{"id":50015,"date":"2016-06-15T17:50:30","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T21:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/?p=50015"},"modified":"2016-06-21T11:20:15","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T15:20:15","slug":"this-is-why-democrats-dont-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/2016\/06\/this-is-why-democrats-dont-win\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is Why Democrats Don’t Win"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So Dems are conducting a filibuster in the Senate. I have to tell you this is another major fail, and exactly why Dems prove so ineffective so often.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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We all know that with a Democratic president the Republicans main objective in the Senate is to do nothing. So far from making an impact on Republicans, a Dem filibuster actually HELPS Republicans.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Secondly, once again Dems demonstrate an inability to connect liberal concepts to concrete action. Where is the specific legislation? Let’s start with an FBI flag on background checks to prevent terrorists and others under suspicion from buying weapons.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Do you really think a bill to keep terrorists from buying guns is a difficult sell to any American, liberal or conservative?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Instead we have a bunch of useless talk about ‘action’ and some undetermined ‘bill’, and how the Senate should ‘come together’ on this issue.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Write a simple bill. Give it a simple and catchy name. Take it across the country state by state, district by district. Start with the people, not the gridlocked Senate.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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How long do you think the biggest gun rights advocate will be able to stand citizens calling asking why they believe terrorists should be able to buy automatic rifles with high capacity magazines?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Democrats, this is exactly why Republicans are eating your lunch.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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