Frustrating, yet educational:
https://badlands.substack.com/p/the-people-the-party-and-political
The People, The Party & Political Distractions
Racing Toward the 2024 Candidate Selection Process
ASHE IN AMERICA
JUN 15, 2023
“Politics is a team sport, and people love their teams. This makes it an easy distraction for our global governors.”
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“Civics is much more important than politics, and I hate political campaigns, so the shift to keep us in a continuous campaign season annoys me. Given our wholly controlled and completely opaque election machine, I have no use for candidates except in how they are used to drive the narrative. Trump’s campaign, and the government’s ongoing efforts to prohibit Americans from supporting that campaign, are definitely driving the narrative.
Narrative is intended to shape public opinion, and when the mockingbirds align on a message, that message is intended to drive change – to change the hearts and minds of the people in some way. Understanding the narrative allows us to understand the regime’s change vision.”
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“A Tragedy of Errors
I am not a Republican, but I attended and covered the Colorado Republican Party’s Assembly and Convention in April 2022. The convention is where the voting members of the party determine which candidates make the primary ballot.
Given that we are rushing towards the 2024 GOP conventions — the 2024 candidate selection process — I want to take the opportunity to recap what happened in Colorado in 2022 because the same playbook was exercised in many states that year, and 2024 will likely rhyme. I am talking, of course, about the GOP establishment’s local war on America First.”
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“Why am I telling you this? Because every step in the process matters, and everyone has a role to play. Colorado is the election fraud test kitchen, but our communism is coming to your state soon, so learn from our example.
First, the precinct strategy should be the most important priority for Republican voters. The party has kept these roles empty because it served them, but they will fill them with neocons if necessary. If you are a Republican, and you want to put America First, then do your part and take a voting position in the party.
Second, do the work now to understand your state’s GOP candidate selection process; every state is different. How will the voting take place? Build the coalition in your party and make a plan now to select your party’s candidates on hand-marked paper ballots. Don’t wait until the convention to ask for paper ballots. Do it now. I doubt Colorado will try the clickers again, but mobile voting is just around the corner.
Third, whether or not you’re a Republican, you should sign up to work the elections in your precinct. Free and fair elections require eyes on. Take a shift if you can, and treat that job as though you’re doing it for your children.
You are.
Finally, don’t allow yourself to be distracted by candidates and campaigns to the neglect of your own duty in the process. Understand the narrative — and then ignore it and get to work.
I said at the top of this that politics is a team sport. What I should have said is that a republican form of government is a team sport. Politics is fanboying your quarterback so hard that you forget to line up and block. “
ASHE alert?