Please bear with me as I only check in here when I have something to say — last time was on Inauguration Day of the Orange Peel — and I wrote this article out of sheer anger. Not really though — out of misdirected blame. Because of the incoming doom we all enabled, myself included, by just not voting.
Not the Presidential — I mean midterms.
As I said in the former, 2010 had the lowest midterm turnout in seven decades, well, it did have until 2014 came around and dropped participation to 36.3%
Ossoff’s loss can be read any number of ways — I’m sure the place is already littered with them.
Which is my point.
The rhetorical arguments are great — but they would be unstoppable if they predicated action. Briefly on Ossoff — do we talk about what went wrong? Or what we learned?
Where does ideology become strategy, plan, and action. When can it break its own rules in order to get it done? I ask this in terms of economic policy. And I believe that is the only thing a community online can do with words that leadership can’t:
Develop a common message.
Ossoff’s ads were a national pitch. He went on Olbermann and criticized the President. He told US what we want to hear, which gets us nowhere. He was running for a district and that’s all he should have spoken about. He should have never gotten near Olbermann. Or any pundit. They are our worst enemy right now because they think they are our Champion. And their ego makes them think their reason will break through after the end of their tirade.
Let me ask you a question? When is the last time you watched Sean Hannity, all the way through, to hear what would have to be a subtle nuanced acquiescence to Liberals?
I know I sure as hell can’t remember because the answer for me is never.
You — you carry the message. Only you can deliver it. And by deliver, I mean in person. Internet is great only so far as planning blueprints. Blueprints are wonderful only so far as the architect knows the builder will have to adjust as they go along.
When does Ideology become more about the means than the goal? Trump is calling Tariffs free-trade. If he is doing that, why not call yourself a Centrist. A Conservative.
An American.
Malleability and common sense — I will admit those are the things we need that Leadership lacks. But the problem with that is, if you see it, and no one else does, that means it’s on you.
A lot of people here gloat that they can do better than those “idiots in leadership” — the hilarious part is that is absolutely correct. So why don’t you?
I wish I could. But I have personal job identity issues which preclude me from politics. Which is a lousy cop-out. It could be anything from a video game or politician. Know that you include me in your plan. But you risk me as well.
How bout this — I will show you what precludes in me in a linked word in this essay. If you click it — you have to do something. Not talk about it until you have taken action and have something to show. If you don’t have something positive to show to everyone, as in absolutely no negativity — you risk me in the public. But if you do something, anything towards a message, such as not being negative for a day. Commit yourself for 3 days to only building ideas. Or building anything that helps us without definition — you will do what leadership can’t. And it will be because of you.