Went down the buffet line this morning with Barbara Radnofsky and Kos.
Kos and Jerome note how vital it is to take our activism offline; that elections aren't won by banging on keyboards, but by banging on doors. And just as elections and politics is local, so are the blogs evolving to reflect regional interests (I've noticed this even in my own posts here). Since our best opportunity to interact with our leaders and potential leaders is on a city and state level, then those issues will be the ones we know best -- and can blog intelligently about. Of course it all expands outward from there, even beyond our country's borders of course.
And by driving the change from the bottom -- just as the GOP did thirty years ago -- then you affect the long-term trends.
Barbara Radnofsky is speaking about breaking down the "babykiller" argument waged against the left by the anti-choice right. If, for example (as I have posted previously in regards to Planned Parenthood) we focus efforts on pregnancy prevention, then everybody can find a common place to agree. It's that old reframing thing ...
More coherent and lengthy postings later on today.
5 comments:
might i point out (yes i might) that hillary clinton is responsible for promoting at least three really important re-frames lately. first, unwanted pregnancy prevention. second, "where is the investigative reporting?" third, "they have no shame."
i'm liking this radnofsky. (i almost have to jump in other places' politics, 'cause we just had a mayoral election of 14 lefties versus 1 republican here in l.a., our senators rule, and my rep., xavier becerra, is great).
Hillary's way out in front in the early polling, jami, and the GOP slime machine is rumbling to life. They are absolutely terrified of her. And I told Barbara to keep swinging, hard.
Likewise, Oth. This weekend was tremendous. Now we need to keep the momentum rolling ...
Hey PDittie
The road goes on forever and the party never ends.
I loved Barbara Radnofsky. She makes Kay Bailey look like a school girl.
"Tough Name
Smart Dame"
That bumper sticker says it all.
Sonia
Rose, you're beautiful. Thanks.
Sonia, I told the Senator that I was I pleased to see she finally had some competition, and also pleased that she had come out swinging in the first round. (She needs to keep swinging -- hard.)
She told me she reads my blog (!)
The compendiums you've already assembled are the best ones out there, roses. I'll link them in on a wrap-up post later in the week; I still have a lot to write about Dem Fest.
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