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treestar

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10. Exactly

Fri Apr 8, 2022, 10:00 AM

Apr 2022

If the Rs are good at messaging, does that mean personal attacks are better? We try avoid going so low. But the voters seem to respond to that. Which is not "supposed" to be true, not according to the values we are taught. Yet Republicans have not held to those values. And it does not hurt them the way it should.

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How does the Republican Party do so well by never talking about the "issues"? [View all] kentuck Apr 2022 OP

Fear. Native Apr 2022 #1

More specifically, Fear of The Other... OneGrassRoot Apr 2022 #2

It's sad and crazy Mad_Machine76 Apr 2022 #4

Indeed ck4829 Apr 2022 #44

Yep n/t Strelnikov_ Apr 2022 #48

Yup, Darth Mual nailed it with his honesty in 1999 Polybius Apr 2022 #50

I'm baffled too Mad_Machine76 Apr 2022 #3

Exactly treestar Apr 2022 #10

No it doesn't Mad_Machine76 Apr 2022 #26

I wish we had voters in this country who gravely considered issues before voting but it doesn't Demsrule86 Apr 2022 #28

Agreed Mad_Machine76 Apr 2022 #36

Sigh...imagine having educated voters who cared more about issues than destroying Demsrule86 Apr 2022 #37

It isn't griping treestar Apr 2022 #39

I don't disagree. We can't be the party of 'nice' unless we want to lose...and laundry lists of Demsrule86 Apr 2022 #40

+1 betsuni Apr 2022 #47

They do talk about the issues. Their issues. Race, immigration, socking it to those "others" and Samrob Apr 2022 #49

Fear, hatred, racism. And a promise of white christian minority rule. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #5

M$M. They NEVER ask repugs the thought questions, jrthin Apr 2022 #6

Well, time to stop giving the media information that they can nitpick ...stand for one of two Demsrule86 Apr 2022 #41

It is all Culture War all the Time TuskMoar Apr 2022 #7

That's it. And most of the culture war is manufactured Buckeyeblue Apr 2022 #31

They know their audience Marthe48 Apr 2022 #8

Fear and anger are big motivators to people who will not stop and think. (n/t) MissMillie Apr 2022 #9

Their base is gullible and have the critical thinking skills of a rock. Thomas Hurt Apr 2022 #11

The Democratic Party doesn't have a Jim Jordan or MTG FakeNoose Apr 2022 #12

If the shoe were on the other foot? kentuck Apr 2022 #13

Well, 50 years ago they used movie stars and entertainers to advance their conservative ideals FakeNoose Apr 2022 #22

They control the narrative by distraction randr Apr 2022 #14

Because Democrats don't turn out and vote except in big elections lees1975 Apr 2022 #15

I will admit, it is frustrating to see Democrats on the defensive.... kentuck Apr 2022 #17

+1, democrats don't use national level stokes in the midterms but we need to this year. uponit7771 Apr 2022 #18

They're not there to govern, pass laws, solve problems. They're there Wingus Dingus Apr 2022 #16

Turning the government into a cesspool ck4829 Apr 2022 #45

Have you read Hannah Arendt? JoanofArgh Apr 2022 #19

K&R, I don't think any of the MAGA Messaging is majority organic any longer. They're getting help .. uponit7771 Apr 2022 #20

Because politics today are driven by emotion, not policy. Beautiful Disaster Apr 2022 #21

Corporate oligarchs who own courts, the media, and the party... ananda Apr 2022 #23

You are saying Oligarchs own the Democratic Party? I dispute this and advise you to delete ASAP. Demsrule86 Apr 2022 #29

I meant the GOPP ananda Apr 2022 #46

They don't have to. CrispyQ Apr 2022 #24

We could have fought right wing radio with our own media...why didn't we. We have to be pro-active Demsrule86 Apr 2022 #42

It is the fascist playbook. The GOP & Co. have studied history and decided this is how they roll. Midnight Writer Apr 2022 #25

I have said repeatedly that laundry lists of issues do not win elections...they present a Demsrule86 Apr 2022 #27

IT'S CULT BEHAVIOR usonian Apr 2022 #30

They rely on emotional triggers, the so-called wedge issues peggysue2 Apr 2022 #32

The Republican Party is a cult of personality BlueIdaho Apr 2022 #33

They fabricate wedge issues to piss off their base. How else can you convince Emile Apr 2022 #34

They use emotions and narrative. Caliman73 Apr 2022 #35

The Dog Whistles Kid Berwyn Apr 2022 #38

What's stopping people from flipping the script? ck4829 Apr 2022 #43