Robert Stacy McCain at the Green Room - Memo to Grassroots

by the Left Coast Rebel

I just came across this post over at the Green Room, RSM lays out pertinent points on just how to make a difference as a conservative acitivist. I missed this while on vacation and can relate to what he says as an activist. Did anyone else know that RSM was at one time a liberal Democrat? I sure didn't. From the piece -

Whenever I am invited to speak to gatherings of conservative activists, there is always that moment afterwards when someone will ask the two eternal questions:

1. “What the heck is wrong with those Republicans in
   Washington?”
2. “What can I do to make a difference?”

Having come to Washington in 1997 at age 38 as a fairly new-minted conservative (as late as 1992, I was an enthusiastic Democrat with a Clinton-Gore bumper sticker on my ‘78 Chevy Impala), I’ve figured out a lot about Eternal Question No. 1. The problems of the Beltway GOP infrastructure are complex and deep-rooted, but what’s basically wrong with the national Republican leadership can be summed up in a single word: “Everything!”

As to Eternal Question No. 2, the answer is similarly simple. If you ask me what you can do to change things, I will tell you to begin by doing what you can.

One of the problems that hinders grassroots activists from making a difference is that they see problems so big that they think to themselves, “What’s the point? I’m just one person. I’m not important. Why waste my time? There’s nothing I can do anyway.”

Such a self-defeating attitude is a guaranteed formula for failure. If you don’t believe you can do anything, well, it’s a safe bet that you won’t do anything. On the other hand, if you will seek out opportunities to do whatever little things you can do, you might be surprised how much you accomplish.

Read the rest here.