In fact, I'm so crazy I wrote an article about it!https://t.co/DQtpnHeMeq
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) August 5, 2022
Being timid, defensive, and afraid is a losing strategy according to Anat Shenkar-Osario, president of ASO Communications, who runs weekly focus groups where she tests messaging strategies with potential voters. According to her, Democrats must rise up and fight if they want to win over surge and swing voters and energize their base. “Democrats need to go on offense, because people are hungry for a demonstration of leadership,” she told me, citing swing voters who are “attracted to decisiveness for its own sake, irrespective of the content of that decision.”She said this explains why they find Republicans appealing even as they consistently describe them to her team as “evil,” “snakes,” and a party that “doesn’t care about anybody but themselves.” Republicans appear to use their power to just get shit done and carry out their agenda, regardless if it’s popular.....Shenkar-Osario’s message for Democrats is simple: “Stake your turf, go on offense, and say what you’re for always—that performs better in the field, and performs better with the masses. If your words don’t spread, it doesn’t work.” It’s time for Democrats to speak up and say the words.
Because if we don't speak out, we see the kind of MAGA trashing of Trudeau and that PEI restaurant will just get ignored or even accepted by Conservative politicians and their media:
PEI, where Conservatives harassed, threatened, snd tried to ruin a business, simply because the Prime Minister stopped in for lunch. That PEI?
— john d beggs (@dbeggs13) August 5, 2022
You should see how much conservatives freaked out when the Prime Minister bought doughnuts at an independent baker. Sorry...I meant to say he bought "elitist" doughnuts.
— Jason Pugh 🏳️🌈 (@TheJasonPugh) August 6, 2022
Then there's the socks and his hair. DO NOT get them started on his socks and hair. Really works them up.
As a columnist, I'm used to the odd bit of hate mail. But the stuff I've been receiving over this column is next level: https://t.co/NLG5YJcG1A
— Gary Mason🇺🇦 (@garymasonglobe) August 5, 2022
