re: #394 Interesting Times

Trust me when I say I’ve seen some variation of this feeling so many times over the years that I’ve lost count. You want the support of apathetic non-voters who think voting won’t make a difference? Start fighting back in a way they notice (instead of the “praise Paul Ryan” idiocy we saw at the Dem convention last year).

The Democrats should simply tell the truth about Republicans, consistently and forcefully. The following points are beyond doubt:

1) The GOP’s main purpose is to secure tax cuts for the rich.

2) For decades the GOP has been exploiting white resentment for votes because item #1 isn’t a vote-winner.

3) After corrupting itself in the civil rights realignment, the GOP has become a magnet for every kind of crank who hates liberal democracy and progress. Creationists are the most visible example of this.

4) In the era of Trump, it has been clearly demonstrated that the GOP will excuse any level of treachery and corruption from the administration in pursuit of tax cuts for the rich.

One can go on like this for days.