We need to have a bigger argument.
People will not go to the polls in November with small, 'he said, she said' issues on their minds. They will vote for the person they believe will best benefit themselves and their families and for the candidate that offers a better future.
People also vote by their ideology. Ideology is much bigger than single issues. Your Ideology is a group of overall ideas and beliefs, how you feel about your country and how you think things should be. If a person is a Republican, it's because they believe in that form of governing. They will most likely support that belief despite the candidate running to implement it. They will defend them because they support that ideology, not support that ideology because of them.
My point is that we need to stop running solely on issues and run on our ideology. A full scale campaign about who we are and who they are.
Republicans use this to their advantage all the time...
"Democrats kill babies, we save lives"
"Democrats want big government, we support freedom"
"Democrats raise taxes, we say keep your money"
They don't let small issues and details get in the way of their messaging. They make blanket statements to establish a difference between them and us. Say whatever you want about it, it works.
There is nothing wrong with celebrating and defending our beliefs and values despite what the right says about it. Besides, by my experience if conservatives hate it, you must be doing something right.
All you ever hear about from the left is how this person is corrupt and this person here got this much money from this corporation and so on and so on and so on....
It's not that they're wrong. Its just that we get so caught up in media politics and attacking back that we neglect to project a vision. I'm not saying that Democrats should stop attacking republicans and stop holding them accountable, quite the opposite. However, we can't forget to prop ourselves up.
You don't win elections by running against something. Just ask Walter Mondale, Tom Barrett, John Kerry or Mitt Romney on November 7th.
You win elections by being FOR something. You win by supporting a candidate, not tearing the other one down below you.
So let's have a bigger, overall message about who we are and what we stand for and who they are and what they stand for.
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