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Politicians aren't that mysterious by Mischief Shai-hulud 10/14/2011, 12:22pm PDT
ndd wrote:

I was going to call senators' offices all day to make them confirm that individual contacts mean more than petitions.


Mob Thug: You look like you're hard to work with.

Driver: Not if we understand each other.

The nature of those scorpions we call politicians is to seek reelection. (Until they have enough political notoriety to launch an exciting career as a lobbyist or Fox News personality.) Your job as an organizer is to demonstrate to them that there's enough votes to back them up after standing up for the little guy that they will survive the political backlash that will come from the moneyed. The last thing they want is to end up like Russ Feingold, losing to a moron on the back of a series of political attack ads like these:



Or worse, getting "Weinered."
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MM I had an idea. by ndd 10/12/2011, 1:57pm PDT NEW
    I find Instant Messaging intolerable. Email perhaps? by Mischief Shai-hulud 10/12/2011, 11:17pm PDT NEW
    Take my reply with a grain of salt by Mischief Shai-hulud 10/14/2011, 7:44am PDT NEW
        WELL NOW I'M NOT SURE IF I SHOULD BE PEEVED AT YOU FOR BEING AN ASSHOLE by ndd 10/14/2011, 10:28am PDT NEW
            Politicians aren't that mysterious by Mischief Shai-hulud 10/14/2011, 12:22pm PDT NEW
    Frontpage plz NT by Mysterio 10/14/2011, 12:33pm PDT NEW
 
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