The Next Step in Turning The Tide

Last week I posted a blog entitled "A Country Divided Against Itself Surely Cannot Stand". The purpose of this blog is to encourage you to speak with your Democrat friends and family. Discuss some of the hot button issues using the 20 statements I listed. And finally, tie it together by helping them understand the socialist views on those same issues.

The next step in turning the tide is to take a lesson from Obama's very successful campaign.

Obama had a huge "Social Media" advantage. Consider the following:

Close to 500 million blog postings mentioned Obama from the beginning of the conventions at the end of August through November 5th, 2008.
During the same time period, only about 150 million blog posts mentioned McCain.

Obama also held a clear lead on My Space with 844,927 "friends".
McCain had 219,404 My Space Friends.

There are 724,234 Flicker items on Barack Obama
There are 61,338 items on Flicker on John McCain

Obviously, Barack Obama crushed John McCain in all metrics, even though John McCain has been in politics FAR longer than Barack Obama. Other than George Bush, McCain was probably the best known, most interviewed, and most written about Republican politician.

So 26 years of exposure verses 4 years, Obama obliterated McCain in the Social Media landscape.

Today, Bill O'Reilly admitted he didn't even know what "Facebook" is! Pretty scary considering Bill O'Reilly has 13 "Fan Groups" on Facebook, one group with over 10,000 fans!

We can't set up a social media website for the next GOP candidate. And the odds of a Republican "James Carville" coming down the pike any time soon seem pretty slim. We do however have some "Rock Stars" of our own.

We have Sarah Palin who's uses her Facebook page like a pro and has over one million "friends".

Glenn Beck with almost 500,000 "friends" on Facebook and uses "Twitter" on a regular basis to reach out to his fan base.

But what about YOU? Do you have social network accounts? There are more of "us" than there are of "them". We need to start showing our numbers and our power.

Join Facebook, Twitter and My Space. Start building a network of friends. Facebook allows you to categories your friends. Mine are categorized by "family" and "politics".

Look for groups to join. Make friends on those groups. Then start posting on your profile and "share" with your friends. Don't be a pest. Don't harass. That will only result in being "hidden" or "un-friended".

Find one great article per day. Something you're sure they will not see on the Main Stream Media. A perfect example would be "Climategate". Many blogs and news articles have "share buttons" where you can automatically upload the articles to your profile.

The point here is we need to beat Obama and his henchmen at their own game. And that starts with educating your less informed "friends" without bashing Obama. It's not unusual for members to have 500+ friends. Imagine the impact if we all started educating the masses. We need to start now.