Important Points from PA 18

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5. These people will hate to have it pointed out to them

But they are standing on the pier, watching a boat sail out to sea on which they thought life had guaranteed them reservations. Trump came along, and promised to make the boat return to shore and pick them up. We never promised that. They believed Trump. Common sense told them not to, but they believed him anyway. His scenario just sounded better. It was what they wanted to hear, and hear it they did.

But that boat is not coming back. Ever. So, now what? Will they blame that on us? Yes, some of them will. Why? Because it's easy and because it's convenient. If they blame us, then they don't have to admit that they fell for a rather obvious scam, and got played for fools. But some of them will not blame us. Some of them will blame the ones who took them for fools (maybe Lincoln was right after all).

We will have to prove that we are worthy of any pleas for them to come back to us, as they are our natural constituents--IF our elected reps pay attention to their situation. Take ANYBODY for granted, and you risk deserved resentment. That goes for Democrats as well as any other party. We forget that at our peril.