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Re:Branching histories of the 2016 UK referendum and ‘the fr... by pasquinelli on Monday January 09, 2017 @05:33PM (#13360454)
Honestly, who needs to reach out? Did the Republicans get in the nice situation they find themselves in now by reaching out? If the Democrats learn from the Republicans they should wait for the pendulum to swing and meanwhile be as loud, vehement, and derisive as they can. Lay the groundwork for people think voting against the Republicans is a matter of life and death. Shit, trump might do that himself. I just hope it's only perception.
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Re:Branching histories of the 2016 UK referendum and ‘the fr... by rfrank on Monday January 09, 2017 @05:39PM (#13360504)
> Lay the groundwork for people think voting against the Republicans is a matter of life and death.

Liberals already tried that this election, it's still impossible to go a day without a MSM outlet saying Trump is literally Hitler and that America is now a fascist state. It's probably not wise to eschew diplomacy when the GOP is as powerful at all levels of government from local to national as they have been in 80 years.

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Re:Branching histories of the 2016 UK referendum and ‘the fr... by tormeh on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @02:27AM (#13363297)
>Liberals already tried that this election, it's still impossible to go a day without a MSM outlet saying Trump is literally Hitler and that America is now a fascist state.

I think your definition of mainstream media is overly broad.

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Re:Branching histories of the 2016 UK referendum and ‘the fr... by rfrank on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @12:41PM (#13366878)
Or I spend too much time on Twitter :)
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Re:Branching histories of the 2016 UK referendum and ‘the fr... by mzw_mzw on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @12:35AM (#13362868)
>Honestly, who needs to reach out? Did the Republicans get in the nice situation they find themselves in now by reaching out?

Yes, as a matter of fact, they did. Trump flipped a lot of counties that went for Obama twice. I recommend you follow his example. Find some people on the other side who should be persuadable, and get to persuadin'.

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