I’d tell them to look up The Moral Majority. A right wing conman named Jerry Falwell looked at the GOP and had a grand vision. He went to the small, local GOP clubs and took them over. If twenty people showed up at the last meeting, Jerry’s folks would show up with fifty. They didn’t worry about Congress at first, they went after jobs like county clerk and sheriff. Once they had those they could pressure the big shot.
Richard Nixon did something similar back in the day; after he lost the Senate in 1962 he went on the road and pushed every GOP candidate he could find. By 1968 he had a powerhouse that pushed aside everyone else.
What would you say? That they should sit on their hands and do nothing until the perfect candidate magically appears?
Politics is not easy, and progressive politics is twenty times tougher.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Majority
I’d tell them to look up The Moral Majority. A right wing conman named Jerry Falwell looked at the GOP and had a grand vision. He went to the small, local GOP clubs and took them over. If twenty people showed up at the last meeting, Jerry’s folks would show up with fifty. They didn’t worry about Congress at first, they went after jobs like county clerk and sheriff. Once they had those they could pressure the big shot.
Richard Nixon did something similar back in the day; after he lost the Senate in 1962 he went on the road and pushed every GOP candidate he could find. By 1968 he had a powerhouse that pushed aside everyone else.