{"id":4658,"date":"2015-04-26T02:04:53","date_gmt":"2015-04-26T06:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intramuralist.com\/?p=4658"},"modified":"2015-04-26T02:04:53","modified_gmt":"2015-04-26T06:04:53","slug":"a-brave-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/?p=4658","title":{"rendered":"a brave campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/photo-1423882503395-8571951e45cc.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4660\" src=\"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/photo-1423882503395-8571951e45cc-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"photo-1423882503395-8571951e45cc\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Take note of the following recent headlines:\u00a0<em>(Don&#8217;t read anything into these.\u00a0I am attempting to make a point&#8230;)<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Hillary Show <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>America Needs Hillary <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Here Comes Hillary <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Clinton Begins Campaign, and It&#8217;s a Toss-Up <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Why Clinton Campaign Will Be Trainwreck <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Hillary Clinton, Reinvented <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Hillary Clinton\u2019s Quest to Prove Her Populist Edge <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Hillary Clinton&#8217;s &#8220;Inevitable&#8221; Problem <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Everyone Knows Clinton Is the Candidate of Wall St. <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Clinton&#8217;s Truman Show Campaign <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Memo to Hillary: Bitch Is Still the New Black <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Hillary Is the Plastic Candidate with the AstroTurf Campaign\u2028<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Clinton Lifts Populist Spirits <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Hillary&#8217;s Fake Populism is a Hit <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Hillary&#8217;s Liz Warren Impression Not Going Well <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Hillary Clinton: Out of Sync With the Times <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Hillary Clinton&#8217;s Joyless Ride <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Hillary&#8217;s Real Opponent: Obama <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>For Better\/Worse, Hillary Runs for Obama 3rd Term <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Hillary Tries to Recast Ties to Obama <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Jeepers! Hillary&#8217;s Campaign Is Even Creepier Than You Think <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Hillary Clinton Is a Survivor <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Why Hillary Clinton Will Likely Lose <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Clinton Is Everything Dems Say They Oppose <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Can Hillary Clinton Really Change? <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Can Hillary Overcome Her Weaknesses? <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Clinton Is the Democrats&#8217; Romney <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Grandmother-in-Chief <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Clinton Fatigue Returns <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Selling of Hillary, 2016 <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each of the above 30 headlines came from a prominent national publication last week. From a fairly flippant perusal, it\u2019s easy to see that many already have an opinion on Hillary &#8212; on who she is and on the running of her campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Let me quickly offer two quick caveats: (1) the Intramuralist cannot and will not spend the next 18 months talking about any one person. And (2) there\u2019s no need to pick on Hillary.<\/p>\n<p>Hillary Clinton <em>(like most candidates)<\/em> has been actively crafting a campaign that makes her look good, sound good, and appear to be the most desirable candidate. Let\u2019s be clear: the goal of the campaign is to secure the most votes. One of the greatest impurities of the American election process <em>(which again, affects all candidates)<\/em> is that campaigns are crafted to get desired people elected; they are not designed to share the most accurate reflections of a person\u2019s ability, beliefs, nor character. For all those running on all partisan sides, that makes me sad.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d instead prefer what I\u201dd like to call a \u201cBrave Campaign.\u201d Follow me here&#8230; In recents months, I\u2019ve been unable to get Sara Bareilles\u2019s \u201cBrave\u201d song out of my head <em>(&#8230;for which those in close physical proximity to me, are so incredibly thankful).<\/em> The lyrics go as follows:<\/p>\n<p><em> Say what you wanna say <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And let the words fall out <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Honestly I wanna see you be brave <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>With what you want to say<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> And let the words fall out <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Honestly I wanna see you be brave <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I just wanna see you <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I just wanna see you<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> I just wanna see you <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I wanna see you be brave <\/em><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what I want from each person running for president. I don\u2019t want carefully crafted campaigns no matter the \u201cD\u201d or \u201cR\u201d next to the name. I want them to say what they wanna say&#8230; say what they really think&#8230; \u201cI just wanna see\u201d them for who they really are. I \u201cjust wanna see them\u201d be brave.<\/p>\n<p>Respectfully&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>AR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take note of the following recent headlines:\u00a0(Don&#8217;t read anything into these.\u00a0I am attempting to make a point&#8230;) The Hillary Show America Needs Hillary Here Comes Hillary Clinton Begins Campaign, and It&#8217;s a Toss-Up Why Clinton Campaign Will Be Trainwreck Hillary Clinton, Reinvented Hillary Clinton\u2019s Quest to Prove Her Populist Edge Hillary Clinton&#8217;s &#8220;Inevitable&#8221; Problem Everyone &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/?p=4658\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;a brave campaign&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-event"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4658"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4661,"href":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4658\/revisions\/4661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}