Reply #31: There will always be sheeple. [View All]

Not everyone thinks politics is an all-consuming passion. Most who we call sheeple just want to live their lives as comfortably as they can - and not get terribly involved in the management process.

The fault lies with the total failure of the left - especially leaders on the left - to articulate our message in a way that resonates with those who are not as engaged as we are. Instead they play politics and worry how their words and votes will play in Peoria - and take the less risky tack of reacting to the pukes rather than taking the battle to them.

But blame, like everything in life, comes in layers. Who are we that we elected such ideologically uncommitted, politics-playing, stick-their-finger-in-the-wind, dems to office?

OTOH - the right have the advantage of true-believers in office and in their base. They've poured billions into not only articulating a consistent (toxic and untrue) message (tax and spend dems, fatherly, wise protective Republicans) but they have outright purchased major media outlets and manned them with conservative spokesman to guarantee their message resonates and penetrates.

It's not that the sheeple are dumb or don't have good values - it's just that they are understandably vulnerable to the 30 year old well-orchestrated PR campaign of the right - and we offer little more than equivocation in opposition.