No. I'll walk you though it. The key thought is generally at the top. In a paragraph, that would be a topic sentence, it a well written article, it would be called the 'inverted pyramid style. So let's look to see what I started with:
"The message doesn't matter if it is not being communicated."
Now, you have conflated that with the comment that I was discussing, not distinguishing between that on which I commented and the comment I made.
I actually thought that the comment was understandable, but apparently I need to restructure it so that you can understand.
Note that I did NOT say, as you misunderstood it, that the message was not important. What I did say was that the content of the message would have no impact if the message did not reach the voters.
You also missed somewhat on the first sub point, so I'll try to explain it where you can understand. I did not say that politicians shouldn't believe their own message (although they rarely do), but that they shouldn't believe their own propaganda. As an example, see the spin that FReepers put on polls. If the numbers trend against their candidate, they are quick to spin how the polls are flawed to discount them in the voters minds. That's a valid technique, but them must never themselves believe that the polls are no good - they need to realize they need to be doing something differently.
That's just one micro example of the macro issue.
Voters are stupid as rocks.
I can understand, and to an extent agree with that if that is your conclusion. It is, however, somewhat narrower than what I said.
I didn't have 'enough money' to 'get the word out'
Thanks for the example which proves my original point. It really didn't matter what your message was in that race. You weren't able to communicate your message to the voters, primarily for budget reasons.
No Par, you misunderstood, I was being sarcastic when I said I didn’t have enough money to get the word out. I spent two hundred dollars. They spent, each, 160,000 bucks for those four that came in 1, 2, 3 and 4. There were fifteen other people running in the election.
The four that won were all incumbents.
The other people who came in behind me spent MUCH more money than I spent.
I still came in just past the four winners, ahead of the other ten people, in fact CONSIDERABLE past the other ten.
No, I understood exactly what you said, and I quoted you exactly, and I broke it down. You don’t have to construct sentences for me. I know how to read, perhaps you should construct them for yourself the next time.