Everyday citizens seeking truths regarding the political process can to some extent be termed “acting politically.”
But it’s entirely different from a politician doing things to maintain his voter base.
I didn’t create this distinction—it exists whether or not I explain it to you and whether or not you understand it.
But it’s entirely different from a politician doing things to maintain his voter base.
I didn’t create this distinction—it exists whether or not I explain it to you and whether or not you understand it.
The backers and supporters of such politicians also "act politically" too, taking cues from the very same politician. And likewise with issues and ideas, too -- in the political sphere -- where "talking points" (it doesn't matter which side, they both do it) are generated for "acting political" -- for gaining position and/or support on an issue or idea.
And in that understanding (which is also a normal understanding of it) -- that goes on all the time with political supporters (of which there are plenty here on Free Republic too).
A couple of examples of "acting political" ...
One would be, saying that I don't accept the statement from the State of Hawaii who says that the records that they have to produce the "certified copy" say that Obama was born in Hawaii -- but I don't believe it and I want that "certified copy"... LOL...
I mean, they jusst said it and that pretty much settles if for a large group of Americans out there who have heard that from the State of Hawaii.
And another would be a politican who says (one year later) I don't know if Obama was born in Hawaii and I want to see his birth certificate, while the same politician passed up the exact time and place where he could officially lodge his complaint and issue it -- at the meeting of Congress to certify the Electoral College Votes for Obama, which they did, without a single objection from a single politician in that group -- theirs or ours, including Vice President Cheney.
Again, doing so a year later, after the President has been in office all this time, and passing up the time when that politician could have done it -- is acting political.