Reply #159: We need to repackage the same message... [View All]

[Edmond Dantes]

in terms that can be understood by people who are less educated, who lead insular lives, whose life experiences are not broad enough to allow them to perceive the big picture.

I hate to break it to you, but I was raised in a rural "red" area. I was fed the same crap that Rove feeds the Heartland masses. But once I had an opportunity to view the world from a larger perspective, I saw relationships that I had not seen before. And the urbanites who clued me in were very patient with my naive hick attitude--until I finally saw the light.

We must repackage our message in terms that * voters can understand and identify with. We start by looking at their life experiences.

It is not necessary to surrender our principles.

One reason why Clinton was electorally successful, in my view, is that he spent time on both sides of the railroad tracks--just like me. People on the "ignorant" side of the tracks are not capable (for numerous reasons) of just leaping over to the educated side. Those of us who are educated must leap over to THEIR side. And we must do it with humility and patience.

They are not stupid--merely uninformed. Bury your anger and your arrogance before you try to speak with them, on their turf, about issues that are important to them.