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In reply to the discussion: If You Think the Democratic Party Is Not Doing Its Job, [View all]R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)146. How about this.
IF somebody wants to ask me to consider voting for their candidate, which to me is a big thing in a participatory Democracy, then they should come prepared to field some questions.
Is that really asking for too much?
Some apparently make it seem that way to me, and I guess that I am a big old meanie for expecting what I consider basic answers.
If canvassers really don't understand, or don't get enough training on, what positions their candidate stands for beyond the simplest boilerplate then what are they doing asking for my vote in the first place?
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Get back to me on the new flavor of Dorritos that get bought, then realized it's Dorritos.
Safetykitten
Sep 2013
#15
Seriously?? Really?? I'm supposed to believe that a canvasser can't answer a simple question
R. Daneel Olivaw
Sep 2013
#43
What a joke of a retort. I've phonebanked enough in my time, aand I have at least had to
R. Daneel Olivaw
Sep 2013
#99
You can call your mother for all I care, and when you do ask her to send you a fresh
R. Daneel Olivaw
Sep 2013
#130
Just put a sign on your door letting people know not to waste their time on you
Hekate
Sep 2013
#136
You should probably make Olivaw's script part of your training, as in: "If you meet this guy...
Hekate
Sep 2013
#167
Very good advice. People can form their own clubs, invite their Democratic friends and it can
lumpy
Sep 2013
#102
When local party politicians will not demand that Obama remain true to traditional Democratic values
AnotherMcIntosh
Sep 2013
#32
Listen to what Mineral Man is saying. He is trying to educate you how to become involved
lumpy
Sep 2013
#105
If you think that's what I'm doing, that's because I agree with the Mineral Man wholeheartedly.
lumpy
Sep 2013
#110
If you think that the world revolves around you, you are too self-absorbed.
AnotherMcIntosh
Sep 2013
#112
No one is asking the President to "growl at ... local pols." The local pols should be growling
AnotherMcIntosh
Sep 2013
#166
Not a chance: Nixon was a bigoted right-wing authoritarian, who happened to face a liberal Congress
struggle4progress
Sep 2013
#140
What you are exhorting voters to do is exactly what many DID in 2008. Proving that there are no
MotherPetrie
Sep 2013
#22
I doubt you understand perfectly. You haven't learned a damn thing from this thread.
lumpy
Sep 2013
#108
So the admins finally showed you the door, huh? They have been cleaning house and totally
Number23
Sep 2013
#141
Lots of really yucky posts all over the site. So stridently anti-Obama there was no question
Number23
Sep 2013
#180
I can't believe how much resistance and ridicule there is for Mineral Man's Politics 101 suggestion
NBachers
Sep 2013
#56
Got great people in my precinct. They fight for our interests. Hey, even had Kucinich as a speaker.
freshwest
Sep 2013
#100
Since the 70s, but for me it's always been about issues and policies, not so much...
polichick
Sep 2013
#80
I'm thinking that some people are tired of playing the role of Charlie Brown.
AnotherMcIntosh
Sep 2013
#79
I know they're not doing their job. They don't even bother to ask for my vote.
Egalitarian Thug
Sep 2013
#97
Some take the work of the Democratic Party for granted. They have forgotten or ignored reality:
freshwest
Sep 2013
#101
Nothing is happening at the federal level unless we get some leverage in the House.
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2013
#107
I agree 100%. And I'm not suggesting we shouldn't try to retake the house, rather
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2013
#128
Your point that we can overcome with registration was proven in 2012, with media against us...
freshwest
Sep 2013
#125
So the state level party ignores the Districts, and then you complain those District level folks
Romulox
Sep 2013
#149
Right. Your top down process doesn't have the support at the grassroots level. Wherefore surprise?
Romulox
Sep 2013
#155
People should be bookmarking this thread as Politics 101. MinMan, Mopinko, & JDPriestly...
Hekate
Sep 2013
#138
"this is what I was always taught by Mr. Pangloss, and I see plainly that all is for the best."
Romulox
Sep 2013
#147
The quote has a hidden meaning that I intended to relate to the content of the OP!
Romulox
Sep 2013
#151
No, your meaning is not hidden. I just choose not to argue with you about it.
MineralMan
Sep 2013
#153
You are passively-aggressively claiming the right to approve or disapprove of my post.
Romulox
Sep 2013
#161
I don't think this exchange is flattering to you, or the point you were attempting to make.
Romulox
Sep 2013
#163
Well, you're wrong in that. It just makes you look like a fool who doesn't care if Dems lose...
Hekate
Sep 2013
#164
I'm not putting in ANY hard work to get "sensible centrists" elected. Deal with it. nt
Romulox
Sep 2013
#174