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Offending Your Golf Buddy

Submitted by MichaelTurk on Mon, 11/10/2008 - 16:17

A friend dropped by Saturday to chat about the state of the GOP, our loss, the future, and specifically the problems the GOP is having online.  He's not an online guy, and is much better connected to the offline establishment.  In our discussion, he really crystallized some thoughts I have been having lately.  One comment, in particular, got me thinking.

I hear what you guys are saying about the GOP needing to change our approach to the Internet, but I have to admit, it's often the way you say it. You guys have a tendency to come across like the Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons - talking down to anyone who knows less than you do.

While I disagree with the choice of analogy, I fully apppreciate his point.  I would actually suggest that we're much more like Jack Black's character Barry in High Fidelity.

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I hear ya

Submitted by jro on Mon, 11/10/2008 - 20:17.

My only comment to the "offliners" though is that the R's just got handed their ass this last go-around, and the online aspect of the campaign was a big component of that.

And, we're not interested in another ass-kicking.  :-)

Wasn't finished... Oops...

Submitted by MichaelTurk on Wed, 11/12/2008 - 11:41.

I didn't realize I had actually published this... This was the beginning of a larger point that I'll have to expand on later.

Don't finish the post on my

Submitted by jro on Wed, 11/12/2008 - 12:42.

Don't finish the post on my account.  You're preaching to the choir. ;-)

Three simple political rules to live by

Submitted by davidfarrar on Wed, 11/12/2008 - 13:41.

I have always enjoyed Philip Zlotorynski's work when it comes to the three basic political rules to live by. They are simple and can be used here in Rebuilding the Party to their greatest affect.

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