Hard truths for candidates
Here is a story written by the King of verbosity, throw in some pomposity and leaven with arrogance and chill with a home-spun tale of humility and we have, tadah - Rex Murphy. However in this opinion he is dead on, it foretells the trials of a candidate. If Kim Rudd thought that having to brown-nose her way into the hearts of the the local Liberal Party was deadly and tedious, wait till she tries to do it with a very cynical and unloving populace.
3 comments:
It's the easiest and laziest thing to be cynical. The next election, whenever that happens, ought to be profoundly important for the future of this country. Every candidate that has run through the grass root rituals should have their twinkies very near the fire. The election promises and the ability and intention to deliver them ought to crystal clear. For this to happen, we need a voting public that won't succumb to journalistic cynicism like Rex's. Get the tar and feathers ready, figuratively speaking.
Ben - seriously - why so cynical? Let's read the last paragraph of the article. He does make some good cynical points - however, this trumps all that is said:
"Every now and then, however, some voter will smile and offer a cup of tea. Another will thank them for answering a letter or taking a call a month or a year ago, and say as well how much they helped. A couple of strangers will even volunteer, for all the right reasons, to work on their campaigns. And the sinking heart of the ordinary candidate-soldier will take life and lift from these few moments and press on, press on mightily."
Sometimes you just need to stop being negative for negativities sake and look at the people who truly want to do good, many of who are right here in our community from all parties. At the end of the day we are all one team, though you wouldn't think it based on today's media and talk around the water cooler.
Cynical maybe practical yes. The good householders do make up for the empty stares, smartass comments and the inevitasble feeling of desperation as you only meet 10% of the people as they stay home and the others go to work. Unfortunately it's the people you speak to who promise to vote for you just to get you off the step that have you believing that you can win - most of them lie and you don't win.
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