The Republican Party should want to date me.
I don't mean that I am the compatible voter with the perfectly - matched ideology. The statement above implies that I am the independent voter who the parties should fight over. I am not the base which is married to the Party and (perhaps grumbling) will nonetheless arrive at the polls. I am the undecided voter who seriously considered McCain in the last election. I am from the generation that fails to see the ideological warfare. We tote a liberal mentality with room for social conservatism so long as it doesn't suffocate the individual.
I am the uncommitted voter who the Republican Party should want to date. Where are my flowers and candy? Instead, all I get are statements that turn me off on an ever lengthy list.
I understand that right now is the time for energizing the base. At this point, the primary election is a secondary thought. The candidates must first woo and gain the support (and financial supply) from home before setting out on the journey abroad. The question remains, though: Will I forget everything that was said from before?
Let's look at this from the dating perspective: Boy starts to acknowledge you. He always knew you existed but now he wants to date you. You are the focus of his day. He smiles and provides the niceties of courtship. The girl smiles back in his direction but sends out the social network feelers: Do you know him? What happened last time? He said that? He pulled that kind of a shitty move? Really? What a (fill in blank with generation - specific negative term)! Agh. Gossip seeps into her mind and, even if she consents to date him, these thoughts remain in her subconscience ready to blossom at any reminder.
Lesson: The candidates should prepare today's base-ladled statements for the future audience of independent voters because, eventually, you will want to date me.
I don't mean that I am the compatible voter with the perfectly - matched ideology. The statement above implies that I am the independent voter who the parties should fight over. I am not the base which is married to the Party and (perhaps grumbling) will nonetheless arrive at the polls. I am the undecided voter who seriously considered McCain in the last election. I am from the generation that fails to see the ideological warfare. We tote a liberal mentality with room for social conservatism so long as it doesn't suffocate the individual.
I am the uncommitted voter who the Republican Party should want to date. Where are my flowers and candy? Instead, all I get are statements that turn me off on an ever lengthy list.
I understand that right now is the time for energizing the base. At this point, the primary election is a secondary thought. The candidates must first woo and gain the support (and financial supply) from home before setting out on the journey abroad. The question remains, though: Will I forget everything that was said from before?
Let's look at this from the dating perspective: Boy starts to acknowledge you. He always knew you existed but now he wants to date you. You are the focus of his day. He smiles and provides the niceties of courtship. The girl smiles back in his direction but sends out the social network feelers: Do you know him? What happened last time? He said that? He pulled that kind of a shitty move? Really? What a (fill in blank with generation - specific negative term)! Agh. Gossip seeps into her mind and, even if she consents to date him, these thoughts remain in her subconscience ready to blossom at any reminder.
Lesson: The candidates should prepare today's base-ladled statements for the future audience of independent voters because, eventually, you will want to date me.
