Could Democrats save themselves in the midterms with a MASKS OFF! CONDOMS ON! slogan?

[jamestroll]

Basically a return to normalcy pre-covid.

Condoms are something the right and left can agree on.

The monkey pox outbreak may cause some backlash to gays, so I definitely think a campaign for condoms will help Democrats immensely.

[Mr. Smith]

No.

[It’s so Joever]

No, but Democrats could win if Biden did a press conference in a tank and said that he would raise taxes on everyone as much as possible.

[ProgressiveModerate]

I think if Biden started using slogan he could actually get a decent about of media cause it would make him seem a bit less up tight and funny to many.

Though if there became an actual war on condoms, wouldn't that hurt Democrats long term since that would mean conservatives would have a disproportionate amount of babies compared to liberals (which is already somewhat the case, but other factors make up for it).

[Ferguson97]

Why would Democrats bring up covid when nobody's thinking about it anymore?

Condoms are something the right and left can agree on.

Dude they're literally trying to overturn Griswold.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

No

[RC (a la Frémont)]

I am anti-condom because of this post.

[jamestroll]

Come to think of this..maybe I should email the Spanberger campaign this slogan. It would work very well in VA-07. The minority heavy part of Prince William County plus a bunch of ruralish hillbilly counties. Where masks are unpopular.

I am anti-condom because of this post.

You need to PROTECT yourself and others

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

Bestie are you ok

[Progressive Pessimist]

Democrats would be better off not discussing COVID and monkeypox if they don't have to.

And especially not with that slogan because it will inspire Republicans to accuse Democratic candidates of wanting children to be promiscuous or some s*** like that.

You really need to workshop a new schtick, Jimmie.

[jamestroll]

I wish Spanberger and Wexton would adopt this slogan in some of their ads. I think this could work very well. Especially in Spanberger's district.

[Ferguson97]

I wish Spanberger and Wexton would adopt this slogan in some of their ads. I think this could work very well. Especially in Spanberger's district.

This would be one of the worst slogan ads ever, it's too weird and cringy.

[John Dule]

Mental illness is a serious problem on this site.

[DS0816]

Re: Could Democrats save themselves in the midterms…[?]

No.

[jamestroll]

Mental illness is a serious problem on this site.

You have no right to diagnose me.

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

Probably no, but based.

[Penn_Quaker_Girl]

Better than masks on, condoms off.  That was the slogan for the early stages of the pandemic. 

[Eraserhead]

Other than some annoying liberals on Twitter, is anyone on "the left" still screeching about masks?

[jamestroll]

Well... considering how close the house was.. a few candidates using this slogan in swing districts may have kept the house for the Democrats.

[Hope For A New Era]

This thread is funny to look back on. It's weird how monkeypox just kind of evaporated.

[7,052,770]

This thread is funny to look back on. It's weird how monkeypox just kind of evaporated.

Yet another quiet Biden win

[Ferguson97]

Well... considering how close the house was.. a few candidates using this slogan in swing districts may have kept the house for the Democrats.

Wrong, because this slogan would have been seen as weird and cringe.

[Vosem]

I do kind of wonder how much better House Democrats could've done if they had had a better view of the state of play; from their spending decisions it's very clear that Sean Maloney was a believer in the Red Wave and Tom Emmer was not, so you had large amounts of fundraising going to people who were basically safe (do we still remember the last-two-weeks freakout over Julia Brownley)? They came really close to holding the House as it is.

I think this slogan doesn't really address what voters cared about in 2022, though.