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lees1975

(6,101 posts)
13. We need to have a way to do more saturation with the message, which is one of the reasons we have the image.
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 11:04 AM
Dec 17

Everytime I turn on the television, and news is on it, it's Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump. And if anyone thinks he has the image of a scumbag, convicted felon, insurrectionist, and is senile and demented, guess again. He's been cleaned up and presented as something legitimate. I've even engaged in a conversation with someone who insisted he is not almost 80 years old. That's how bad this is.

Some of the grumbling here illustrates the problem. We're muttering about Rahm Emmanuel. We don't like Carville. Well, but that's part of the problem. We have all of these purity demands when it comes to issues, and we lay that all up front and then gripe and complain when those who are telling us to skip the purity crap and get down to the bottom line point out what we need to do.

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I don't have any confidence in Rahm.... FarPoint Dec 17 #1
Rahm Emanuel displacedvermoter Dec 17 #2
I understand people's resistance to Emanuel, but he is right about voters' anger. Lonestarblue Dec 17 #3
We need to have a way to do more saturation with the message, which is one of the reasons we have the image. lees1975 Dec 17 #13
Not muttering about Carville or Emanuel displacedvermoter Dec 17 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Dec 17 #15
Voters' anger about women's rights? Equality for people of color? Blue_Tires Dec 18 #21
People should always trust advice from Rahm Emanuel Bleacher Creature Dec 17 #4
Well done! choie Dec 17 #16
Don't see a solution in this snippet. Did he have suggestions? Raven123 Dec 17 #5
Yeah, his suggestion is choie Dec 17 #17
Yes, we were dwelling in a bubble.. Omnipresent Dec 17 #6
Never associated Rahm Emanuel with a "Man the barricades" type of political activism. sop Dec 17 #7
Exactly Blue_Tires Dec 18 #20
Here is Rahm, in 1978, Manning the bracades.... reACTIONary Dec 18 #24
Rahm Emanuel. I haven't heard the term latinx in 4 or 5 years Autumn Dec 17 #8
stick to core vallues . soial security . infastructre. helping our citizens and so forth. add new ones as we go along. AllaN01Bear Dec 17 #9
Internet and cell phones were our path to side gigs, entrepreneurship, equity, health care bucolic_frolic Dec 17 #10
As if I'll pay attention to a piece of shit like Emanuel. (nt) Paladin Dec 17 #11
Rahm Emanuel. Blech. ms liberty Dec 17 #12
Well, like him or not, lees1975 Dec 18 #18
Seriously, that's the LAST person we need to fucking hear from Blue_Tires Dec 18 #19
To quote a previous response.. reACTIONary Dec 18 #22
Nothing really. lees1975 Dec 18 #23
Besides being a reptilian scumbag? Blue_Tires Dec 18 #26
I already know Rahm's resume Blue_Tires Dec 18 #25
Rahm Emanuel? CousinIT Dec 18 #27
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