Eric Purchase
@ericpurchase.bsky.social
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Advice from a professional writer on how to take down the Republican Party. Don't react, attack. https://epurchaseattack.substack.com/
Advice from a professional writer on how to take down the Republican Party. Don't react, attack. https://epurchaseattack.substack.com/
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Lessons on Selling for Dems
Democrats don’t know how to sell their policies to Americans.
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After decades of talking about healthcare, education, the environment, and so on, Democrats still haven’t convinced a majority of people that they need what’s being offered. Time for three basic lessons on sales.
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After decades of talking about healthcare, education, the environment, and so on, Democrats still haven’t convinced a majority of people that they need what’s being offered. Time for three basic lessons on sales.
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Lessons on Selling for Dems
Democrats don’t know how to sell their policies to Americans.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
After decades of talking about healthcare, education, the environment, and so on, Democrats still haven’t convinced a majority of people that they need what’s being offered. Time for three basic lessons on sales.
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The Republican Party is made up of several factions, but they all share four ways of thinking about themselves in relation to the world. If Democrats can invalidate these habits of thinking, they will disorient Republicans and lure some of them away.
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How to Smash the Republican Mindset
Republicans are ripe for 2x4 rhetoric, blunt talk that will break their mental model of the world.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The Republican Party is made up of several factions, but they all share four ways of thinking about themselves in relation to the world. If Democrats can invalidate these habits of thinking, they will disorient Republicans and lure some of them away.
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"My assessment from July remains the same: Democrats aren’t doing what it takes to break out of the established pattern where occasional big wins fool them into thinking they’re doing a good job while Republicans slowly get everything they want."
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Dems Still Blowing Their Opportunity
In July, I said the crucial date for Democrats isn’t Tuesday, November 3, 2026, the date of the midterm elections, but the next day, Wednesday, November 4, 2026 (see “Countdown to Dems Blowing Their O...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"My assessment from July remains the same: Democrats aren’t doing what it takes to break out of the established pattern where occasional big wins fool them into thinking they’re doing a good job while Republicans slowly get everything they want."
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Hard-headed realists are more vulnerable to fantasies than romantic idealists.
October 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Hard-headed realists are more vulnerable to fantasies than romantic idealists.
This is a hoot, and right on. Attack them at their rotten core.
NEW VIDEO: "Top 10 Tips For Being a Conservative Christian"
Tip #11: "Judge poor people for being on SNAP instead of helping them when they are without food. Glory!"
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Tip #11: "Judge poor people for being on SNAP instead of helping them when they are without food. Glory!"
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Top 10 Tips For Being a Conservative Christian
YouTube video by Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian
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October 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This is a hoot, and right on. Attack them at their rotten core.
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Yup
October 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Yup
Tesla stock doesn't sound like a good investment right now. This is the kind of thing you do to pull out as much money as you can before the company collapses. If the board is smart, it will let Musk go.
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/27/t...
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/27/t...
Tesla risks losing CEO Musk if $1 trillion pay package isn't approved, board chair says
Tesla Board Chair Robyn Denholm said Elon Musk is key to the future of the EV maker as it focuses more on Full Self Driving and Optimus.
www.cnbc.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Tesla stock doesn't sound like a good investment right now. This is the kind of thing you do to pull out as much money as you can before the company collapses. If the board is smart, it will let Musk go.
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/27/t...
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/27/t...
Democratic leaders, I’m tired of losing elections we should win to candidates who are incompetent buffoons. You wanna know what I want from you? I’ll tell you.
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What I Want From the Democratic Party
Democratic leaders, I’m tired of always being on the defensive.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Democratic leaders, I’m tired of losing elections we should win to candidates who are incompetent buffoons. You wanna know what I want from you? I’ll tell you.
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Early Dr Seuss cartoon before he started doing children's books. Aged like fine wine.
October 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Early Dr Seuss cartoon before he started doing children's books. Aged like fine wine.
"It’s great to be passionate about an issue and to have truth on your side, but if that were sufficient, we wouldn’t have to hold No Kings rallies."
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From Coalition to Coherence
The No Kings rallies I attended in Buffalo on Saturday and back in June showed the strength and the weakness of the Democratic Party.
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October 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM
"It’s great to be passionate about an issue and to have truth on your side, but if that were sufficient, we wouldn’t have to hold No Kings rallies."
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##NoKings #Buffalo yesterday showed the self-limitation of the Democratic coalition. It can bring thousands onto the street, but each member of the coalition talked about their own particular concerns, like they always do, and did not offer a coherent narrative to move non-Democratic voters.
October 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Drawn by my 16 year old grandson:
October 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Drawn by my 16 year old grandson:
Republicans call government programs they don’t like "socialism" to make voters reject them out of hand without a thought. There’s no difference between programs except costs and benefits—defense and Obamacare are not qualitatively different.
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Time to Pop the Socialism Pimple
An effective way to disarm an opponent is to diffuse the charges they hurl, and no charge has done more damage to the Democratic Party for more years than socialism.
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October 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Republicans call government programs they don’t like "socialism" to make voters reject them out of hand without a thought. There’s no difference between programs except costs and benefits—defense and Obamacare are not qualitatively different.
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Sometimes I wish that some of these people’s great-grandparents, some of whom probably fought the German Nazis in WWII, could be alive today and see what happened to their spoiled rotten spawn. And then deal with them the way parents used to discipline their offspring.
After racist texts among members of the New York State Young Republicans were made public, the party’s state leaders were slated to meet Friday and vote to disband the group, people familiar with the matter said.
After Racist Texts, New York G.O.P. Is Set to Disband Young Republicans
State party leaders are expected to eliminate the charter of the Young Republicans group, allowing them to reconstitute the organization with new leaders.
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October 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Sometimes I wish that some of these people’s great-grandparents, some of whom probably fought the German Nazis in WWII, could be alive today and see what happened to their spoiled rotten spawn. And then deal with them the way parents used to discipline their offspring.
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People are saying overseas news organizations are calling GOP
the American Fascist Party.
And that was before Young Republicans were outed as self declared Nazis.
the American Fascist Party.
And that was before Young Republicans were outed as self declared Nazis.
October 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
People are saying overseas news organizations are calling GOP
the American Fascist Party.
And that was before Young Republicans were outed as self declared Nazis.
the American Fascist Party.
And that was before Young Republicans were outed as self declared Nazis.
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Why would a billionaire want a functioning paper? Functioning papers cover shit like “did you know this billionaire makes his workers pee into bottles instead of taking a break” and “you pay way more tax than a guy with ten yachts”
Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...
The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay
Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.
www.forbes.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Why would a billionaire want a functioning paper? Functioning papers cover shit like “did you know this billionaire makes his workers pee into bottles instead of taking a break” and “you pay way more tax than a guy with ten yachts”
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Speaking of able-bodied men not working….
🪞 look in here, Mike Johnson, look in here.
🪞 look in here, Mike Johnson, look in here.
Mike Johnson says Medicaid is "intended for vulnerable populations, the elderly, disabled, and young pregnant women, and not young able-bodied men without dependents who are playing video games."
October 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Speaking of able-bodied men not working….
🪞 look in here, Mike Johnson, look in here.
🪞 look in here, Mike Johnson, look in here.
"Politics is really a contest of stories, where the protagonist and antagonist are always the same—the two political parties, Democrats and Republicans. So the job is to tell stories that make voters cheer for Democrats and despise Republicans."
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Tell Bigger Stories About Republicans
Facts and logic don’t convince people, stories do, but Democrats are bad storytellers.
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October 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"Politics is really a contest of stories, where the protagonist and antagonist are always the same—the two political parties, Democrats and Republicans. So the job is to tell stories that make voters cheer for Democrats and despise Republicans."
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Stop listing all the stupid things Trump does. Focus on the stupidity of Republicans who eat it up.
October 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Stop listing all the stupid things Trump does. Focus on the stupidity of Republicans who eat it up.