OptimisticOwl Wrote:Brookes Owl Wrote:GrayBeard Wrote:I will say it again.
It was a terrible business plan, but then again, libs tend to be anti-business.
Well, I didn't see their plan so I can't say for sure. I don't think the premise was terrible. There is nothing wrong with presenting a liberal viewpoint. The problem was in the execution. If they could have been funny or remotely interesting or informative I would have listened.
Back to the entertainment theory presented above.
I think they really had no plan at all, just an expectation that if they presented liberal viewpoints, liberals would listen. They seemed to think that was how the conservatives were doing it.
I think there is alot to that notion. I also believe that you have to present a
hopeful message. You can't just bash cons, and complain how bad things are. You have to convince people that your way offers hope and opportunity. FDR did this. JFK did this. Today's Libs seem bent on bashing success and painting doom and gloom:
Global warming will destroy the world
Don't build a home or hope to build a home, that pollutes
Don't drive, that pollutes
Nuclear power is bad too, so don't think it can get better
Big business hurts the everyman, and should be eliminated
but Outsourcing is taking away most good jobs
Immigrants are taking away the rest
but Immigrants should have your full rights
Every plank is negative, and many are even contradictory. I think that people recognize the inconsistency of the broader liberal movement, and its a nagging sensation that means you can't think about it too much.