re: #232 Interesting Times

You’re in a deeply red part of TX - can you think of any message that could successfully peel away enough voters to make a difference? Or are they hopeless “GOP uber alles” types who’d excuse anything up to and including a full-blown kleptocracy?

I’m not entirely sure. I’ve been trying to think of a message you could say that would make Republicans, especially the poor ones, go “aha, that’s right, it’s the Democrats that care,” but I really don’t know of one that would work. I pretty much think they’ll have to figure it out themselves.

There are two things we really want: To show them that Republicans don’t care, and that Democrats do. The first one will I think only happen if what they hear on Fox does not match what the pain they’re experiencing to the point they turn the channel off. Not only that, what the poor would have to understand is that what is happening to them could not be accomplished by minorities. That’s actually fairly easy in places where whites interact with blacks and Latinos, but not in places where the black population is very tiny, which is why a woman in Kentucky can hope her health care doesn’t go away and complain about blacks getting something for free.

The second part is that they think their choice is between Republicans and the party that eats baby parts for a Satanic ritual. I’m not sure how you get through that. Once again, it really comes down to them deciding they want things to be different, and they also have to change.

And believe me, I’m still working on an attempt. I’ve been thinking about writing something that touches on race, economics, religion, and how they work in our country. But I think that, even if I were to write something truly clarifying, they would have to first be willing to accept the message.