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Is there anything that Republicans can do that would get people not to vote for them?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by what, Jun 23, 2017.

  1. what

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    I'm just asking.
     
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    Humiliating, ridiculing, abusing and blatantly lying to them hasn't worked in the case of Trump, so maybe outright killing your voters?
     
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  3. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"

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    Well, the major cuts to Medicare would literally lead a lot of voters to die earlier than they would otherwise, according to most hospitals, doctors, nurses, and related organizations. Sad!
     
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    Most people didn't vote for them.
     
  5. fchowd0311

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    Untill old people who are barely clinging on to their mental facilities don't severely outnumber young people at the polls during midterm elections, this will always happen.
     
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    As a former Republican I can tell u nothing really. It's basically like a sports team nowadays. You just wanna see your side win and the other lose.
     
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    They could push a liberal agenda, that would probably do it. So far that's been pretty good at getting people to stop voting for Democrats and there's no reason to think that it wouldn't work just as well or better for Republicans if they tried it.
     
  8. SamFisher

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    The key to GOP success is the ability to suspend just enough disbelief by having the suits pretend like they are not repulsive parodies of a pile of sh-t such as your character here.

    Hopefully, more of them follow your lead? That's about all I got.

    I do know that if and when a recession begins to set in, the bottom is more likely to start to drop out. There are some warning signs in the indicators that growth is slowing down.
     
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    Only 60%of eligible voters voted. Among them, slightly less than half voted for gop.

    So you have less than a third voting for the other party and less than 10%voting for turd sandwiches in primaries.

    If that's not an oligarchy it's because the phantom 'other side' hates us for our freedoms.

    So politics is a spectator sport for many people. Dennis Rodman and artest is more entertaining and they give us an excuse to light up a police car when we feel shitty that day
     
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    Well keep hope alive that the economy will tank and that'll save your party because at this point you guys need all the help you can get
     
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    The pendulum always swings back, don't fret, I have a feeling though that it will swing back pretty hard to the left within this 10 years.

    We do know generations tend to favor one party or another and the generation that is just getting politically active all are very very liberal.

    If the GOP continues their class warfare on the poor and middle class though things won't get pretty.
     
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    Become pro-choice and pro-immigration.
     
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    Little kids are always very very liberal, then they grow up and most of them end up with more mature political stances.
     
  14. JayGoogle

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    We already proved this isn't true with stats and graphs. I know you are keen to just make up stuff and claim it is fact but it isn't.

    Just a random conservative myth that then also assumes that minority groups like black people are stupid or naive for being liberal, so there is that too.
     
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    LOL feel free to single out specific groups if you like, but the greater point stands. Liberal ideals are generally naive.
     
  16. JayGoogle

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    Well, it wasn't me that said that. You were the one touting that old conservative myth even though we've already discussed this. I even brought out graphs that proved that generations tend to lean left or right and that it had to do with who those generations had as president. It seems you still believe the myth, who knows why though. I just wonder, if you believe that then what does that make black people who vote mostly democrat?

    Anyways, todays conservatives are the true naive ones. They actually believe that if you give money to the rich it will trickle down to everyone else...even though they keep trying it and it never works...they continue to try it! Amazing really.
     
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    As long as the Republicans find marginalized groups to discriminate against and cast blame on, they will have some level of success.
     

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