Breaking: Report Of High Level DNC Infiltration In N. Carolina Sanders Campaign

[mikehiggins]

330. Never assume malice for actions easily explained as stupidity.

Decades ago some friends and I were given a charter from Barry Goldwater to set up a chapter of the Young Americans for Freedom in Westchester County. Since the four of us were high school kids at the time (one boy had interned for Goldwater in D.C) this was a fantastic coup for us Goldwater types (hi, Hillary!) and naturally, within a few months some much more experienced pols plied us with food and liquor--totally illegally since none of us were even seventeen--and got us to agree to set up a board of advisors to help run the thing. The first thing the Board did was replace us four with their own slate of officers and that was that. All for the good of the Cause, of course.

The pattern of outsiders coming in and running things the way they think best is commonplace. Same thing happened during the Perot campaign and I'm sure regular pols operate the same way across the board. Sure we'd like to think "our" people would be better than that but it usually isn't that way. And it usually isn't a conspiracy conducted by DWS and her flunkies that's behind it.

These people think they are right and that the regular volunteers are well meaning but naive or inexperienced and should get out of the way and let the brighter, smarter lights lead the way. The only way to beat that attitude is to just go ahead with what you want to do and let them play catch up.

Remember: its easier to apologize than to get permission.

And, to be vulgar, whenever I had an "expert" tell me what to do my first response has always been "who the fuck are you?"

I've made it to seventy years of age and never once regretted saying that.

Matter of fact, I rather enjoy it.