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Janbdwl72

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6. It's sad really, but this happens in virtually every election:

Reply to Arthur_Frain (Original post)

Sat Jun 6, 2026, 04:10 PM

12 hrs ago

We Democrats, eat our young.

Look at what is happening with Graham Platner in Maine as we speak.

By the way, when someone says a group eats its young, it means the group is self-destructive and turns on its own members, newer generations, or beginners.

If the shoe fits, wear it!

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How do we figure out how to do what they do, because it's why they win. [View all] Arthur_Frain 13 hrs ago OP

They are angry, disciplined, and stuck on themselves. bucolic_frolic 13 hrs ago #1

Yeah Arthur_Frain 9 hrs ago #9

So many parts of the Democratic base ITAL 13 hrs ago #2

Me too Arthur_Frain 9 hrs ago #10

We're in a bad place, but there are not more of them than there are of us. CrispyQ 13 hrs ago #3

The voting public vs everyone in the US Arthur_Frain 9 hrs ago #11

It is more about entertainment PatSeg 9 hrs ago #17

They play to the old, reactive brain. And vice versa. Here: usonian 12 hrs ago #4

I'm not sure we as a nation are smart enough to follow Hungary's lead. Arthur_Frain 9 hrs ago #12

24 by 7 by 365 brainwashing for years on end. usonian 9 hrs ago #22

Against what I see to be the odds Arthur_Frain 8 hrs ago #24

Unlike Spain, Italy and Germany, I think there are enough powerful people to halt the takeover. usonian 8 hrs ago #25

When you look too deeply into the abyss... Wounded Bear 12 hrs ago #5

I wasn't suggesting walling in the mud with pigs. Arthur_Frain 9 hrs ago #13

It's sad really, but this happens in virtually every election: Janbdwl72 12 hrs ago #6

You bring up a tangential point Arthur_Frain 9 hrs ago #14

I think a much bigger problem is the media PatSeg 9 hrs ago #19

A large part of their winning strategy is the fact that they have an City Lights 11 hrs ago #7

Even my mom parrots the right wing bullshit. Arthur_Frain 9 hrs ago #15

Decades of RW media, especially RW talk radio, which has been particularly effective in rural areas. highplainsdem 11 hrs ago #8

They weren't stupid Arthur_Frain 9 hrs ago #16

They win by lying, cheating, and stealing. If we do that, their natural retort is "Eveybody does it" struggle4progress 9 hrs ago #18

"Everybody does it" PatSeg 9 hrs ago #20

+ struggle4progress 8 hrs ago #23

My theory? Goes something like this: B.See 9 hrs ago #21

You have to want to win. Irish_Dem 8 hrs ago #26

They tell you how and what to think GenThePerservering 6 hrs ago #27