Reply #19: Appreciate what you're saying

[enlightenment]

and admire your dedication.

Still, from my position, I'd not pay much attention to you -- and I sit at the far left reaches of the political spectrum (at the very least, what Zogby calls a "progressive liberal").

When people start talking AT me, instead of TO me, I turn off. Talking points (and all the other Republican clap-trap) is like talking AT a person; there is a presumption that; 1. they don't already know the information you're tossing at them; and 2. that they're will to accept that little bit of information as gospel.

That said, I understand what you're trying to do and I know that you have a better sense of your community and its members than I do (how could you not?)
So -- I will believe that your approach is the best one and offer this one suggestion. Have available, if asked, a list of articles, web sites, books, etc. that your independents can use to find out more about your bullet points. Make it easy for them to look it up on their own, so they don't just add your flier to the round-file.

A number of the posters on this thread seem to think (and that may only be a function of the written word, not real beliefs) that independents are either stupid, lazy, Republican, or all three. I've never met one of those. All of the independents I have met have been liberal, questioning, and perhaps more than commonly critical of the established social paradigms -- including the political ones.

That means they're not as easy to convince -- but once convinced they are very hard to sway from their convictions.

Once again, good luck -- sincerely. I'm going to go look up how Texans register, since I am somewhat confused (I get the open primary thing -- its the other part).
Tah!
on edit: traded a semi-colon for a comma.