{"id":31187,"date":"2019-10-13T10:18:56","date_gmt":"2019-10-13T14:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.szpin.ca\/?p=31187"},"modified":"2019-10-13T10:20:20","modified_gmt":"2019-10-13T14:20:20","slug":"knockin-at-your-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.szpin.ca\/knockin-at-your-door\/","title":{"rendered":"KNOCKIN’ AT YOUR DOOR . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"\"When a candidate knocks at your door, ask some questions and listen to the responses. You will learn a lot about the candidate and even more about that party.<\/p>\n

The Toronto Star columnist, Susan Delacourt, wrote a great column where she suggested 5 questions to put to the door-knocking candidate. Read Susan Delacourt’s full column at Delacourt<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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  1. Name one good idea from your opponents\u2019 platforms.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Name one thing in your own platform where you\u2019d be willing to change your mind \u2014 or give a little.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Have you ever belonged to another political party or switched your political allegiance?<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Do you have friends in other political parties?<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. Do you belong to a team<\/span> or a tribe?<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"\"<\/p>\n

    Team<\/span>\u00a0<\/em>vs.\u00a0Tribe<\/em><\/span>
    Politics based on whether you belong to a team or a tribe is a very interesting concept and deserves more consideration. An easy way to understand the difference is to see “Hillary Clinton as a team<\/span> player while Donald Trump belongs to a tribe. Team players are willing to listen to the other side. They are willing to compromise. They are willing to adjust their policies, modify their position, change the stand. Tribe<\/span> players are mules, stubbornly holding to a position, unwilling to compromise, sticking to their ‘guns’ no matter how aggressive the attacks may be. Trump is the perfect example, a tribe player who cannot be bedged, even by a 7 point earthquake tremor.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    Which kind of political player would you like representing you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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