Reply #53: Then why play dumb?

[JNelson6563]

Why'd you claim clueless on the padding polls item? You were here, you saw the evidence posted and you are claiming the Admins made a mistake? Perhaps you missed the evidence that was posted by the Admins here and are unaware of various dust-ups elsewhere around the net over that very same tactic.....

On to the salient points....

Here are what I considered them to be:

Frankly I think everyone should put 08 way on the back burner of the political stove and start thinking a little longer term. Let's find some raw talent, run them in local and state races and get them experienced for future, national level races. Let's help our Dem governors and hinder the Rethug ones by sending as many Dems to state legislatures as possible.

Of course all this requires money and raising money is a lot of work. Lots of grassroots work there and that can be a real time incinerator. Takes creativity, high energy and many thankless tasks. If the energy devoted to all the arguments and slavish promotion of personal favorites (a charge that fits many groups, not singling out Clarkies on this issue) were applied to the more mundane but crucial party building, fundraising and candidate grooming/training we'd be better off.

Apparently you claiming to have "addressed them" with this(?):

...you just don't give us Clark supporters the credit we deserve. In fact, we do see the whole picture. Party-building, fundraising and candidate-grooming is what we do.

That's uh, real impressive. Your compelling argument so outweighs all the evidence posted daily on DU that indicates much time wasting, poll posting/padding and various other efforts to keep your hero relevent. Not.

Anyone can claim to do stuff. Offering up some personal experience is always more convincing than a generalized statement of assertion. I could say a certain group does lots of stuff. It'd be more convincing if I related experiences and their subsequent results, no?

Compare:

A. The Dems in my county are making a lot of progress.

B. The Dems in my county are making a lot of progress, we recently had a fundraiser that raised $xxxx.xx., signed on xxx new members and got 2 candidates elected to county commission seats.

Which is more convincing to you?

Julie