Buckle up bloggers! Time to sit
back and enjoy everyone’s favorite past-time–politics!
The next
day, another story came out, in the Spokesman-Review.
According to Idaho State Law, Legislatures’ are except from the concealed carry
law, therefore Patterson doesn’t have to give up his weapon.
We now get to the crisis…
This newest revelation about
lawmakers being exempt from the law comes on the heels of national uproar about
Congressional exemption from Obamacare. Idaho Legislatures are scrambling. In
the story four representatives came out denouncing the exemption and calling
for the law to be repealed. Even the House majority leader spoke, “I don’t like
the fact that there’s a double standard. I think everybody ought to have the
same ability and right that the Legislature does.”
Lawmakers employ interns to monitor
the media to listen for “hot topic” items. On the day the story ran in the Spokesman-Review, 55 people commented
and all of them angry. The quick response to the comments shows that the
lawmakers are tuned-in. This monitoring, of the pulse, of their constituent
base allows for timely and intelligent responses to the public. Technology
changed the way lawmakers and constituents interact. The fast paced movement of
information demands quick, accurate, responses from lawmakers. As more people
cry out for political reform and transparency re-election hinges on crisis
management.
On Deadline, discussed how social
media has taken away organization’s ability to control the message of a crisis.
The key to managing social media is observation, planning, and quick response.
One minute on the world-wide-web is now equivalent to one day pre-internet. Every
second can result in several negative messages being posted, shared and liked.
Allowing a message to morph, spread, and destroy often takes nothing more than
a slow response.
I am going to comment on this blog. Something that big can damage someone internally but as far as politicians go, it is something that will harm him to where he might or might not be able to recover. However, he isn't by a long-shot the first to do something this inane and be a politician. While I like talking about politics with people I know well who agree on my progressive views, I think it is a sore subject for most. With that said, he is out of luck due to the severity of the damage. He made a big mistake and this one is irreparable except for one thing- it's Idaho. In my opinion, Idaho is a state where unscrupulous politicians reside and keep going. it seems to me that people take ethics outside of the equation when voting in people and that makes me upset. the end of what I'm going to say.
ReplyDeletePolitics is definitely its own animal. The rules political figures follow vary from the rules other people/organizations follow. I agree Patterson dishonesty and then disregard of the law will harm him on re-election day, however do you think the other representatives are handling the situation accurately? Do you think they should continue to publicly distance themselves from the law and repercussions or should they ride it out since the next re-election isn't for another year? People often easily forget and since this isn't a pop-star licking a wrecking ball or a movie star crashing a car does it really matter to the general public?
ReplyDeletePolitics is definitely its own animal. The rules political figures follow vary from the rules other people/organizations follow. I agree Patterson dishonesty and then disregard of the law will harm him on re-election day, however do you think the other representatives are handling the situation accurately? Do you think they should continue to publicly distance themselves from the law and repercussions or should they ride it out since the next re-election isn't for another year? People often easily forget and since this isn't a pop-star licking a wrecking ball or a movie star crashing a car does it really matter to the general public?
ReplyDeleteI think people should have their own situations handled accurately and well and should see their own repercussions be handled accordingly. I don't think politicians or movie stars or athletes should be treated differently than anybody else and I think the ethical principles being violated should harm them (or worse) on re-election day. I feel also that people do forget people doing these things on a social side and on a political side are two different things. What people do outside their office is their own business and should be kept private, however, when they do something unlawful, they should be called out on it, especially if they have covered it up for so long.
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