Consistency breeds Trust which yields Votes. The operative word is “Consistency” – is what you SAY congruent with what you DO? Can we, as voters (notice I DIDN’T say “Members of the NH GOP State Committee” – at least, thus far) see that Consistency and can we depend upon it? Are we so sure of it that, once elected, we no longer need to pay close attention because you will not violate our Trust (or is it the flip side: we kvetch because we can’t?)? So during the recently held NH GOP Annual Meeting, I listened. In fact, I listened hard – I wanted to hear Consistency. I wanted to hear the words that matched their actions this past year. Oh sure, I know these types of meetings are “rah-rah!” for the upcoming cycle – but I still tried to listen for the Consistency-to-come. And then when I started to process the video, I listened again. And then, transcribed certain speeches to ensure I WAS hearing things correctly.
And then I started to compare the spoken words to other words and to Actions. First up was our junior US Senator, Kelly Ayotte. So, what do you think I found? Here is the video again:
Here is the transcript – with my commentary:
He’s got questions, I’ve got answers! I would have thought that this would have been self-evident: