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lambchopp59

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30. In the light of boundless corruption from R's

Sat Apr 9, 2022, 08:55 AM

Apr 2022

The supports under our side's "high road" have been sprayed with corrosive acids and are crumbling from underneath us. "When they go low we go high" lost us a congress in 2010, underestimating the destructive force of hateful rhetoric Fox Lies has been reinforcing for decades.
Hellhound, this isn't a campaign anymore. R's declared this a war on us over a decade ago, and only when R's placed such an inexcusably idiotic buffoon in office did they finally lose one.
They've turned the 1 to 10 scale of corruption to 15.
We've got to pump up the volume, our democracy is in peril.

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'If we do this right...': The new Dem organizing strategy catching fire ahead of the midterms [View all] brooklynite Apr 2022 OP

"Paying people to talk about voting" strikes me as disturbingly close to buying votes. Hellbound Hellhound Apr 2022 #1

But if you pay people to create an ad to convince people to vote? brooklynite Apr 2022 #2

An ad is different than paying an individual directly to convince their families to vote. Hellbound Hellhound Apr 2022 #3

Completely disagree brooklynite Apr 2022 #6

And what if you don't support the candidate? Hellbound Hellhound Apr 2022 #8

What are you afraid of? That it might lead to success for Democrats? bucolic_frolic Apr 2022 #10

Not "Afraid" of anything other than regressing into an unconstitutional quagmire. Hellbound Hellhound Apr 2022 #13

There is no Constitutional quagmire here. There are no bribes there. bucolic_frolic Apr 2022 #14

Party people ...campaign workers are already paid to talk to voters...nothing wrong with it. Demsrule86 Apr 2022 #21

You only talk to a list of Democrats or Democratic friendly voters...I assume you would support Demsrule86 Apr 2022 #22

I completely agree. Demsrule86 Apr 2022 #23

In the light of boundless corruption from R's lambchopp59 Apr 2022 #30

OK. Then share your alternative idea. I'm willing to hear it. littlemissmartypants Apr 2022 #32

Campaigns pay people to do all kinds of GOTV related activities mcar Apr 2022 #4

A political party is paying individual citizens, not professionals in their organization, for votes. Hellbound Hellhound Apr 2022 #7

No...one could say I work for the campaign...but not the paid part. Demsrule86 Apr 2022 #19

I think it is fine. People who work on well funded campaigns are already paid. I don't have any Demsrule86 Apr 2022 #20

Party employees and volunteers regularly talk to voters mcar Apr 2022 #25

+1 This bucolic_frolic Apr 2022 #11

I'm with you there. LuvLoogie Apr 2022 #5

Ads don't work...how many of us even have cable TV anymore? I would make sure that we hire some Demsrule86 Apr 2022 #17

They will say what they say no matter what we do...so a big who cares. We can't let them dictate to Demsrule86 Apr 2022 #18

I take you have never worked the GOTV...the lists are of Democratic voters...some who voted in the Demsrule86 Apr 2022 #24

Outreach marketing. Perfectly legal, and quite an innovation to tap into people inactive politically bucolic_frolic Apr 2022 #9

And it will be used in Fetterman's campaign to help get out the vote now doubt in the General... Demsrule86 Apr 2022 #16

Better use of money than expensive TV ads ibegurpard Apr 2022 #12

Why not? Everything that works is OK by me. We need to win more elections...the sooner the better. Demsrule86 Apr 2022 #15

GQP will either copy or denigrate. Fingers crossed 🤞 live love laugh Apr 2022 #26

Actually I think the GOP is already there bucolic_frolic Apr 2022 #28

Makes more sense than going up to a magat's door. Interesting though, targeting the GoodRaisin Apr 2022 #27

Go for it! Martin68 Apr 2022 #29

As long as we win nt XanaDUer2 Apr 2022 #31