Reflecting on a conversation I had with my haircutter recently, I realized that she was not at all interested in the current political process, until I mentioned some specific policy commitments of the candidate that I support. Then she was interested, even said I might have convinced her to vote.
I am sure this would not have happened if all I did was trash the other candidate, or talk about things that happened 25 years ago, or argue based on identity politics. Which seems to be what we are doing a lot of here on Dkos.
So ok, in the interests of trying something different, here’s your assignment, if you choose to accept it:
- Share a positive reason that you support your candidate
- Make it policy based
- Don’t trash the other candidate
- Don’t drag in history or identity politics
- Or pie
Can it be done? I guess we will see...