I have reposted Thom Hartmann columsm before - this Time I'm gonna try and summarize one that I think everyone needs to read..... This rebellion against the GOP and the Mango Mussolini will not be won with the current strategy that the Democrats are using ,,, they need to look at what DUMPO and the GOP has done - and start to use a different tactics.
The new DNC Chairman is Ken Martin - he has said and nowhe need to follow thru with a vengeance "We have one team, the Democratic Party, and we have one fight. The fight’s not in here, it’s out there,” he said. “The fight right now is against Donald Trump and the billionaires who bought this country.”
SO - In your mind, Let's turn the tables for a moment.
Barack Obama sent a murderous mob against the Capitol and they beat and pepper-sprayed Officer Brian Sicknick so badly he suffered two strokes and died the next day, how would Republicans refer to these so-called “J6 rioters”? Is there any doubt in your mind that they’d be calling them “Cop killers”? Every day, day after day, in every venue possible? Then is the start of his next term in office Obama pardoned them, they’d be demanding impeachment right now?
If Bill Clinton had denied and revoked security to military or intelligence officers like Mark Milley or John Bolton who were under death threats from Iran, what would Republicans say? You know they’d be charging Bill Clinton with attempted murder, saying he was no better than a mob boss who’d sanctioned a hit.
If Joe Biden shipped white supremacists convicted of criminal acts to Guantanamo, what would the GOP be claiming non-stop? We’d never hear the end about his sanctioning torture, murder, and how the entire offshore enterprise was unconstitutional and illegal. They’d call him Ayatollah Biden.
And that’s just scratching the tiniest surface of opportunities Democrats have blown in the past week to attack Trump and Republicans for very real violations of law, norms, and the Constitution and it's time that they - the Democrats - took off the gloves and started to attack Trump and the GOP on their policies.
The Democratic National Committee has a new chariman,,, and now needs to understand that it's "MESSAGING STUPID" that will turn this around....
The fight must be fought on simple MORAL terms - Instead of saying, “We need to expand social safety net programs,” they should say, “No child in America should go to bed hungry.” Their next sentence should add, “But childhood hunger is just fine with Republicans that are trying to protect tax cuts for their Mar-a-Lago billionaires.”
Second, Democrats should stop playing defense and instead seize the populist high ground. FDR knew how to do this and delighted in it. he said, “They are unanimous in their hate for me—and I welcome their hatred.”
In today’s social media politics if you’re not fighting as if it’s war, you’re losing. Instead of arguing for “fair” taxation, say, “Trump wants to kill your healthcare and torch your kid’s school to pay for his billionaire tax cuts!”
Or, as seen Reagan once asked a group of schoolchildren in a moment of accidental candor, “Do you think the millionaire ought to pay more in taxes than the bus driver or less?” The kids all shouted, “More!”
Keep it simple. and be out front about it,,,, Time to STOP playing defense all the time and and Go on Offense !! Start your own RALLY Campaign - right now. Have that one spokesman - out front and loud - covered in all news papers, web Sites, Tweets, Book of Faces, Etc ... Pointing out the Abject failure of this administration
Third, ruthlessly define the Republican opposition and the morbidly rich broligarchs who own them. Lyndon Johnson famously labeled Barry Goldwater as a dangerous war-monger with his “Daisy” ad; it was simple, emotional, and effective.
Instead of generalizations or abstractions, Democrats must characterize Republicans in stark, explicit terms. Instead of saying, “Trump’s policies are dangerous,” they should claim, “Trump wants to be a dictator, and wants to destroy our democracy.”
Don’t be afraid to use fear, particularly when it’s justified. But always also include hope for a brighter future: Any marketing executive can tell you the best sales pitch involves both fear and hope. “Trump is tearing down our government so he can give its pieces to his rich Mar-a-Lago crowd, but we’re fighting to stop him so America can have a revival of the middle class.”
Fourth, tell stories instead of facts. Ronald Reagan wanted to fund his tax cuts for billionaires by cutting welfare payments, so he invented a Black “welfare queen” to convince Americans fraud was rampant. Democrats have the advantage that they don’t need to lie to tell stories that illustrate their arguments.
Instead of saying, “Healthcare should be a human right,” tell a personal story: “Sarah, a single mom in Ohio, works two jobs, but she can’t afford her son’s insulin. That’s wrong.”
