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Where I think the Dems have failed is that they're treating town hall meetings as spreading the message rather than gaining feedback.

Posted by Fuzzy (aka mrfuzzy) Aug 19 '09, 10:33

They failed miserably at educating everyone about their plan. If they had done that, then they could use the town halls to discuss or gather feedback from their constituents.

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Oh, god. You want to talk about failing to educate people about plans? Since re-election, the BC Liberals have: - Beryllium Aug 19, 10:40 3
- still better than the ndp. that makes me sad. -- nm - mafic Aug 19, 10:45 2
  - No, I really don't think it's better than the NDP. I think it's a lot worse than the NDP. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 10:51 1
    - balanced budgets really do it for me. and no one has been arrested for corruption yet. -- nm - mafic Aug 19, 10:59
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"Failed?" Don't you think you might be overblowing the effects of these angry protesters? Also, "plan" should be plural. - con_carne Aug 19, 10:38 5
- I meant failed in terms of trying to sell their agenda. Not saying that the crazies have won or will win. I'm saying the Dems have failed to sell it. - Fuzzy Aug 19, 10:47 4
  - I don't know that anything could have been done by the Democrats to head off this current avalanche of aggressive ignorance and lies -- nm - con_carne Aug 19, 10:50 3
    - Mass mailings of flyers with key points, full-page newspaper ads, Presidential TV time, call centers to field questions, etc. -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 19, 10:58 1
      - and rampant charges from the right of communist propaganda and socialist indoctrination. -- nm - znufrii Aug 19, 10:59
    - That's what the Nazis wanted! - BB Aug 19, 10:53
I think the whole town hall idea is a big mistake. If I was Obama I'd have let the crazies at it for the month of August. - Loyola Aug 19, 10:37 6
- Good idea. No one will believe a bunch of liars anyway. Let them have August. What harm could it do? -- nm - President John Kerry Aug 19, 10:50 2
  - It's more of a rope a dope move in boxing. Save your best stuff for the final moment and when everyone is watching. - Loyola Aug 19, 10:55
  - *ding* -- nm - znufrii Aug 19, 10:51
- You let the 'crazies' run amok for the month the Congressmen are home and supposedly listening to their constituents; you get roasted for both being - Will Hunting Aug 19, 10:40 2
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    - although, Jon Stewart did give Obama the benefit of the doubt... - znufrii Aug 19, 10:45
I don't think it's a failure of the Dems as much as a failure of our society in general. - musubi Aug 19, 10:35 4
- But what happened to getting the message out before the debate? The only message they gout out is "We have a plan". - Fuzzy Aug 19, 10:41 3
  - I'm saying that blaming someone for "Left the door open to scare tactics" is a smaller scale of blaming a rape victim for dressing provocatively.(nm) - musubi Aug 19, 10:49 2
    - You were wearing *spandex.* I'm only human. Let it go. nm - Dignan Aug 19, 10:54
    - nature and the media abhor a vacuum. -- nm - znufrii Aug 19, 10:51
they (still) don't have a message, because they've been bending over backwards to appease the GOP who aren't going to support the final plan anyway. -- nm - znufrii Aug 19, 10:35

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