What The Incumbents Have There Is A Fatal Failure To Communicate

Investors.com ^ | May 13, 2010 | EDWARD H. CRANE

[Kaslin]

One of the classic examples of the failure of politicians to communicate with the citizenry is found in a video of Romanian tyrant Nicolae Ceausescu, giving what turned out to be his last speech to the teeming masses gathered in a square in Bucharest.

Oblivious to the mood of the people, Ceausescu is at his bombastic, self-important best until he realizes that the chants from the crowd below are not praise, but something rather to the contrary.

The look on his face: priceless.

You could say that Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah, and Rep. Alan Mollohan, D-W.V., have just experienced their Ceausescu moments. Both longtime incumbents were booted from office by their constituents Tuesday in a fashion that, while not quite as bloody as Ceausescu's departure, was still pretty gory in political terms.

America is a democratic republic, complete with an excellent Constitution that politicians still feel compelled to acknowledge, if not take seriously. So the growing communications gap between voters in places like Utah and West Virginia and the politicians who have been "representing" them, while worrisome, is not irreparable. Solving it should be a high priority for all involved.

[LibLieSlayer]

Interesting analysis.

LLS

[GoCards]

This is crap. Excuses Excuses Excuses. Just freakin do what is right!

[Paladin2]

What we have here is a failure to represent.

[Syncro]

Great analogy, how fitting!

I remember when the following happened, it's at the bottom of the article

Examples abounded even before Utah and West Virginia made their statements this week. Take the town hall meeting in Washington state last summer in which a young Marine veteran said to six-term Rep. Brian Baird, "Now I heard you say tonight about educating our children, indoctrinating our children, whatever you want to call it."

The congressman denied wanting to indoctrinate, but the young father simply responded, "Stay away from my kids."

Virtually all of the 400 or so people in the hall rose as one in loud applause.

Townhalls, Tea Partys.

It's working

[Repeal The 17th]

November.

[LibLieSlayer]

I was referring to the Ceausescu analogy. Interesting way of looking at it. I was not agreeing... but the mindset was a bit unique. I remember when that took place.

LLS

[Plutarch]

...in a video of Romanian tyrant Nicolae Ceausescu, giving what turned out to be his last speech.

If the writer is to mention a video, he ought to provide a link.

[JoeFromSidney]

Romanian term limits!

[sausageseller]

BS!

Ceausescu had yes men that would not tell him of the discord.

The idiots in Washington have heard from the people over and over, yet go their own way.

[Jabba the Nutt]

Here's a link to a minute, 8 seconds of the last speech.

[Jabba the Nutt]

Here's and 10 minute version link.

[hinckley buzzard]

That is the message that needs to be sent--make it personal, face to face-- these scumbags need to know we are serious, and we are not buying their sh*t. Look at Bennett-- a complete nonentity whose only accomplishment has been to gorge at the public trough all his life. Why should he not be squashed and thrown out? He has done nothing in his whole career except go along to get along.

[ripley]

Hats off to the young man who said, “Stay away from my kids.”

(Maybe the country really is waking up and there are enough sane people left in this country to vote the psychotic, visceral scu&bags out on their backsides.)

IMHO