Excellent post in Texas forum by David Van Os re: "Consultantocracy"

[Horse with no Name]

As always, spot on.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=180&topic_id=29957&mesg_id=29957
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[napi21]

1. ep, and I'm convinced that's part of why Gore lost in 2000 and

Kerry lost in 2004.

Remember Gore's new shirts, and different styles...and how many times was that???

Then there was Kerry always being told not to go negative! "They're lying so their stories won't stick!"

I don't want to put down all consultants, becasue they're not ALL bad. HOWEVER, there sure are some who have their own $$ interest far ahead of the candidate's success or failure, and the Dems seem to have found quite a few of them!

[Horse with no Name]

2. gratuitous kick

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[DELUSIONAL]

3. save yourself a mouse click -- this is worth reading several times

What I mean by the Constultantocracy

Yesterday the chief political writer of a major urban daily newspaper asked what I meant by “consultantocracy.” This is the answer I gave him.

You ask what I mean by “consultantocracy.” The consultantocracy is the collection of unelected operatives who direct Democratic Party strategies and tactics from behind the scenes down the path of relentless failure. The consultantocracy operates in inherent conflict of interest because it is both advisor and vendor, continually advising Democrats that the way out of the wilderness is simply to purchase more of its wares, although the strategies, tactics, and programs it sells continually lead to failure. The consultantocracy's methodology is to reduce the processes of democracy to data, numbers, and the marketing of political candidates as packaged products. The consultantocracy teaches Democratic candidates and party officers to follow carefully programmed scripts and formulae in lieu of speaking and acting from the heart. The latter teaching is essential for the consultantocracy to be able to control the candidates' behaviors in order to conform to the packaged image that the consultant is carefully marketing. Through these processes, the consultantocracy comes to control the political process and the candidate becomes a prepackaged product without passion or authenticity. The citizenry, sensing that it is getting packaged products rather than authentic public servants, increasingly disengages from the political process. It is most amazing that Democrats continue to pay the same operatives over and over again for the purchase of strategies and techniques that turn self government into marketing, wreck democracy, result in continuing failure at the ballot box, and benefit nobody but the consultants, who cry all the way to the bank.

David Van Os
Democratic Party Nominee for Texas Attorney General
www.vanosfortexasag.com

[sendero]

5. I can't wait to vote for this guy..

... because it's about time someone gave these losers a name.

[acmejack]

4. KnR!