Trump voters may be ignorant, but they proved to be smarter than Dems about one thing: the courts

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21. I don't have much patience for the "Leaders must inspire us if they want us to vote" argument

Maybe people should stop waiting to be "inspired" by strangers and go out and make change themselves
I came of voting age in the 1980s and the last thing I was looking for or expecting was to be "inspired" by politicians. In fact, I thought that was no longer possible, that that sort of feeling had died with Bobby Kennedy. But that didn't stop me from getting involved, trying to make a difference in my community, and working as hard as I could to try to elect people whom I thought would be best for us, even if they didn't send a tingle up or down my leg.

When Bill Clinton came along, he DID inspire me and I saw that as a wonderful, unexpected bonus. It was thrilling to feel that way and I have often since felt that way with other politicians, such as Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Paul Wellstone, John Edwards, and plenty of others at the national, state and local levels, etc. But I still see that as a "nice to have" not a "must have." I believe that it's my responsibility to work for change - and that includes being directly engaged in the political process and voting like my life depends on it in every election - regardless whether the people running or in office give me warm fuzzy feelings. And I truly believe that if inspiration must be had, it's on ME to be that inspiration.

I really wish people were less concerned about being inspired - and stopped threatening to or actually sit it out unless and until someone tickles their fancies - and actually put their shoulders to the wheel to work for change and be inspirations themselves.

Hey, y'all. It's not about you. It's about we. And we need all of you to get engaged and VOTE and we don't care whether you want to invite the candidate to your next cookout.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=94566

If the consequences of not voting aren't enough to "inspire" them, nothing a politician says is going to do it.

And it's not like it was a big secret that if the Senate and White House went Republican, we'd get a lot of Republican judges appointed for life. People just didn't care or were trying to make some other point so that's on them.

People need to take some responsibility for their lives and stop expecting to be given tingles up their legs before they'll vote.