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paleotn

(20,814 posts)
13. These are the first salvos....
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 05:16 PM
Aug 24

in a long campaign that will stretch to the 2028 election. There will be more creativity to come. Newsom gets it. More Dems need to get it too or get out of the damn way.

Maybe it's me, but it feels like a political vacuum has formed. Certainly the cult will never leave Trump, even after he expires, but as the 2024 RepPedo primaries showed us, they're not nearly as big as they sound. A majority of the Republican Party but not overwhelmingly.

Recent approval polls are showing a gigantic number of Americans, across the political spectrum, are most certainly NOT happy about where we are and are looking for leadership and a way out of this morass. At the same time, they're not particularly happy with Democratic politics as usual. Perhaps Newsom and crew, along with other Dems, feel this too and are stepping in. We might have a unique opportunity here. Feels like Schlesinger Jr and Sr's political Cyclical Theory. A number of reasons why the pendulum swings. One being a political group goes too far and there's a massive backlash. We're certainly seeing that play out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclical_theory

I do get the feeling a lot of Americans are simply tired of the RepPedos and their bullshit. The 2024 election being a high water mark. Last week, Nancy Mace wanted to give a speech at a Mom's for Liberty "event" at some SC Baptist church. They expected over a hundred people. 8 showed up. Mace canceled her speech. Guess her campaign for SC governor isn't getting off to a rousing start.

https://www.myhorrynews.com/news/rep-nancy-mace-cancels-myrtle-beach-speech-amid-low-turnout/article_85ecc1a9-3050-4499-96bd-3766bb2f7107.html

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That's how you do it bucolic_frolic Aug 24 #1
Five stars Fiddlelady11 Aug 24 #17
It's a mirror. Atreus Aug 24 #24
BLARING TRUTH & FACTS OUT WHILE Cha Aug 25 #39
WORKS FER ME! Mr.Bee Aug 25 #47
Perfect, love it!!! AZJonnie Aug 24 #2
That's my Governor Give Peace A Chance Aug 24 #21
+1000 LastLiberal in PalmSprings Aug 24 #26
Mine too! And I approve this message 👏 chia Aug 24 #30
This is great!! MacKasey Aug 24 #3
Definitely! calimary Aug 24 #38
Damn, he's going to end up getting Republicans to vote for him. Midnight Writer Aug 24 #4
... orangecrush Aug 24 #5
He called Dana Perino "DING DONG" and another one of them "BIRD BRAIN" Prairie Gates Aug 24 #6
Keep it coming Governor Newsom Picaro Aug 24 #7
Love it malaise Aug 24 #8
And I wonder how many repugs miss the fact KS Toronado Aug 24 #9
Yes, there have to be a few. Hate is really hard to see through. Biophilic Aug 24 #12
They HATE this. An army of their talking heads is attacking Newsom. live love laugh Aug 24 #20
A bright spot pattyloutwo Aug 24 #10
Brilliant! highplainsdem Aug 24 #11
These are the first salvos.... paleotn Aug 24 #13
Some influencer on YT had a short the other day and said that Homeland Security is having in2herbs Aug 24 #18
Probably a bunch of "Mr. Mackies" there Bluetus Aug 24 #37
At some point, he will need to move beyond trolling Bluetus Aug 24 #34
I am not betting my future on unnamed media figures starting to "ask real questions" thebigidea Aug 25 #52
"Please don't throw me into the briar patch." - Gavvy (D) BoRaGard Aug 24 #14
Why aren't Congressional dems trolling the Rs in the 45-47 regime in this way? nt in2herbs Aug 24 #15
Not everyone has the talent-- or the staff. Viva Carmen Zapata! Hekate Aug 24 #19
Exactly, It shows political strategists can't be the usual pollsters JI7 Aug 24 #32
Several of the progressives have very solid social media that take Trump on a lot. Cuthbert Allgood Aug 24 #35
Ahahahaha Hornedfrog2000 Aug 24 #16
OMGOSH, he's got this down pat. PERFECTION!!!! a kennedy Aug 24 #22
Next he needs to point out that FOX Quanto Magnus Aug 24 #23
Kick dalton99a Aug 24 #25
Perfect WiVoter Aug 24 #27
It just keeps getting better...nt 😊 Figarosmom Aug 24 #28
I am loving this mockery of the insecure Hey Joe Aug 24 #29
a voice in the wilderness nt msongs Aug 24 #31
This is LilElf70 Aug 24 #33
I love it! It's so well done! liberalla Aug 24 #36
I'm liking this!!! oasis Aug 25 #40
Had to google "Levin". GoodRaisin Aug 25 #41
K&R mdbl Aug 25 #42
The "I told him no thank you" makes Watters blush JanMichael Aug 25 #43
That's priceless! Callalily Aug 25 #44
Bwahahahaahhhahahahahahaha!! LOVE IT!! Yeah..no thank you Watters! Bengus81 Aug 25 #45
Finer than frog fur. This kind of ridicule confuses the shit out of authoritarians. Magoo48 Aug 25 #46
He trolled the fat fuck beautifully Blue Owl Aug 25 #48
Perfection. pacalo Aug 25 #49
Any Democratic strategists who reject this new Newsom initiative FrankBooth Aug 25 #50
The right wing response to these broadsides has been both comical and absurd Torchlight Aug 25 #51
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