I do a lot and I mean A LOT of Political work- it sort of consumes every freaking spare minute of my life- and I have learned that unless you keep things uncomplicated in this process you will wake up one day and find you have aged over overnight and are now friendless.
So here are a few pointers I keep in mind in order to keep things simple.
Pointer #1
DO NOT TALK SMACK ABOUT THE OTHER SIDE.
Got it?
Don’t do it!
Nobody likes a whinny little b*&^ and the minute you go there I promise you will convert nobody- and that’s what you want- as many people on your side as possible.
That business about destroying the other side? Oh sure, that’s going to be great when you need- and trust me you WILL need their support later.
Pointer #2
If your team is ahead it’s time to act gracious and thank those lucky stars for being where you are because at any minute those stars could turn into flaming meteors and end up crashing into a cow pasture somewhere.
Pointer #3
The Media is not your friend.
Look.
The people in my life who should know that the media aren’t really doing news but STORIES are all writers. Yeah, I’m lost on that too because writers know that in a story you have to have a beginning a middle and an end. You need Villains and Heroes and all that stuff and if you want specifics buy yourself one of those ‘how to’ books about writing.
Oh, this is a good example.
Remember in the movie Jaws?
One guy says that all sharks do is swim around, eat and make baby sharks.
Well, all the media does is tell swim around, eat and try to find a story you’ll buy.
It really is as simple as that.
Those are my pointers.
So.
Be Civil.
If you’re the one doing all the talking you’re probably not listening and if you find yourself TELLING someone to support your candidate instead of ASKING you need to chill out.
That’s it.
See you at the Ballot Box
amm
Irregular Bones 
when’s election day AM?
Divide and conquer. That is what I am seeing in the MSM.
Can I vote for Obama after all this? (It’s not his fault they are doing this)
YES I CAN. LOL.
Votes your Kitty- use it wisely 🙂
MSM are word floozies and why they need to invent stories when there’s plenty of drama just laying around waiting to be picked up is beyond me.
Hi N.M.
The general election is on November 4th…the primaries or cacuses go through the Spring. Right now everyone is watching Texas and Ohio.
In my humble opinion it’s the States beyond that will be interesting (if it goes that far ) because the money and the show that will follow will be mind shattering.
wow that’s a looooonnnnng campaign
This whole primary/caucus is mind shattering.
And party pooping.
I’m exhaused.
I’m thinking now about how we are going to bandage up all the people who got caught up in the media hype.
Pretty much I say the first person who says ” I told you so ” gets voted off the island.
And no one gets to ask ‘why did you’
It’s a start.
I can’t wait until after Tuesday.
The calls. Man.
I deserve every one of them for working a phone bank in the 04 election.
AM, this is probably the most intelligent thing I’ve heard anyone in the whole campaign utter thus far…
I find it fascinating that people who claim to be open-minded, all-embracing, and tolerant can be really nasty to and about folks that might differ on certain issues. Where’s all their high-minded tolerance then? There’s seems to be some need to vilify the Other.
I wish there were a way to make “civility” cool.
Oh well.
Kitty- oh we forgive you -plus I don’t get those calls. Don’t know why.
Lori- I’ve been hearing a lot about this for a couple of days now in one form or another.
Frankly I think Gore sat it out because he’s actually built a life he doesn’t want banged up in a Presidential Race-
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amm
At least when I worked the phone bank I had to suffer getting the phone slammed down my throat.
I’m getting robocalls. RoboObama called yesterday. RoboMcCain people have been ringing my phone the most. I haven’t gotten a single Hillary call, funny thing.
Hi Kitty
Someone dropped it- unless you’ve never voted before- you should have turned up on at leas two lists.
Loose ends get tied up Election Steering Committee meetings during a campaign and it’s too far into the game to use it for things like this
amm