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Subject: that's the way to win me over call me a sucker imply


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melissa
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Date Posted: 07/ 8/06 3:31pm
In reply to: the suckers 's message, "The "cute people" and radio personalities told us it would be a good idea" on 07/ 8/06 12:49pm
 i'm an idiot and that the choice i've made in voting was completely stupid. way to drive me into total apathy. or did you notice that at the polls? hysteria doesn't win the day it freezes peoples minds and makes them think "will, i'll just ahve to trust the guy i elected to do his job, after all, haha, that's what he gets paid the big bucks for. he's my friend and neighbor, he isn't going to screw me."

if you want to impact people it can't be with hysteria. its got to be with the tried and true that it has already been proven that they have been listening to for 50 years. or you have to talk to a whole different crowd that has never been talked to before and never voted before. either way the sneering shit just doesn't work. no one wants to be talked down to. no one wants to feel like they are being rescued by "people who know what is best for everyone outsiders". its almost as if the lng-ers studied this area and hired "polarizing entrepreneurs". sent in a "hit squad" to sneer at the "opposition" (the politicians actually for lng) and another rally squad that put the teeth whiteners/caps on the politicians/advertisements to lull those halfway listening into a sense of false security.

saying river vision served its purpose is amazing. what was its purpose? if someone like me doesn't know, then it did not serve its purpose. reach the "common" person. the one who doesn't have access to the internet but who actually labors to make this community function. the one who trully resents being called an idiot or being told that the person he has voted for five times is a villian. whats that say bout the voter? if you want to insult him and loose his vote, good job, ya done it. i think this is known and this is used as a "polarization" technique to drive people away from the meetings from voicing opinions and from voting on issues. then those in power stay in power and nothing around here changes. people around here are very well versed in silencing each other, aren't they?
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"The ball is in your court"the sucker's message07/ 9/06 11:39am
RiverVision: Somewhere Along The Way........Patrick McGee07/16/06 7:52am

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