Comments on: Embracing Your Failure & Encouraging Paranoia http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/09/07/embracing-your-failure-encouraging-paranoia/ The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:52:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jessup http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/09/07/embracing-your-failure-encouraging-paranoia/#comment-49173 Jessup Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:59:44 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=12785#comment-49173 Bitter -- And <i>proving</i> to a reporter that you are full of shit, whether you want it on the record or not, buys you a lot, I suppose? How about going on the public record as being just one more entry-level delusionoid? And which of these, when falling short of scoring actual political success, makes you relevant? Proving that you can sling bullshit with the best of them? Bitter — And proving to a reporter that you are full of shit, whether you want it on the record or not, buys you a lot, I suppose? How about going on the public record as being just one more entry-level delusionoid? And which of these, when falling short of scoring actual political success, makes you relevant? Proving that you can sling bullshit with the best of them?

]]> By: Bitter http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/09/07/embracing-your-failure-encouraging-paranoia/#comment-49171 Bitter Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:39:26 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=12785#comment-49171 And I would tell you that it is a poor excuse - a piss poor excuse. I understand political posturing. But I also understand trying to meet a fundraising goal and create a perception that gun owners will give a damn about the next election. Announcing failure before the launch of the campaign will not help you in either. Going on the record with a reporter that your group is full of shit is the fastest way to become truly irrelevant on the political landscape. And I would tell you that it is a poor excuse – a piss poor excuse. I understand political posturing. But I also understand trying to meet a fundraising goal and create a perception that gun owners will give a damn about the next election. Announcing failure before the launch of the campaign will not help you in either. Going on the record with a reporter that your group is full of shit is the fastest way to become truly irrelevant on the political landscape.

]]> By: Jessup http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/09/07/embracing-your-failure-encouraging-paranoia/#comment-49161 Jessup Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:13:08 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=12785#comment-49161 <I>However, why the hell would you tell the Associated Press that you have no intention of meeting your goals?</i> One quick answer that I will <i>suggest</i> while stopping short of offering it as definitive is, that you know that reporters recognize political posturing for what it is, they've seen better people than yourself attempt it and fail, and you think there is some personal credibility to be gained by cutting the crap, and saying "this is what we hope to achieve, and we intend to try, but we have no illusions that we might not fall short." I have seen county level "sportsmens'" groups tell the media that they influence <i>thousands</i> of votes in their county, then look pretty silly (if anyone bothers to think about them at all) when their preferred candidates fail miserably. When I have been in the position, I have always favored making modest claims, and in my experience it resulted in receiving some added respect and better treatment from media people who otherwise were not sympathetic to my causes. However, why the hell would you tell the Associated Press that you have no intention of meeting your goals?

One quick answer that I will suggest while stopping short of offering it as definitive is, that you know that reporters recognize political posturing for what it is, they’ve seen better people than yourself attempt it and fail, and you think there is some personal credibility to be gained by cutting the crap, and saying “this is what we hope to achieve, and we intend to try, but we have no illusions that we might not fall short.”

I have seen county level “sportsmens’” groups tell the media that they influence thousands of votes in their county, then look pretty silly (if anyone bothers to think about them at all) when their preferred candidates fail miserably. When I have been in the position, I have always favored making modest claims, and in my experience it resulted in receiving some added respect and better treatment from media people who otherwise were not sympathetic to my causes.

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