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velvetmason14 said:There are two main points here.
Of course you’d expect bottom-feeders to play dirty and try to paint you as heartless. That’s just their nature. The way to handle it is to be careful with how you communicate publicly—don't give them any ammunition to turn your own mistakes against you. Lately, the leadership has been dropping the ball, especially the media pundits. Having all three of them head out to a junior conference in Geneva while they're busy spinning some sentimental sob story is just plain foolish.
The second thing is that you shut critics up with concrete results, not just talk. To do that, you need competent people who actually know their stuff and aren't part of the old-school political machine. If you want that, you need fresh talent, rather than having half your department heads halfway through their term being nothing more than hand-picked cronies from the local billionaire's circle.🤦 This is another mistake because there's too much reliance on pure PR—constant mentions of the Republican Party, populist Facebook posts... It’s all optics, but there are far too few actual results, projects, or new faces to show for it.
Someone made a good point earlier: if they didn't have that one standout female staffer who actually works her ass off and delivers, they wouldn't have anything to brag about lately, aside from that garbage strike they handled perfectly.
Oh, really? That whole "Republican Party or nothing" routine is already played out, and we're heading toward elections...? Man... just terrible timing.. 😁