The term alienation of affection appears in divorce documents but it could apply in politics. People grow apart or the person you thought you married doesn’t actually exist. You wedded the image or façade created by that person. Since we should avoid the victim role in America, it is your fault for not being a better judge of character or turning a blind eye to the obvious.
“He is just not that into you” describe the divorce-like conditions between some incumbents and voters this year. If you tell someone to do something and that person ignores you, the cat should be in the wind….out of here like last year…I am not saying you go to go home but…
Of course, the other party might argue that the relationship should continue because while not perfect he or she is the best available in the area. In my community, we say it is better to be alone than in the company of fools.
If the Tea Party is busy divorcing candidates on the Right who go against their wishes, we should have similar discussions and action in the Center. This idea could be the focus of proposed the Coffee Party or just Ghost Vote incumbents who assume they have us and hang with the Right too much. Hey, uncles and aunts will tell you that you must take care of home or someone else will.
In politics and in life, you must “rehumanize yourself” if the machine or “the man” sees you as a statistic; remind those fancy people that the masses across the political spectrum are restless and why should the Tea Party get to have all the radical fun.
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