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In reply to the discussion: If this is not the bottom of the damn barrel and worthy of impeachment, then [View all]calimary
(81,261 posts)First, my condolences on your - er - um - representation. You deserve WAY better!
But consider this: if the guy keeps getting g these calls that you know he doesnt agree with or doesnt give a damn about, if he STILL gets a lot of calls I this ANYWAY?
That can be rather destabilizing over time. Michael Steele, the former RNC Chair (the CONS idea of SEE? WE got one, TOO!!! Who got the chairmanship when Barack Obama became President) just pointed out on MSNBC with Hallie Jackson this morning, that there are no consequences. There are NO consequences. Whatever the president says, whatever the president does, there are NO consequences.
Okay. Would you raise your kid like that?
If Matt Gaetz gets a disturbing amount of calls pushing back on this, it may not change his mind. Probably not. HOWEVER, it will be destabilizing. Reps like him NEED to hear and see and read pushback.
They NEED to see that they DONT have unanimous approval.
They NEED TO see that this is unpopular with at least some of their voters.
They NEED to see that the razzmatazz that Pix Noise delivers every day in its attempt to create and preserve that beautiful bubble world of theirs is not being reflected in the real world where they live and their district offices are and their little army of office workers may be starting to grow uneasy about the way the winds are blowing.
Its called DESTABILIZING THE ENEMY.
Make em worry.
Knock em off their high horse of complacency.
Hes cocky as hell right now. But if he starts getting enough discontent and disagreements from his constituents, it WILL start to eat away at him.
Hell have a harder time staying cocky and obnoxious like that. Soon enough, he may have to start reaching, every morning, for the bottle of Maalox tablets that soon will become a regular fixture on his nightstand.
DESTABILIZE THE ENEMY.
Thats when they start making mistakes. When theyre knocked off their cozy complacent Screw you! Who cares what YOU think? Everybodys with ME! attitude.
And when that starts, and there continues to be a load of calls every day pushing against him, theres gonna be chatter. Those staffers who actually TAKE those phone calls are making note (because they need to report to their boss what the constituents are complaining about). And THEYRE noticing. And theyre TALKING, too. They start grousing to each other in the bathroom or outside taking a smoke break or at the local watering hole where they gather after work to gossip and let off some steam and maybe, increasingly, needing a few cold ones to drink the increasingly unpleasant day away.
It does take time. But it starts gnawing on them. It may start gnawing on some staffer who starts to grow a conscience after having to deal with this contrary shit all the time that they dont like OR welcome. And that can eventually lead to higher turnover in the district office as who needs this shit frontliners leave, or maybe one or more of them leak to reporters they know.
And you know what can happen then. One of those reporters sensed theres a hot story developing here, that - hey, Matt Gaetz may be in trouble... and heaven help him if something like THAT gets started.
DESTABILIZE THE ENEMY. THERES your consequences - right there. Let there be a price to pay for being this way.
And pretty soon ol Matt starts feeling a little shaky and less sure of his constituent support, and he starts looking around for some safe job out of the firing line - maybe in some CON think tank or foundation or the RNC or maybe even among the White House staff.
Cue the Maalox bottle...