I don’t know about you, but I’m sick and tired of hearing over and over, “Democrats have no message” or “Democrats’ Message needs to be more than anti-Trump.” Worst of all, many times it’s coming from Democrats. (“Well, yes Chuck. We have to do better with those [WWC] folks.”) Meanwhile, we get flaccid mealy-mouthed crap like “A Better Deal.”
And being “anti-Trump” means being for everything Americans like — Minimum wage, Medicare, Worker safety, the Environment (including climate change), giving a shit when 3.5 million American citizens are in desperate peril.
The Republicans’ relentless drive to kill you or take your house* by repealing the ACA** provides all you need for a message:
Democrats: We Care if you Live or Die.
Simple. Blunt. To the Point. A Clear Message. But subtle enough not to (directly) call Republicans killers.
And with the unique advantage of being 100% true.
If I were on a TV Talk Show, I would say to Chuck or George John or (better), Rachel or Chris or Joy if asked about the Democrats message.
We stand for giving every American a chance, whether it’s through keeping and improving the ACA, protecting Social Security and Medicare, raising the minimum wage or building up our country against emergencies. And we Democrats should know, because our party created these programs under Democratic Presidents like FDR and LBJ in the 20th century and Barack Obama in the 21st. But Republicans opposed them and are still trying to dismantle them.
Nothing shows the difference between our party and Republicans like the vote on repeal of the ACA. Every Democrat in the House and Senate voted against tearing away healthcare from 20 million or more Americans. Every Republican except a small handful voted for making millions of Americans sick or bankrupt. And even one Democratic vote in the Senate would have given us Trumpcare.
We have our differences, but they pale in comparison with our differences with Republicans. Democrats want to expand Social Security. They want to privatize it and raise the retirement age. Democrats want to expand Medicare. They want to voucherize it and raise the eligibility age. For eight years under Obama, Republicans stopped any rise in the minimum wage, and aren’t even trying now when they have all three branches of government. Instead they are trying to cut billionaire’s taxes and rip away people’s healthcare.
And no one except Democrats is trying to stop them.
* By medical bills driving you to foreclosure and/or bankruptcy.
** The number one critical project now is to win the 2018 elections. The number one issue should be “Republicans tried to kill you and take your house. Democrats stopped them. (with all the credit given to Senators John, Sue and Lisa, people need to be reminded not one Democrat in the House or Senate voted to kill you or take your house.
Democrats: We Care if you Live or Die.