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Dems Risk Culture War Fight in Charlotteville Response
Associated Press ^ | 8/18/2017 | Bill Barrow

Posted on 08/18/2017 6:19:50 PM PDT by rbg81

ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump’s widely criticized response to white supremacist violence in Virginia has left Democrats in a quandary: how to seize the moral high ground without getting sucked into a politically perilous culture war. Democrats have denounced Trump for blaming “both sides” for deadly protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, and, more recently, for defending Confederate monuments.

But the party faces a complex task: While addressing race and history in ways that reflect the party’s values, Democrats also need to focus on issues like jobs and the economy that resonate with a wider range of voters, including white independents, ahead of the 2018 midterm election.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: bannon; charlottesville; culturewars; monuments; trump
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Let's hope Bannon is right and this really is a trap.

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1 posted on 08/18/2017 6:19:50 PM PDT by rbg81
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Bump


2 posted on 08/18/2017 6:20:54 PM PDT by Guenevere
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3 posted on 08/18/2017 6:23:36 PM PDT by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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“politically perilous culture war”

Politically? No, AP. Just “perilous”.


4 posted on 08/18/2017 6:25:07 PM PDT by TheZMan (I am a secessionist.)
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Tear THIS statue down!


5 posted on 08/18/2017 6:26:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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I guess the media is starting to get wind of what most Americans think of this rape of our history by the left with Dem support.


6 posted on 08/18/2017 6:33:48 PM PDT by snarkytart
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Bannon said it was a trap?


7 posted on 08/18/2017 6:34:07 PM PDT by snarkytart
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Dems don’t have any issues besides identity politics


8 posted on 08/18/2017 6:34:27 PM PDT by escapefromboston (manny ortez: mvp)
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While addressing race and history in ways that reflect the party’s values, Democrats also need to focus on issues like jobs and the economy that resonate with a wider range of voters, including white independents, ahead of the 2018 midterm election.

Let's see--fanning the flames of racism, encouraging violent racist thugs, erasing history, destroying the economy, increasing dependency on welfare... what's not to like about the Democrat platform?

9 posted on 08/18/2017 6:34:38 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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If the ‘rats think that destroying statues will win elections for them again. They are even more insane then I could have even imagined.


10 posted on 08/18/2017 6:36:23 PM PDT by Trumpnado2016 (Time to repeal and replace the entire GOP Congressional leadership team.)
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In interviews this week before his resignation was announced Friday, White House strategist Steve Bannon gleefully suggested Democrats are falling into a trap.

“I want them to talk about racism every day,” Bannon told The American Prospect, a liberal magazine. “If the left is focused on race and identity, and we go with economic nationalism, we can crush the Democrats.”


11 posted on 08/18/2017 6:37:10 PM PDT by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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If the ‘rats think that destroying statues will win elections for them again. They are even more insane then I could have even imagined.


You would think so. Yet so many Republican politicians lack the backbone to push back.


12 posted on 08/18/2017 6:39:26 PM PDT by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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Meanwhile in Arlington:

The Confederate flag was taken down because it offends black people.

The French flag was taken down because it offended black people once they remembered that merchsnment flying the French flag did a hefty trade in slaves and also out of empathy for France sticking Haitans with the bill for winning their freedom in that revolt.

The Spanish flag was taken down because it offends First Americans.

The Texas flag was taken down because it offends Mexicans.

The Mexican flag was taken down because Texans threatened a boycott if it was flying but the Texas flag wasn’t.

And finally the American flag was flown at half staff out of sympathy for all her victims. Then they just took it down altogether because “**** it!” nothing is very much fun anymore now that all of our turns have come on.


13 posted on 08/18/2017 6:45:04 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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http://100percentfedup.com/awesome-woman-just-destroyed-media-lies-charlottesville-narrative-video/


14 posted on 08/18/2017 6:48:02 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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While addressing race and history in ways that reflect the party’s values

What values? They are obsessed with destroying Trump and cannot seem to think of anything else.

And I think it's a bit too late to worry about starting a culture war. It's already started.

15 posted on 08/18/2017 6:58:54 PM PDT by proud American in Canada
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So was this author paid as a reporter or as a Democrat strategist?


16 posted on 08/18/2017 7:00:15 PM PDT by JediJones (We must deport all liberals until we can figure out what the hell is going on.)
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Rainbow flags and ☾OEXIS† bumper stickers 4 all.
17 posted on 08/18/2017 7:02:10 PM PDT by JediJones (We must deport all liberals until we can figure out what the hell is going on.)
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How’s that?

They got commie care.

They got gay marriage.

They got the tranny bit.

Why shouldn’t they keep piling on?

I’m not saying the majority agrees with it, just that the force of law is acting behind their measures.


18 posted on 08/18/2017 7:04:15 PM PDT by fruser1
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The culture war is growing, the flames growing ever higher.

Almost a year ago, one of my sisters complained about a joke email I sent to my siblings, and lambasted me to never send her any political emails ever again. So I received a Facebook link posting from her about impeaching Trump (sis is a liberal). I sent a one-line email reminding her that she didn’t want political mail, so return the courtesy to me by not sending political mail... and I added that Trump is my hero. She went off the deep end, sending a very long email trashing me and Trump. Liberals are so sensitive and touchy!!!


19 posted on 08/18/2017 7:06:02 PM PDT by roadcat
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Mob rule doesn’t go over too well with most people.


20 posted on 08/18/2017 7:06:43 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
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