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talldean t1_isey9rf wrote

Reply to comment by FuzzPunkMutt in I agree wholeheartedly with this assessment. A big no for Dr. Schnozz. by CQU617

You're not going to convince GOP members in most cases.

You *do* need to convince your own team to come out and vote 100% of the time, and then you need action - between elections - to grow your team.

It's been interesting to see Fetterman lean into dunking on Oz with memes for awhile... and then go to do "here's the plan/here's my policy".

It also doesn't hurt that Fetterman was leaning on Biden to legalize marijuana two weeks before Biden put through the executive order on weed.

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FuzzPunkMutt t1_isezb96 wrote

I'm just nervous. There was a poll of likely voters recently that showed in PA the two most important issues are guns and economy. Abortion doesn't make the top 5. Pot didn't make the list.

Unfortunately, that plays directly into the message the GOP has been pushing for the last 60 years. They have convinced every gullible person and every person that doesn't pay very much attention that Republicans are better for the economy (despite all evidence pointing to the contrary).

And of course, this is America. So fetishizing guns is a core personality trait for some 30% of the population.

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_KnightsDelight_ t1_isezykc wrote

Economy is definitely the #1 issue and will certainly drive us to the polls.

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JoshuaIan t1_isf3qh6 wrote

Indeed, I'm going to vote against the people that have tried to sell trickle down economics

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HectorsMascara t1_isf1bhi wrote

> Unfortunately, that plays directly into the message the GOP has been pushing for the last 60 years. They have convinced every gullible person and every person that doesn't pay very much attention that Republicans are better for the economy (despite all evidence pointing to the contrary).

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FuzzPunkMutt t1_isf0xlf wrote

Sure, just remember that major economic downturns happen during republican policy changes. I'm sure that your voting for the party that actually leads to economic security instead of just listening to absolute idiots like Joe Rogan or Tucker Carlson, right?

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talldean t1_isfqq38 wrote

The one that terrifies me about the economy is we're doing better than most of the rest of the world this year, but not giving Biden any credit for that.

We're also seeing relatively low inflation, but record-corporate-profits rebranded as "inflation".

The combo of those two perceptions is gonna hurt.

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key2mydisaster t1_isfpkw7 wrote

Hopefully they just polled the wrong people.

Literally no way that the government would ever seize everyone's guns. How would that even work? Search every home in the entire country? Like people wouldn't hide them? It's a non-issue. And IMO anyone with guns that doesn't want common sense gun laws must be doing something stupid with their guns.

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Buffmin t1_isjf7d5 wrote

>Literally no way that the government would ever seize everyone's guns.

You aren't supposed to think logically about it. You're supposed to be blinded by fear and vote the gqp while clutching your guns and your hug-a-nignt Regan (now with trickle down action)

Fear is their main motivation

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