Comments on: do Democrats want to actually win? http://djchuang.com/2004/do-democrats-want-to-actually-win/ / strategist / ideator / Asian American / connector / gamechanger Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:21:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Natala http://djchuang.com/2004/do-democrats-want-to-actually-win/#comment-330 Natala Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=874#comment-330 "?The leadership of our party has a cultural disconnect,? Sosnik said. ?Our leaders ? particularly Washington, D.C.-based ? don?t really have the same life, day to day, as all those people out there in those red states. We don?t eat at the same restaurants. I don?t know how many politicians in town that are leaders of our party who voluntarily go to Applebee?s, unless it?s for work. You look at the swing voters out there, what their sporting events are, the music they listen to, the celebrities, the television programs, it?s just not what the East Coast leadership (watches) ? it?s not quite where we are.?<br /> <br /> "Talk about Applebee's, we don't even go to the Cracker Barrels and the Denny?s as well," added Donna Brazile, who served as Al Gore's campaign manager in 2000."<br /> <br /> I found this at: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6453647/<br /> <br /> Thought you might enjoy the articles. <br /> Maybe if Kerry got more "Moon over my Hammy" at Deny's he would have had a shot. “?The leadership of our party has a cultural disconnect,? Sosnik said. ?Our leaders ? particularly Washington, D.C.-based ? don?t really have the same life, day to day, as all those people out there in those red states. We don?t eat at the same restaurants. I don?t know how many politicians in town that are leaders of our party who voluntarily go to Applebee?s, unless it?s for work. You look at the swing voters out there, what their sporting events are, the music they listen to, the celebrities, the television programs, it?s just not what the East Coast leadership (watches) ? it?s not quite where we are.?

“Talk about Applebee’s, we don’t even go to the Cracker Barrels and the Denny?s as well,” added Donna Brazile, who served as Al Gore’s campaign manager in 2000.”

I found this at: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6453647/

Thought you might enjoy the articles.
Maybe if Kerry got more “Moon over my Hammy” at Deny’s he would have had a shot.

]]> By: Jen Lemen http://djchuang.com/2004/do-democrats-want-to-actually-win/#comment-331 Jen Lemen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=874#comment-331 okay, i'll bite.<br /> i hear what you are saying, deej. it's brutally practical. you have to get more votes to win. but that perspective is also extremely marketing driven and void of inspiration. it's also the very thing that wearies people of politics. we might be sheep but we hate to think of ourselves that way.<br /> <br /> personally, i'd rather lose than dumb down the content so that middle america feels happily unchallenged and safe. to win right now that's what you'd have to do. dumb it down. i'd rather keep losing and rally the minorty to dig deep into a more meaningful activism that over time will build true momentum. if the 18-30 year old vote had been the only one counted, kerry would have won handily.<br /> <br /> time is on our side, not marketing. okay, i’ll bite.
i hear what you are saying, deej. it’s brutally practical. you have to get more votes to win. but that perspective is also extremely marketing driven and void of inspiration. it’s also the very thing that wearies people of politics. we might be sheep but we hate to think of ourselves that way.

personally, i’d rather lose than dumb down the content so that middle america feels happily unchallenged and safe. to win right now that’s what you’d have to do. dumb it down. i’d rather keep losing and rally the minorty to dig deep into a more meaningful activism that over time will build true momentum. if the 18-30 year old vote had been the only one counted, kerry would have won handily.

time is on our side, not marketing.

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