I hope it was positive for all involved.
PING! Pass it along in light of the 11 Rinos and their fit today. Send it to the Captain and little green fb’s. Because until word gets out more...Republicans on the Hill won’t change...and we will lose the war on terrorism.
(This post is long, but maybe I will make a thread about how the 11 Rinos were duped by phone blasts from activist groups)
The MODERATE REPUBLICANS most likey...actually have a majority in their district who wants to finish the war with a win and get the job done. However, they are clueless to what their actual core constituency is screaming.
As a person who had experience with the field in the world of staffers...trust me on this...
It has nothing to do with real heat in their district. (Keep in mind, Boehner was at this meeting. He has not exactly been the Republican champ...more like total disaster...there is a reason Delay and others have always titled him the “Comfortable Caucus”. Because he is content with being minority...as long as he gets a high up gig out of it.) What it is... 11 Rinos just exposed themselves...and they were duped by phone blasts.
Phone Blasts and Letter blasts, much like fax blasts are set up by activist groups all the time.
So they will go to swing areas...and make a bunch of calls.
Congressional offices will make a count of calls on issues. And that is often how they rate what they THINK is the top issue for that area. BIG PROBLEM...Dem. groups will contact Dems in that district...and 1 Dem may make 30 calls.
The software, like IQ, will just make a count based on the number. However, 1 person making a call on 1 issue...30 times, is NOT the same as a real number of 30 callers.
SO, the staff gets duped by the number...when they run the report in whatever data base they are using, like IQ...and inform the member that...”hey, we got 1200 calls on this over the past 15 days. However, it is likely they only got those calls from 700 callers who made multiple calls.
And there are many of those activist groups doing that right now. You go to their web sites and they tell people that they should do it because it will fracture the Republicans. They may even pull names and addresses from phone books are voter data bases and claim to be the constituent...all the while, they are not. The trick works real good with letters.
And since most of the higher ups on Staff are as arrogant as many of the Congressional Members, they dismiss the fact that a web site by a group shows that this is going on. The result...the Dems plan is actually working. Dean was not stupid when he set up the big blogging groups through the Dem party. Republicans are clueless to it.
Why? Because they started on the Hill 20+ years ago before the internet boomed. And rather than do the work and keep up with modern strategy, they would rather stay comfortable, not rock a boat, focus on keeping their boss in a cushy committee seat, and live the good life.
Other folks who see these things going on and phone in to alert the member are dismissed by the young and older staffers, who have never worked in the real world, as being just some pain in the neck constituent. And Yes, the idiots talk about Freepers in the same light. All the while, Freepers are more clued in then they are.
BRINGS ME TO AN ASPECT OF THE EQUATION THAT MUST BE LOOKED AT>
Many are asking, “How could staffers from Congress be so arrogant and, at the same time, clueless to things outside of the Belt Way...to the point that they were asleep at the wheel and got their clocks cleaned in ‘06...and are still getting hammered”...
Well, I just mentioned it above. Most staff on the Hill are people who started as an intern in college, then a staff assistant (etc.) then moved up. Maybe left a bit for grad school...or to be a “govt. affairs officer” for some company/organization, then went right back to the hill when a majority rolled in. THEY HAVE ZERO EXPERIENCE IN REAL COMPANY WORK POSITIONS!!! It is like a little fraternity. They have never done anything but legislative/staff work.
Take it from a person who had experience with the field. It is a sad cycle. And the only hope for a person is to get burned out and get out of it. BECAUSE IT WILL NEVER CHANGE.
Need more proof...ask yourself why NOT ONE REPUBLICAN ON THE HILL...has called for Censure for Pelosi for violating the Logan Act with her trip to Syria.
They all take the position that ...”we don’t have the power to hold hearings and make noise against the other side”. Well, neither did the Dems in the 109th Congress. But they still got their message out...and pounded Republicans over the head for two solid years...and won in ‘06.
Republicans have yet to figure out how to hold one of those style pressers.
THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THIS...IS FOR PEOPLE TO CALL THEIR CONGRESSMAN AND DEMAND THEY TAKE A STAND, HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE AND BLAST BACK.
When a person runs for office every two years...they are too skidish to do anything, unless it looks like it affects their numbers.
Yes, folks. I am suggesting that Freepers move to lobby tactics.
You: I hope it was positive for all involved.
It's a positive thing when Pubbie Congressrats tell Bush his word is no longer good...that they'll believe it when somebody other than the president says it. That he's a filthy liar.
Oh yeah, positive. For the Dems.