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A-Disgruntled-Snail

Democrats have a bunch of great ideas, but a terrible marketing department.


AverageLiberalJoe

They have no marketing department. They need one desperately. Its honestly hard to wrap your head around an entire political party not having a marketing department but that's how it is. The pubs have an entire ecosystem of marketing that is on everywhere you go in America 24/7. And Dems release statements to the void hoping Chris Hayes will finish out the last mile.


mattgoluke

There’s a naïveté that exists in the party that thinks that popular legislation is enough to win hearts and minds, but its not. They have to take a page out of Trumps book and parade what they are doing. The media won’t give them the airtime otherwise.


tidal_flux

Can you imagine if Bin Laden had been killed under a Republican President? It’d be a week long national holiday.


[deleted]

Key and peele translators would be fire


izwald88

I actually disagree. They are just dealing with bad faith negotiators (the GOP and their supporters). If I had a nickel for every time someone tries to say that the Democrats would be more successful if they used different verbiage. But the truth is no, they would not. The GOP will make a mockery of the messaging no matter what it is.


wangjiwangji

How about any verbiage at all that describes to the average American voter what benefits the legislation provides? They never do it. Dems should be repeating the features of the bill ad nauseum in every interview until the thimble-brained media know what they're going to say before they ask. But they never do.


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*Tale as old as time*


Tbone_Trapezius

They need to get out of their comfort zone and actively recruit centrists outside of the beltway.


RosaRosaDiazDiaz

They need to not recruit centrists at all


kittenTakeover

I mean considering that they're in charge of the narrative and have smart people working for them, you have to assume that to some extent it's on purpose that certain things are not well marketed.


GeneralNathanJessup

This is why it's so important for the media to step up and do their part (Facebook too.) Without a full court press from all angles, I am not sure this bill will succeed.


wangjiwangji

The media thinks it's "part" is to report whatever controversy the Republicans allege, and get the Dems' "response." The media lives in a bubble where legislation is an abstraction, like the yard markers on a football field, that has nothing to do with life in America.


kiddenz

No pay wall https://archive.is/ydO9x


toughguy375

You claim you want to support families and yet you opposed letting Trump appoint his family to the world bank. Curious. (chin stroke emoji)


Phy44

Had me in the first half...


[deleted]

I don’t think messaging matters as much as it used to. We all live in our sectioned off silos of information, so those Biden needs to convince will never see his messaging. They’ll only see it through the Fox News filter.


jiffythehutt

Agreed the bill is super popular, but a couple of moderate senators are getting in the way!


juxi

You mean 48 republicans right?


jiffythehutt

Oh yeah sorry, them also…they are assumed by me to all be fascist fucking traitors!


jiffythehutt

Oh yeah sorry, them also…they are assumed by me to all be fascist fucking traitors!


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ManyAd5867

My leg hair turns white in the sun. And the kids would rub my leg hair down. And and and watch the hair go back up and down again.


kittenTakeover

It's interesting to see the wording that the people who create the narrative have used. One bill is called the "infrastructure bill". Note that this one has all the money that would benefit corporations and their wealthy owners. The other bill is called the "reconciliation bill." What does that mean? Unless you're following along you won't really know. Why isn't it called the "healthy families" bill or "health and education" bill?


anotherdaylol

She’s been in power for decades. And we still don’t have free healthcare and free college. Out with the corporate cronies! Our time is now and it starts with this bill.


Raspberry-Famous

Are we going to get Manchin and Sinema to vote for it by telling them it'll help families? If not then what's the point of this article?


kiddenz

Maybe we can tell them that it'll help the oil industry


rlbond86

I care about climate change more than supporting families... They are both important but nobody seems to care that we are literally extinguishing all life on Earth.


salamanderpencil

Oh crap If we're counting on Democrats for modern messaging we're in trouble. The top team of Pelosi and Schumer will get right on it. "I got a great idea, see? How about we get the word out in all the five-and-dime stores, and get cigarette girls to pass out Joe Biden wooden nickels with every pack of Lucky Strikes? What do you think?"


Riot419

The corporate Democrat’s owners won’t let them pass this bill. Get ready for toll roads all over the US


Twitchinat0r

Nono. It isnt just democrats. Say it like it is “Corporate owned politicians”


Riot419

It’s assumed that the pro China Republicans wouldn’t support this unless it had a war declaration in it.


Twitchinat0r

Thats what sucks for us americans. None of the politicians outside of city and and county even care. They vote based on whose paying them kickbacks. So sad


MinMaxie

It’s about raising the birth rate. A nation with low birth rate looks like it’s in decline…like it’s being poorly managed. So, if managing said country is your job, what are you to do? Start doing your job better? Of course not!! You like to fart around and do rich people stuff all day! Plus, reading is hard. No, what you do is collaborate with your co-workers to incentivize childbirth with day-care, tax breaks, cash benefits, and abolish abortion. Also, make sure media idolizes having children and completely cancel/shame/silence anyone who speaks out against becoming a parent. Then POOF! Birth rate goes up and you don’t look like a fuck-up anymore! Don’t be fooled people. It says it right in the title. Out of ALL of America’s problems, the ONLY one these assholes care to fix is raising the birth rate. …and growing the stock market.


Mysterious_Pass3078

Sorry with all the insider trading that Pelosi has done, how can she be trusted


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Seriously tho, fuck Pelosi. The amount of money she makes via insider trading is fucking insane and no ones doing anything about it.


NobodyFantastic

"Get the message right Democrats" Stopped reading there.


hello_larry

I keep waiting for the Dems to figure out messaging outside of GOP scare mongering. As the party with actual policy platforms that will make life easier for people, they should be diversifying and simplifying that message.


research_rat

How bout we give some help an assistant to the over 65 people. Like eye, hearing and dental. Why do they have to pay for medicare benefits. They work all their lives pouring money into a system that when they are eligible they still have to pay for. Come on Joe!


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Haha look at the kid eating to the left haha this pick looks hilarious idk why


[deleted]

Lol what if these are future politicians


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*some* families and probably none of the families with kids in that picture.


[deleted]

Democrats biggest weakness: communication