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Anonymous wrote:I appreciate they are trying something new, the Project 2025 stuff doesn't seem to be getting people's attention. I think many are now numb to warnings of dictatorship.

I don't know if it will work and I can see it putting some off

Um largely indifferent

“The project 2025 stuff” is absolutely getting people’s attention.

Yeah it’s been phenomenally successful- that’s why Trump is in such a panic about it and pretending he doesn’t know what it’s about.

I find myself so curious about why they made the 900 page project 2025 planning document available for public consumption. Like, what were they thinking?

Arrogance. It naturally follows that we should wonder what their full plans are; if they were willing to put that in writing, how much worse is what they really want to do?

Weird is perfect. Nothing about Trump or the couch crusher or the weirdos who wrote Project 2025 is normal. Trump is a wood paneled basement freak with his orange skin, cotton candy updo and ties taped to themselves, ranting about windmills. He’s a very odd duck and I’m glad that people are finally saying it.

I mean…they’re both absolutely weird. Is that even in question?

Weird can be good, Bernie Sanders inauguration mittens, for example, is a great kind of wholesome weirdness.

Or weird can be…some guy who people credibly think should be kept away from upholstered furniture. No one made the Republicans choose the latter.

Anonymous wrote:I mean they are. Battery sharks and nuking hurricanes + the couch humper. Now, MAGA likes Trumps brand of weird. But, it’s why Pence was on his ticket. To be normal and boring and reassure voters there was someone normal there.

Doubling down on weird with Vance was an unforced error.

1000%

I think it started when Kamala described Vance as weird and people latched on that it was the perfect description. Vance is weird. There isn’t much disagreement on that one from either Republicans or Dems. The only people who don’t think he’s weird are the weird dudes.

Let's not forget that Vance got picked because Donnie and Eric pitched a fit. And they are definitely weird.

I really wish the democratic talking points would focus on the policy aspects of Project 2025.

1. Kicking 30% of people on Medicaid off. 1 in 3, it will either be you or someone you know.
2. Raising income taxes by 3%-8% on people making 12 K -200 K while cutting corporate taxes and capital gains for high earners.
3. National abortion ban, contraceptives ban and IVF ban.

There are plenty of other despicable things in 2025 but those three will ruin peoples lives in red and blue states.

Anonymous wrote:I think "weird" is accurate and a good talking point. It points out how detached from reality they are without giving power to their ridiculousness.

"Dangerous" would just feed the MAGA power fantasies. "Unlawful" and "unconstitutional" are too complicated for some folks, and words like "racist" and "homophobic" definitely have their place but don't really affect people who are racist and homophobic. "Bootlicker" is too crude.

"Creepy" might work, especially with all of the time they spend thinking about others' genitals, but "weird" is good.

Noted.

The description started with Gen Z. It took a few days circulating around 100,000 young people for the Gen X media to pick up on it. Once it was reported by the media, it then became a democratic talking point. Same thing happened to the description of brat. Once Gen X pundits learned it meant cool they started using it. Gen Z had already been using it,

The weird and creepy thing is resonating because it names something everyone is thinking. Even Trump supporters are caught off guard by the weirdness of those two wondering what the hell is he talking about and why?

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, does the DNC really think something like this is going to resonate with normal people?

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Yeah. It's resonating with the "kids" -- college aged. They see Trump and Vance as weird.

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Anonymous wrote:I appreciate they are trying something new, the Project 2025 stuff doesn't seem to be getting people's attention. I think many are now numb to warnings of dictatorship.

I don't know if it will work and I can see it putting some off

Um largely indifferent

“The project 2025 stuff” is absolutely getting people’s attention.

Yeah it’s been phenomenally successful- that’s why Trump is in such a panic about it and pretending he doesn’t know what it’s about.

I find myself so curious about why they made the 900 page project 2025 planning document available for public consumption. Like, what were they thinking?

“The world is made for people who aren’t cursed with self-awareness.” And it’s going to bite them in the @ss.

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Anonymous wrote:I think "weird" is accurate and a good talking point. It points out how detached from reality they are without giving power to their ridiculousness.

"Dangerous" would just feed the MAGA power fantasies. "Unlawful" and "unconstitutional" are too complicated for some folks, and words like "racist" and "homophobic" definitely have their place but don't really affect people who are racist and homophobic. "Bootlicker" is too crude.

"Creepy" might work, especially with all of the time they spend thinking about others' genitals, but "weird" is good.

It’s also the description that’s going to get under Trump’s skin far more than any of these other descriptors you mentioned.

But it’s also a great description of the arguments you do get into with your uncle at Thanksgiving that you do dislike so much.

Like imagine if it was just a normal republican running and we could just have arguments about whether the federal govt really plays $800 instead of what point your uncle was trying to prove when he went into the women’s room at Target shouting about transsexuals and classrooms full of kitty litter.

They are weird. Period.

One guy is an orange wanna be dictator who hangs out with guys like Putin and Kim jong un.

The other guy talks about cats, childless ladies, racism as it relates to diet Mountain Dew, etc…

Sorry but that’s freakin weird.

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Anonymous wrote:I appreciate they are trying something new, the Project 2025 stuff doesn't seem to be getting people's attention. I think many are now numb to warnings of dictatorship.

I don't know if it will work and I can see it putting some off

Um largely indifferent

“The project 2025 stuff” is absolutely getting people’s attention.

Yeah it’s been phenomenally successful- that’s why Trump is in such a panic about it and pretending he doesn’t know what it’s about.

I find myself so curious about why they made the 900 page project 2025 planning document available for public consumption. Like, what were they thinking?

That MAGA can’t read a full paragraph let alone 900 pages?

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Anonymous wrote:I appreciate they are trying something new, the Project 2025 stuff doesn't seem to be getting people's attention. I think many are now numb to warnings of dictatorship.

I don't know if it will work and I can see it putting some off

Um largely indifferent

“The project 2025 stuff” is absolutely getting people’s attention.

Yeah it’s been phenomenally successful- that’s why Trump is in such a panic about it and pretending he doesn’t know what it’s about.

I find myself so curious about why they made the 900 page project 2025 planning document available for public consumption. Like, what were they thinking?

They’re very arrogant and self absorbed.

Anonymous wrote:I think "weird" is accurate and a good talking point. It points out how detached from reality they are without giving power to their ridiculousness.

"Dangerous" would just feed the MAGA power fantasies. "Unlawful" and "unconstitutional" are too complicated for some folks, and words like "racist" and "homophobic" definitely have their place but don't really affect people who are racist and homophobic. "Bootlicker" is too crude.

"Creepy" might work, especially with all of the time they spend thinking about others' genitals, but "weird" is good.

It’s also the description that’s going to get under Trump’s skin far more than any of these other descriptors you mentioned.