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love_katz

(3,048 posts)
107. THIS!!!
Thu May 15, 2025, 01:06 PM
9 hrs ago

Dems keep getting shot in the foot by people who insist on creating a circular firing squad.
Certain groups keep going in front of the media with their supposedly inside scoop on how the Dems are just as bad as the Republicans.

Really people. Get a grip! Both Sides Don't!

The Pukes keep winning for two basic reasons: they are lock-step in their messaging. They stick together on both messages and voting. They never go off the reservation in front of the media.

Dems don't have the giant megaphone of conservative and corporate owned media backing them and widely spreading our message.
So, how does it help us to get in front of the media and start criticizing our candidates?
Answer: it doesn't!!!
Maybe Joe and Kamala weren't pure as the driven snow and perfect enough for you, but how well did the Genocide Joe and Killer Kamala statements to The Media work out for you?!? Really? Gaza is being destroyed and the people will be kicked out. Agolf $hitler is talking openly about the US "just taking Gaza".
With the election being as close as it was, why were those of you who insisted on attacking first Joe and then Kamala, unable to see that the Tangerine Tyrant and his henchmen and broligarch owners would be horrible on every cause you claim to care about?
Democrats need to knock it off with the bloody stupid circular firing squads. If we want to know what keeps handing the electoral victories to the Pukes, we need to acknowledge a couple of things. The Pukes have been working for about 56 years on their project to destroy democracy and replace it with authoritarian rule. And, they began buying up media outlets since at least the 1980's, and maybe earlier than that.
Given that a large number of the electorate doesn't bother with getting infomed about candidates and proposed measures until right before the election, it DOES NOT help us to go to the media and complain that the Dem candidates aren't perfect. Do you see Republicans doing that? No? Well, maybe that's a big factor in why they keep winning.
Pukes eff up the economy EVERY TIME, and yet, people keep voting them into office.
Democrats can't fix anything when we're in the minority. That's how our government works.
The endless circular firing squad is why our party keeps losing.
Joe Biden on his absolute worst day is and was a Vastly Superior public servant, compared to tRump who is completely owned by Pooty Poot, the Russian Mob, and the broligarch billionaires who want to destroy our democracy, enslave us all and rob us of every cent that we have.
Why is this so hard to understand? Attacking our candidates plays straight into the hands of the Pukes and their cronies. They've been playing the long game, while we keep shooting down the people who could help us stop this juggernaut.

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There is.... Bettie 9 hrs ago #102
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