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Old Posted Aug 2, 2010, 4:24 PM
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Well I would agree that there are people who are worth talking to, and people who are just not.

Just like any political strategist knows: you reach out to the people who are reachable, and after you get 55 or 60 percent of the vote, you work on keeping them happy and screw the other 40% who wants to remake the world in the opposite direction. If you start trying to deal with the remaining support you don't have, you end up galvanizing them, because you are coming from such different ideological perspectives that everything you say turns them off - AND you start losing your own base of support.

I wouldn't bother with someone who thought helping disabled people get around was a bad thing. But I'd use those talking points on other people - many of whom I personally know so can grip the archetype for - who are reluctant but persuadable.
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