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In reply to the discussion: Here's the thing - don't expect me to be enthused about someone who cozys up to a mass murderer. [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)politician asks us to hire them to do the work of representing us, and the fail to do that, but talk a good talk, the saying 'know them by their WORKS' applies.
It sure doesn't apply to ordinary voters except in the context it was used, that they look at the RECORD of those asking for votes, not listen to their words.
And if the Dem Party wants to stop losing elections, maybe they should show some more respect to the voters and their concerns, instead of snidely responding to them every time they raise a question, or show disappointment in some of those who represent them.
Eg, what would be wrong with simply asking that poster, a voter, 'do you have any preferences, who would you choose if you could'
Snark and snide remarks are not going to help win elections. See what happened after Rahm told the Left that their 'ideas were retarded'. We lost the House, the Left decided not to reelect Rahm's Third Way candidates. Not that that was the ONLY reason, but it made it easier for them to just say no.
Now imagine if he had treated them with respect, THEN he could have asked them to help him keep a majority and they might have listened.
Put it this way, the Left is getting pretty tired of being dismissed, insulted and having no say in who runs for office and that's not good for the Dem Party. They can't win without the Left they so despise.