Professor, Along with your suggestion that we “know the truth and share it,” I would advise writing to Democratic leadership, pressing the Party establishment to urge our candidates to go on the offensive and take the fight to Republicans rather than allowing Republican lies and distortions to go unanswered. I imagine we could use today’s newsletter as a framework for drafting such letters.
At this point, anything that comes out of a Republican’s mouth that isn’t a lie (or at the very least leaves out important details) might as well be as rare as a unicorn.
This is not our grandparents' Republican Party. It is a conspiracy of predators, many of whom cannot claim even one ancestor who shed a drop of sweat to build this country or a drop of blood to defend it. The members of ALEC and the Club for Growth are cases in point. My Republican ancestors, who fought for Lincoln and the Union, would have deported this batch of amoral predators. The symbol of the contemporary Republican Party should be a hyena, not an elephant..
Another contributor to crime increases had been Trump's violent encouraging rhetoric, which can take years to dissipate. Mr Reich needs to amend his column to include this
Great post, but you're preaching to the choir here, plus I've already voted. It's the DNC and the Democratic candidates that need to somehow get the courage to tell the truth. To my shame, Kevin McCarthy is running for re-election here in Bakersfield California. McCarthy has the courage and integrity of a dead slug. Why isn't every Democratic front-liner in the State from our Governor on down to the local candidates getting out there to support his Democratic adversary. I live in Sacramento County and all I know is one candidate dropped out, in McCarthy's 20th Congressional District. Hello, California is one of the easiest States to get a front liner out there, they don't even need to live in the district they represent, And we're a solidly Blue State
The highest corporate profits since the 1950s is the reason so much money is goes into election campaigns and threatens our democracy. It also hires the lawyers who hide the profits from the IRS, and it causes the stagnation of wages and public programs so that people are driven to crime and violence.
The biggest crime wave is what the MAGATs are doing all over the country. Election deniers should not be running for any public office. They have made it clear that they have no intention of following the rule of law. They openly state that they will win because THEY will control the election machinery and process. They have pretty much guaranteed that if they don't 'win', it's fraud. Actual votes do not matter to them. None of them can honestly pledge any Oath of Office.
In N H ,Dems have their claws out. The influx of city-leaving want their trash picked up and their family choices intact. This state could go solid blue! Lies don't work in an educated decently paid, free, environment. God Bless Joe!
Is it possible that big corporations rose their prices so high this past year in order to make the Democrats look bad in an effort to help Republicans win in November??
I don't know how the Democrats can stop this firehose of lies. The Rethugs have no plans to fix anything if they retake the House. Can't Americans see that? I'm getting very depressed and just want this election to be over. Any good news out there?
The democrats need to wake up. Here in Lousiana we need to get rid of Sen Kennedy so of course they took the best candidate and put that candidate forward. My bad, there are 3 running and the one they supported does not have the best chance. If state parties do this what is the national one doing? Lies are not the only thing against us,
Very true about the 3 biggest Republican lies plus the “Big Lie”. Republicans have told so many lies it’s impossible to keep track, but no questions their lies are used to create fear, confuse and they are experts at using reverse psychology for their purpose. In other words everything they have done and keep doing they turn it around and declare that’s what the Democrats have been or are doing. I sure hope there are enough Americans that realize this trickery because it sure isn’t no treat!
You wouldn't want to live in a world as envisioned by libertarians, hyper-religious people, corporate oligarchs and other tax dodgers. The anti-tax crowd don't believe in the public sector - rather, they are selfish and narcissistic. In some parts of India they have trucks that go around in the morning, but they are picking up dead people, the homelessness and starvation are so bad. In some parts of Africa a mother has delivered 5 children, but only 3 of them lived past childhood. In some parts of South America the streets of the towns are so dirty that only the poorest slum people will live there. They make their living scavenging out of what the richer people send to the dump. In most countries there are no curbs on the streets, no sidewalks, no regular trash service. In most countries, an earthquake kills hundreds/thousands of people - they have no building codes. In many countries, girls don't get educated at all and boys must pay tuition even in grammar school. The real conditions that people live in - TODAY - in this world are worse than some of the apocalyptic movies you have seen. A homeless person in San Francisco, New York or Los Angeles has more annual income and eats better, sleeps better than about 2.5 BILLION other people on this planet. If you know what the reality of this world is, if you know how selfish, callous and uncaring the oligarchs really are, if you understand what Bolsonaro, for example, is taking away from his own people, if you are familiar with the phrase "first world problems" then you also know why you grit your teeth and write that check when taxes come due.
It boggles my mind that republicans can’t or don’t want to see the truth, after four years of lies it should jump out at you like a monster from hell. I have been told by friends that you can’t tell who’s telling the truth anymore, what rubbish is that the whole knows who the liars are and what destruction they can wield when our nation is willing to accept their rhetoric. It’s time for the intelligent,to put their mind to work building a bright and better future for America, clothed in love and truth, and garnished with integrity. God help our leaders to fulfill their oaths
I phonebank. A lot. And not one of the undecided voters I’ve talked to in the past months has mentioned these factors as involved in their voting. What has worked repeatedly to get them to vote Dem is to talk about abortion. Jailed doctors and nurses. Women and men being forced to be parents. It is the most persuasive matter for women, but also for young men who don’t like it that freedom is being taken away from women. They’re afraid that Republicans will go after birth control next. They’re not ready to be parents. The biggest lie related to that is Republicans saying Democrats want to kill babies right up to birth. I have had to argue that point on a number of occasions. Abortion IS the persuasion point for the midterms. Second to abortion, they care that their votes count. They don’t like hearing that someone wants to take away their right to vote. Democracy matters when we frame it properly.
I know that the lies Robert mentions are out there and that this is a great essay I can use to refute them. I just wanted to say that voters aren’t making decisions based on these lies this time around. At least not the ones I’ve talked to in CA, AZ, NV, OH and PA.
Also I’d like to say to some of the commenters that the Dems are in target and on point. We have amazing candidates running at all levels. Get out there and help them.
Professor, Along with your suggestion that we “know the truth and share it,” I would advise writing to Democratic leadership, pressing the Party establishment to urge our candidates to go on the offensive and take the fight to Republicans rather than allowing Republican lies and distortions to go unanswered. I imagine we could use today’s newsletter as a framework for drafting such letters.
At this point, anything that comes out of a Republican’s mouth that isn’t a lie (or at the very least leaves out important details) might as well be as rare as a unicorn.
This is not our grandparents' Republican Party. It is a conspiracy of predators, many of whom cannot claim even one ancestor who shed a drop of sweat to build this country or a drop of blood to defend it. The members of ALEC and the Club for Growth are cases in point. My Republican ancestors, who fought for Lincoln and the Union, would have deported this batch of amoral predators. The symbol of the contemporary Republican Party should be a hyena, not an elephant..
Another contributor to crime increases had been Trump's violent encouraging rhetoric, which can take years to dissipate. Mr Reich needs to amend his column to include this
https://www.vox.com/21506029/trump-violence-tweets-racist-hate-speech
Great post, but you're preaching to the choir here, plus I've already voted. It's the DNC and the Democratic candidates that need to somehow get the courage to tell the truth. To my shame, Kevin McCarthy is running for re-election here in Bakersfield California. McCarthy has the courage and integrity of a dead slug. Why isn't every Democratic front-liner in the State from our Governor on down to the local candidates getting out there to support his Democratic adversary. I live in Sacramento County and all I know is one candidate dropped out, in McCarthy's 20th Congressional District. Hello, California is one of the easiest States to get a front liner out there, they don't even need to live in the district they represent, And we're a solidly Blue State
The highest corporate profits since the 1950s is the reason so much money is goes into election campaigns and threatens our democracy. It also hires the lawyers who hide the profits from the IRS, and it causes the stagnation of wages and public programs so that people are driven to crime and violence.
The biggest crime wave is what the MAGATs are doing all over the country. Election deniers should not be running for any public office. They have made it clear that they have no intention of following the rule of law. They openly state that they will win because THEY will control the election machinery and process. They have pretty much guaranteed that if they don't 'win', it's fraud. Actual votes do not matter to them. None of them can honestly pledge any Oath of Office.
In N H ,Dems have their claws out. The influx of city-leaving want their trash picked up and their family choices intact. This state could go solid blue! Lies don't work in an educated decently paid, free, environment. God Bless Joe!
Is it possible that big corporations rose their prices so high this past year in order to make the Democrats look bad in an effort to help Republicans win in November??
Why is it that no one seems to connect rising poverty to rising crime?
I don't know how the Democrats can stop this firehose of lies. The Rethugs have no plans to fix anything if they retake the House. Can't Americans see that? I'm getting very depressed and just want this election to be over. Any good news out there?
The democrats need to wake up. Here in Lousiana we need to get rid of Sen Kennedy so of course they took the best candidate and put that candidate forward. My bad, there are 3 running and the one they supported does not have the best chance. If state parties do this what is the national one doing? Lies are not the only thing against us,
Very true about the 3 biggest Republican lies plus the “Big Lie”. Republicans have told so many lies it’s impossible to keep track, but no questions their lies are used to create fear, confuse and they are experts at using reverse psychology for their purpose. In other words everything they have done and keep doing they turn it around and declare that’s what the Democrats have been or are doing. I sure hope there are enough Americans that realize this trickery because it sure isn’t no treat!
You wouldn't want to live in a world as envisioned by libertarians, hyper-religious people, corporate oligarchs and other tax dodgers. The anti-tax crowd don't believe in the public sector - rather, they are selfish and narcissistic. In some parts of India they have trucks that go around in the morning, but they are picking up dead people, the homelessness and starvation are so bad. In some parts of Africa a mother has delivered 5 children, but only 3 of them lived past childhood. In some parts of South America the streets of the towns are so dirty that only the poorest slum people will live there. They make their living scavenging out of what the richer people send to the dump. In most countries there are no curbs on the streets, no sidewalks, no regular trash service. In most countries, an earthquake kills hundreds/thousands of people - they have no building codes. In many countries, girls don't get educated at all and boys must pay tuition even in grammar school. The real conditions that people live in - TODAY - in this world are worse than some of the apocalyptic movies you have seen. A homeless person in San Francisco, New York or Los Angeles has more annual income and eats better, sleeps better than about 2.5 BILLION other people on this planet. If you know what the reality of this world is, if you know how selfish, callous and uncaring the oligarchs really are, if you understand what Bolsonaro, for example, is taking away from his own people, if you are familiar with the phrase "first world problems" then you also know why you grit your teeth and write that check when taxes come due.
It boggles my mind that republicans can’t or don’t want to see the truth, after four years of lies it should jump out at you like a monster from hell. I have been told by friends that you can’t tell who’s telling the truth anymore, what rubbish is that the whole knows who the liars are and what destruction they can wield when our nation is willing to accept their rhetoric. It’s time for the intelligent,to put their mind to work building a bright and better future for America, clothed in love and truth, and garnished with integrity. God help our leaders to fulfill their oaths
I phonebank. A lot. And not one of the undecided voters I’ve talked to in the past months has mentioned these factors as involved in their voting. What has worked repeatedly to get them to vote Dem is to talk about abortion. Jailed doctors and nurses. Women and men being forced to be parents. It is the most persuasive matter for women, but also for young men who don’t like it that freedom is being taken away from women. They’re afraid that Republicans will go after birth control next. They’re not ready to be parents. The biggest lie related to that is Republicans saying Democrats want to kill babies right up to birth. I have had to argue that point on a number of occasions. Abortion IS the persuasion point for the midterms. Second to abortion, they care that their votes count. They don’t like hearing that someone wants to take away their right to vote. Democracy matters when we frame it properly.
I know that the lies Robert mentions are out there and that this is a great essay I can use to refute them. I just wanted to say that voters aren’t making decisions based on these lies this time around. At least not the ones I’ve talked to in CA, AZ, NV, OH and PA.
Also I’d like to say to some of the commenters that the Dems are in target and on point. We have amazing candidates running at all levels. Get out there and help them.