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In reply to the discussion: Appreciation thread for President Barack Obama~ [View all]calimary
(81,322 posts)avalanches of shit that have been thrown at him since he got to the White House. No - I take that back, it started when he was running for President the first time. How few people have cut him any slack. Hell, Dems wholesale ran away from him in 2010 and again in 2014. Maybe we should take a lesson from Al Gore - who's idiot campaign people advised him to run away from Bill Clinton. They were scared of The Monica. They should have farted at it and moved ahead - telling America about the great shape the country was being left in after the Clinton administration. SCREW the impeachment - which was a kangaroo court affair if ever there was one. THAT'S ALL THE BAD GUYS HAD. A stained blue dress. They investigated BOTH Bill and Hillary FOR YEARS, threw everything they had at them both, and came up with nothing. NOTHING. But The Monica. And the polls and everything else told the truth. He left with high ratings and his popularity has only grown. Al Gore was stupid to distance himself from that.
STAND UP AND BE DAMN PROUD OF WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED, DAMMIT! Don't run sniveling and weaseling away because you feel the need to play into the game the enemy has shaped and hopes you'll fall into it. Like that idiot Alex Sink did in Florida. All that crap she bought into about how "Obamacare" was "BAAAAAD" but... but... but... we'll fix it... And of course she got her ass handed to her on Election Night. Nobody votes for wishy-washy!!!! I don't know why she didn't grow some guts and stick her chin out and say "I'm DAMN PROUD of the Affordable Care Act. And HERE'S WHY!" And then go down the list of everything that's true and NOT hostile Pox Noise-spewed lies, distortions and oppositional propaganda. DON'T. BUY. INTO. THAT!!!!!! DO NOT REINFORCE IT!!!!!! Don't even use the wording they use on the other side.
FUCK THAT!!!! Just FUCK THAT!!!!! STAND UP AND BE PROUD OF WHAT WAS DONE AND WHAT HELPED A SHITLOAD OF PEOPLE WHO NEEDED EXACTLY THIS KIND OF HELP, DAMMIT!!!!
What I've observed, also, is that voters like someone who stands for something. I remember when dubya was running for election in 2004. One of the key statements he repeated was - "you may not agree with me, but you know where I stand." That really was "the phrase that pays" that year. Even people who really did indeed disagree with him gave him points for the "but you know where I stand." People read honesty into that. People read certitude into that. It came across as standing for something. Strong. Certain. Assured. With conviction. Not spineless. Not wishy-washy. And America generally speaking, tends to admire those qualities. His policies may suck but at least he's STRONG in his beliefs! I wish people cared more about the "his policies" part than about the "he's STRONG in his beliefs" part.
If I could coin a Democratic Commandment I'd say - "Thou Shalt NOT buy into, or reinforce, ANY meme or framing that the enemy puts out there."
DAMN I get so pissed at my party sometimes. They're SO stupid!!!!! Who the hell is developing strategy for them? Bozo the Clown?