Rhetorical importance, or words, matter. Here’s a little something from Shakepeare. ™“The evil that men do lives after them, the good is oft interred within their bones” and the Democratic Nat’l Committee, (DNC), their new campaign is called “The War Room.” Here’s another case of, “what am I trying to say?”
This morning on “Morning Joe”, Tom Perez, the genius who decided not to have a debate on Fox News network, (why talk to the outlet for Republican voters—voters who have realized Trump might not be the answer to all their prayers?), also introduced their new campaign. And what is it called? The War Room.” Why does everything have to be about war with these nudniks? Call it, “Here’s the truth,” or “Everything you need to know about the last 2 years.” Even, ”The bigger the lie…” Having worked in the Clinton War Room, it just doesn’t make sense for today, now, the next generation. It’s very old white male and it doesn’t matter what his ethnicity might be.
There is no need even to mention Trump. Why give him anymore attention than he deserves— which is none. In fact, one of the reasons he became a candidate was because early on no one in the media took him seriously, so they gave him endless air time. By the time they realized he was not just a clown but a serious contender, it was too late. He had made inroads with the hate mongers and people who don’t read — like the man who would represent them as President.
What about the Shakespeare quote? We simply cannot afford to have any more evil left in this great nation after the next election. His Presidency has been devastating to that office. He has no respect for the office. He has no respect for government or government employees. He has no interest in people who might need government services like the poor, immigrants, women, children or veterans. (While I never served in the military, I did serve on the National USO board for eight years.) It is incredible that he and his family and friends could be as indifferent to suffering as they seem to be. How do you separate children from their parents? How to you eliminate health care for people who cannot afford private health insurance? Remember the line from a reporter in the movie “Gandhi”… “And still the evil/ violence goes on and on.”
When they were organizing the Hillary for President campaign in 2008, I was invited to a session with the message mongers, after which I promised to write an evaluation of what they had presented. The message was arrogant and elitist — thank you Mr Penn. They talked about non college graduates instead of high school graduates. There was nothing that made anyone think they cared about any real people. It was a message about money and those they considered important, however you defined that. This was rejected in their two campaign offices which were separated into Senior Staff and Volunteers. They didn’t care about the people who were the heart of the campaign. In 2016, “Brooklyn” as they called it, didn’t have a communication system, so that the people at the desk downstairs could talk to the people upstairs in the senior staff offices. I’m bitching about the lack of a message and critical thinking, but those are two important elements in a campaign. Woe is us.
Anyway, no message and lingering evil are not good for the health of our nation or the people who live here or may want to live here. Still I go on and on…just can’t help it.
What can we do? First of all we need to understand we are not fighting a War, we are not Fighting. We are Looking for the truth. we are Looking to move forward with new younger leaders, and have to realize we have a new generation in a new era. So where does that leave OWW (old white women)? It leaves us in a place where we can give advice, and share our experience and invaluable contacts . We need to take a step back and the younger generation needs to take a step forward— we do not have time for ego or arrogance. We’re just sayin’…Iris
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