Tim Fullerton
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I don't think we'll get the majority, but even if we sliced off 5%, the dynamic changes completely.
I don't think we'll get the majority, but even if we sliced off 5%, the dynamic changes completely.
Well, the 2008 thing is really interesting, too, because, you know, that was actually a landslide victory that Barack Obama had. I mean, we won Indiana, North Carolina, two that we have not won since. Indiana is not even in the conversation anymore. And Indiana a little bit because Barack was from Chicago. And like I think there were reasons for that.
Well, the 2008 thing is really interesting, too, because, you know, that was actually a landslide victory that Barack Obama had. I mean, we won Indiana, North Carolina, two that we have not won since. Indiana is not even in the conversation anymore. And Indiana a little bit because Barack was from Chicago. And like I think there were reasons for that.
Well, the 2008 thing is really interesting, too, because, you know, that was actually a landslide victory that Barack Obama had. I mean, we won Indiana, North Carolina, two that we have not won since. Indiana is not even in the conversation anymore. And Indiana a little bit because Barack was from Chicago. And like I think there were reasons for that.
But I think there's a lot for us to learn from what Republicans did after that, right? Like that's when the Tea Party sprung up. All of a sudden they cared about spending. They didn't care about the $2 trillion war or the $2 trillion tax cuts that primarily went to wealthy people and did nothing to grow the economy.
But I think there's a lot for us to learn from what Republicans did after that, right? Like that's when the Tea Party sprung up. All of a sudden they cared about spending. They didn't care about the $2 trillion war or the $2 trillion tax cuts that primarily went to wealthy people and did nothing to grow the economy.
But I think there's a lot for us to learn from what Republicans did after that, right? Like that's when the Tea Party sprung up. All of a sudden they cared about spending. They didn't care about the $2 trillion war or the $2 trillion tax cuts that primarily went to wealthy people and did nothing to grow the economy.
So we all know it was really about the black president with the with the funny middle name. Right. But they create. But but but the reality is they created a movement. They had media apparatus with them and they became a force. I mean, like we you know, I was I was at a nonprofit when the we were they were both doing the ACA and the climate bill.
So we all know it was really about the black president with the with the funny middle name. Right. But they create. But but but the reality is they created a movement. They had media apparatus with them and they became a force. I mean, like we you know, I was I was at a nonprofit when the we were they were both doing the ACA and the climate bill.
So we all know it was really about the black president with the with the funny middle name. Right. But they create. But but but the reality is they created a movement. They had media apparatus with them and they became a force. I mean, like we you know, I was I was at a nonprofit when the we were they were both doing the ACA and the climate bill.
And at first we were like, oh, we're going to get both of these things because Barack Obama's polling at 60 percent. We're going to be able to bulldoze right through this. No, like we got healthcare and then healthcare, while it was still worth it, I would go back and do it again, like killed us in the midterms and we got wiped out.
And at first we were like, oh, we're going to get both of these things because Barack Obama's polling at 60 percent. We're going to be able to bulldoze right through this. No, like we got healthcare and then healthcare, while it was still worth it, I would go back and do it again, like killed us in the midterms and we got wiped out.
And at first we were like, oh, we're going to get both of these things because Barack Obama's polling at 60 percent. We're going to be able to bulldoze right through this. No, like we got healthcare and then healthcare, while it was still worth it, I would go back and do it again, like killed us in the midterms and we got wiped out.
And that's because they've got, they know how to organize their people. And, you know, that rage machine that they have built, like they're always, we were talking about, they're always mad about something. It's because they're fed that, you know, like, oh my God, there are, but yeah, I mean, it's like, oh my God, kids are like using litter boxes in schools, which never, Never fucking happened.
And that's because they've got, they know how to organize their people. And, you know, that rage machine that they have built, like they're always, we were talking about, they're always mad about something. It's because they're fed that, you know, like, oh my God, there are, but yeah, I mean, it's like, oh my God, kids are like using litter boxes in schools, which never, Never fucking happened.
And that's because they've got, they know how to organize their people. And, you know, that rage machine that they have built, like they're always, we were talking about, they're always mad about something. It's because they're fed that, you know, like, oh my God, there are, but yeah, I mean, it's like, oh my God, kids are like using litter boxes in schools, which never, Never fucking happened.
It never happened. I know. And I have friends that aren't that rabid Republican who mentioned it to me. And I'm like, can you go online and find one one specific moment of fact that that happened? And no one can do it. Right. But they have an apparatus. And this is why I keep harping on it, because like.
It never happened. I know. And I have friends that aren't that rabid Republican who mentioned it to me. And I'm like, can you go online and find one one specific moment of fact that that happened? And no one can do it. Right. But they have an apparatus. And this is why I keep harping on it, because like.
It never happened. I know. And I have friends that aren't that rabid Republican who mentioned it to me. And I'm like, can you go online and find one one specific moment of fact that that happened? And no one can do it. Right. But they have an apparatus. And this is why I keep harping on it, because like.