Whose Democratic Party Is It?

[1StrongBlackMan]

62. And when you walk in off the street ...

insisting that you are smarter, more committed, and have a better plan (that begins with, "IF ONLY&quot , than the people that built the house you are standing in (i.e., Democratic workers), before doing a single volunteer effort, the people (i.e., Democratic workers) tend to shy away from you.

Too many bright activists act like that new kid in the neighborhood that shows up to the play ground and insists that everyone stop playing football and play baseball, instead.

The older kids on the playground are pretty happy playing football ... but, like playing baseball, too. In fact, a lot of the older kids playing football, actually like playing baseball better; but, they are playing football because ... well ... they have a football, and they don't have a baseball, a bat, or gloves.

So, And when the older kids say, "fine, do you have a baseball, gloves and a bat?", the "new" kid says, "No ... but can play without them."

Then, the older kids say, "Okay, go get a baseball, some gloves and a bat, and we can play baseball." But the new kid say, "We don't need any of that ... besides, football sucks!"

And, when the older kids go on with the football game, because the new kid doesn't seem to want to find a baseball, the gloves or the bat, the new kid tries to take the football ... so what once was a game everyone enjoyed becomes a game of keep away, that no one other than the new kid enjoys ... and he/she enjoys it, not because she/he enjoys Keep Away; but, he/she is happy because no one is playing football.