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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLoudspeakers blaring anti Conor Lamb message in Greensburg, PA today
For background, Greensburg is the Westmoreland County seat and is in PA-18.
My husband was in Greensburg this morning and he said there was a truck with loudspeakers parked near the county courthouse blasting a message that tomorrow's election was critical and that people had to vote for Saccone to block Nancy Pelosi's radical agenda. He said it was surreal. Neither of us has seen anything approaching the amount of dirty campaign messages as have come from Saccone and the Republicans.
I thought campaigns stop running negative ads and go positive shortly before election day. Saccone has gone full-blown negative and downright dirty until the very end.
Smells like DESPERATION.
ismnotwasm
(41,995 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)People don't like being blasted by loudspeakers.
TheBlackAdder
(28,209 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,165 posts)continues to ignore the fact that Pelosi is not in charge of the House. Eddie Munster is.
JDC
(10,129 posts)Nancy Pelosi is by no means a "radical"...I don't get why she is constantly made out to be one. It wreaks of desperate Fox News-ism. Seriously, it is such a soft foundation to stand on.
BumRushDaShow
(129,165 posts)as part of the "manufacture fear" and "insult your opponent" tactic that they have successfully deployed for decades. It's part of their objectification process where they rely on their supporters to go no further than the negative "imagery" of the person vs what the person actually believes in and has accomplished.
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)Even with the "Blue Wave", the democrats wouldn't have enough of a majority to "push through" very much at all. They'll get procedural control of the body, but Trump will be able to veto anything. Quite honestly, the less than insane GOP members could actually team up with the more moderate/conservative democrats and get more done than they would fighting with their own insane right wing.
BumRushDaShow
(129,165 posts)when one has experienced a near-mortal wound, one needs to immediately apply a tourniquet to it to stop the bleeding, and then go from there.
Taking back the House will be the tourniquet to allow the caucus to re-group and then maybe carry out some real oversight. Certain beneficial legislation would still stall but some of the insane stuff could be stopped in its tracks.
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)The change in the senate could stop the freak show of substandard appointees.
The change in the House could allow investigations.
And when the various "crisis" legislation has to be written, the democrats would get to write it.
The challenge will be when Mueller's report is written.
BumRushDaShow
(129,165 posts)jmowreader
(50,560 posts)Send good bills - ones that will help people, aren't expensive, and have broad support - to the White House, let him veto them, and use his vetoes against him in the 2020 election.
DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)the segment on MSNBC where one of the hosts went to the 18th to interview 4 Trump voters, 3 of the 4 said they were voting for Saccone so he could help implement Trump's agenda. Apparently none of voters understood/knew/realized Rs control all 3 branches of gov't.
BumRushDaShow
(129,165 posts)Despite the fact that he is a New York City born and bred billionaire, they see his behavior is no different from theirs and that is why they are drawn to him (and it's also why he was continually shunned by the NY blue blood class).
DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)nt
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)Didnt Lamb come out AGAINST Pelosi? At least thats what I think I heard on Vice News, that Connor Lamb was partly running on an anti-Pelosi platform plank.
BumRushDaShow
(129,165 posts)But then by even focusing on that, it suggests that the consensus is that Democrats would take the House and there is this "fear" of Pelosi being Speaker again.
Ironically, when she became Speaker after the 2006 election, she made the House actually show up for work (previous to that, they had some years with the fewest number of work days in recent history at the time).
blue neen
(12,324 posts)The Republicans are so desperate that they're now using Nazi Propaganda Tactics.
Geez!
Exotica
(1,461 posts)especially the last 3 minutes
It's the Rick Saccone Campaign! Perfect!
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,165 posts)Rally with a farmer and 3 children.
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)heard a Saccone ad that was smearing Lamb playing on the radio.
Can't wait for Saccone and his filthy negative campaign to be tossed in the historical trash bin along with other losing Republican candidates!
blue neen
(12,324 posts)The vile liars go droning on and on.
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)you guessed it, he had to watch a negative ad by Saccone ripping Conor Lamb on guns.
blue neen
(12,324 posts)Their ads are like some type of insidious disease.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)And counterproductive. I would be pretty pissed off at the noise.
Dread Pirate Roberts
(1,896 posts)taking their tactics from the Blues Brothers I see.
blue neen
(12,324 posts)That sums up Saccone and his Republican friends!
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Positive messaging is to get people out. Negative is to suppress.
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)Lamb has a very big GOTV effort going. We've gotten THREE phone calls and one person came to our door since Saturday.
janx
(24,128 posts)Do you think anyone has one?
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)I will check around to see if one turns up.
janx
(24,128 posts)hatrack
(59,587 posts)I love that bagpiper!
0rganism
(23,958 posts)given enough bagpipers, a whole new campaign strategy could evolve
lindysalsagal
(20,695 posts)Who knew???!!!
MineralMan
(146,318 posts)yardwork
(61,667 posts)We keep being told that she's not, but the Republicans seem to think she's super progressive.
Which is it?
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)does that explain it?
yardwork
(61,667 posts)zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)They think they can scare the voters by making them fear her, instead of the GOP candidate.
lindysalsagal
(20,695 posts)Get a noise ordinance for crissakes!