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FERN MCBRIDE (NYC)'s avatar

📣 I do not agree that voters who seem to have switched from voting for Democrats to favoring Republicans in the midterm elections '...have their heads up their asses'. You and many subscribers liked a comment on THE JUMP SHOT GETS JUMPIER, which strongly stated that opinion. So, you think those voters know what Biden and the Democratic party have done to improve the lives of Americans, thereby, their economic security? The problem is they have their heads up their asses! BULL SHIT. Do these voters and others know what Biden plans are for the future? Do they know what the Republicans have done to them and what more they have it store for our SS, Medicare, Inflation, economic security? Don't blame this all on the 'media'? What about the messaging and campaigning by the Biden Administration and the Democratic Party?? Who has their heads of their asses? If Biden and the Democrats cannot reach the American voters, what's the future like for Democracy?📢

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Victoria Brown's avatar

I'm liking because you have made some good points, Fern. We elect

them and it's up to us, the people,

to hold them all accountable. We

just can't vote and think our duty

to our country and democracy is

done. We have to speak up louder

and hold each candidate to every

one of their promises, whether it

bucks the system or not.

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FERN MCBRIDE (NYC)'s avatar

📢Who is going to reach the public that they serve? Who is going to speak with heart in plain, strong language; who is for the people and can prove it? Stop blaming Americans who have been propagandized up the kazoo! The lies are not going to stop. Do we know how to tell the truth? C'mon. Gonna let the Republicans win with a proven record against the people, dirty money and filthy intentions? 📣

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Victoria Brown's avatar

Well Fern...what do you suggest?

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FERN MCBRIDE (NYC)'s avatar

📣Message the Future! What we've done and will do! I was clear and compare that to Republican Senator Scott's 12 Point Rescue Plan, for instance:

'Eliminate federal programs that can be done locally. Any government function that can be handled locally should be.

Move most Government agencies out of Washington and into the real world.

Sell off all non-essential government assets, buildings, and land, and use the proceeds to pay down our national debt.

All federal legislation sunsets in 5 years. If a law is worth keeping, Congress can pass it again.

We will immediately cut the IRS funding and workforce by 50%.

Force Congress to issue a report every year telling the public what they plan to do when Social Security and Medicare go bankrupt.

There must be no same-day registration, as this does not allow election officials to verify the validity and accuracy of voter information.

No one should be automatically registered without their consent or knowledge, as this opens the way for multiple registrations by the same individual and registration of ineligible voters.

Unmanned or unmonitored ballot boxes in public areas to collect unlimited ballots must be prohibited.

Families are crucial in raising young men and women of character and responsible members of society. The best form of governing our society is not government, it is family.

Abortions are a tragedy. We must make adoption accessible and affordable.

We will help low-income single women who are considering abortion choose life instead, by paying all costs associated with carrying the child to term and placing the child for adoption.

We will STOP Democrat Party efforts to discriminate against faith-based adoption agencies. We will do just the opposite. Most faith-based groups provide far superior service than government agencies do. We will utilize and empower them.

READ THE 12 POINT PLAN TO RESCUE AMERICA!📢

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Victoria Brown's avatar

I live in Arkansas and I

see quite clearly just how well this state, ranked 4th worst state to live in, takes care of its low income

single women and elderly. The 12 point

plan to rescue America? Tear it up and try better next time. A lot better.

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FERN MCBRIDE (NYC)'s avatar

Who are you addressing Victoria -- it is the 12 Point plan of Republican Senator Rick Scott (Fl)?

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Bill Alstrom (MAtoMainetoMA)'s avatar

If I were a Democratic strategist I would be portraying Rick Scott as the crook he is. You can't be the CEO of a healthcare company that was convicted of the greatest Medicare Fraud in history and just skate away. Regardless of his level of involvement, it happened under his watch. If he really didn't know that his company was stealing from the American Taxpayer...why not?

At best, Scott demonstrated total incompetence. At worst, he deserved a long term in a Federal slammer. Why are we letting that event slide? If the roles were reversed, millions of dark money dollars would be endlessly dedicated to portraying Scott as the thief he really is. I don't get it. The enemy hands us a campaign weapon and we don't use it.

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FERN MCBRIDE (NYC)'s avatar

Oh, yes, you can. Quoting Bill, 'You can't be the CEO of a healthcare company that was convicted of the greatest Medicare Fraud in history and just skate away.' This is the USA, of course, you can. He did. How many crimes has Trump gotten away with and how many other richies have, too.? That's thanks to our Rule of Law. It knows who not to weight on that scale of, what's its name again?

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Bill Alstrom (MAtoMainetoMA)'s avatar

I understand. He will never be held accountable in the Halls of Justice. But he certainly shouldn't be allowed to speak without someone standing up and saying something like: "Senator Scott, do you have a few minutes to talk about real Fraud?"

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FERN MCBRIDE (NYC)'s avatar

Let's go and do it Bill. Maybe, TC, would like to join us and put it to him.

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JDinTX's avatar

Dems guilty of “blah” messaging. No doubt, but Fox is not. Main reason my idiot brother has jumped on the hate train, after having been an Obama voter. But don’t mess with his Medicare.

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