[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What the Democrats need to do is to get this message into the
"heartland".
[EMAIL PROTECTED] com wrote: With all due respect...
Those with the vision of the anointed seem to think that if people disagree with them, they simply didn't get the message through to the great unwashed masses. So they'll try again. Could it possibly be that the message was received loud and clear and was rejected based on collective systemic experience?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yup, the conversation has to go both ways. We have to learn from their experiences, and help them to learn from ours. Maybe we'll change our minds, and maybe they will change theirs.
I was thinking specifically of people who had said, essentially, "I would have voted for Kerry if his campaign had been more respectful of my culture and values." In that case, it's not a matter of "getting the message through". They have already received it. It's a matter of building bridges, and overcoming some well-deserved mistrust from the other side of the river. And it's hard to do that quickly, when you have an immediate ulterior motive (like getting a vote). It's easier to do over a long period of time, when there's no immediate "prize" to be fought over.
hmmm... I think you guys have this backwards. it's not the democrats with the vision of the anointed in this case. it's the christian evangelical conservatives.
anyway, something to think about.
......... laserbeam® [aka ray]
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