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senseandsensibility

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1. I would love to see a Dem politician
Wed Jun 10, 2026, 02:17 PM
15 hrs ago

speak that simply and "rudely" for lack of a better word. Policy papers and critiques of Rs that run on for paragraphs may impress college educated voters, but we really need to work on simple blunt language. And we don't even have to lie. The truth is our weapon.

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I would love to see a Dem politician senseandsensibility 15 hrs ago #1
I'm definitely for straight talk... gulliver 14 hrs ago #2
Follow the money. orthoclad 14 hrs ago #3
Straight talk would be SamuelTheThird 14 hrs ago #4
K&R spanone 14 hrs ago #5
John Ossoff won his Senate race by doing this RetiredParatrooper 12 hrs ago #6
Truth. H2O Man 12 hrs ago #7
Democrats need a few Murdocks and Ellisons on our side. progressoid 12 hrs ago #8
Yes they must be straight with the voters. They need to tell them that the billionaires need to pay their taxes, the Fil1957 12 hrs ago #9
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