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Dems have hard time connecting to voters because they know so much: Hirono

[Fox News] Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, on Tuesday told a conference that she heard one of the reasons that her party has a difficult time connecting with voters is because Democrats know so much, and have a tendency of appealing to voters' minds instead of their hearts.

Hirono made the comment at a conference in Washington, D.C. She was asked by the moderator about ways Democrats could drive voter turnout.

"I wish I had the answer to that because one of the things that we, Democrats, have a really hard time is connecting to people’s hearts instead of [their heads]," Hirono said. "We’re really good at shoving out all the information that touch people here [pointing to her head] but not here [pointing to her heart]."

Hirono, 71, said Democrats need to stop speaking in a way that comes off as manipulative or strokes fear and resentment.

"But we have a really hard time doing that and one of the reasons-- it was told to me at one of our retreats-- was that we Democrats know so much, that is true. And we have kind of have to tell everyone how smart we are and so we have a tendency to be very left brain," she continued.

The left-hand side of the brain is often associated with analytical thought.

The first-term senator gained widespread notoriety as a leading Democratic voice for the women who accused against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. She urged men to "shut up and step up" when the Senate was confirming Kavanaugh to the court.
Wasn't there something about stupid people being so stupid they don't even know that they're stupid?

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2018-12-05 10:33|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 Hazie Morono...

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-12-05 10:50|| 2018-12-05 10:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Just when we thought we reached peak stupid.

Posted by DarthVader 2018-12-05 11:13|| 2018-12-05 11:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Dorothy: How can you talk, if you haven't got a brain?

The Scarecrow: I don't know. But, some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't they?

Dorothy: Yes. I guess, you're right.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-12-05 11:13|| 2018-12-05 11:13|| Front Page Top

#4 Also tells you a lot of what they think of the voters....

Posted by DarthVader 2018-12-05 11:14|| 2018-12-05 11:14|| Front Page Top

#5 ...well theirs at least and there is some evidence to support that (ie Blacks voting for those who'd replace them with Hispanics on the ballot farming plantation).

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-12-05 11:31|| 2018-12-05 11:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Stupid people don't know they're stupid, but everyone around them does. It's the same thing when you're dead.

Mazie is dead stupid

Posted by Frank G 2018-12-05 12:11|| 2018-12-05 12:11|| Front Page Top

#7 forgot to add "that just isn't so".

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-12-05 12:19|| 2018-12-05 12:19|| Front Page Top

#8 TW, can you fix the image size please, I forgot to put in a width limit. Thanks.

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2018-12-05 12:21|| 2018-12-05 12:21|| Front Page Top

#9 Fixed, Seeking Cure. I set width=300.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-12-05 12:29|| 2018-12-05 12:29|| Front Page Top

#10 Poster child for the Dunning–Kruger effect.

Posted by Hellfish 2018-12-05 12:45|| 2018-12-05 12:45|| Front Page Top

#11 Democrats need to stop speaking in a way that comes off as manipulative or strokes fear and resentment. Once they fake sincerity, they will have it made!

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-12-05 15:52|| 2018-12-05 15:52|| Front Page Top

#12 Lazy Mazie__ the gift that keeps on giving....

Posted by Ebbatle Grundy9565 2018-12-05 16:31|| 2018-12-05 16:31|| Front Page Top

#13 #11 - The key to success is honesty and integrity. If you can fake that, you've got it made!

Posted by Frank G 2018-12-05 18:55|| 2018-12-05 18:55|| Front Page Top

#14 we thought we reached peak stupid.

There is no peak stupid.

The difference between genius and stupidity is genius has limits.

Posted by CrazyFool 2018-12-05 22:06|| 2018-12-05 22:06|| Front Page Top

#15 They do know a lot. Voter fraud, treason, scamming, lying, plain old regular fraud,tax evasion, tax fraud,rape, murder, sexual harassment, prostitution, illegal arms selling, and good old vote buying.

Posted by Silentbrick 2018-12-05 22:45|| 2018-12-05 22:45|| Front Page Top

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