.

[Beartracks]

26. Repubs say "pull up by your bootstraps." And Dems try to ensure people have bootstraps!

And Rebubs also say, "Tough shit about your lack of bootstraps. Sucks to be you."

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[OAITW r.2.0]

29. Pretty simple. We've been calling Republican bullshit since Nixon.

[Dave Bowman]

30. Damn Libruls!1!

[jalan48]

34. I think it's about oligarchs, money and power. The other stuff is a distraction at this point.

[Drum]

35. See Also: FDR speech at Madison Sq Garden, 1936...vowing to continue the New Deal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_Madison_Square_Garden_speech


Perhaps the most memorable line of the speech came when Roosevelt described forces which he labeled "the old enemies of peace: business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering." He went on to claim that these forces were united against his candidacy; that "They are unanimous in their hate for me — and I welcome their hatred."