What he emailed me and other supporters:
Right now, I’m pushing for bold climate policies that will help stop rising temperatures and sea levels, but the fossil fuel lobby and its phony front groups are fighting me every step of the way.
OK, I'm a copywriter. Well trained. One of the best, according to one fundraising guru. Therefore, I know what every word in the above statement is poised to achieve. What each phrase is supposed to do to incite action in the target audience brain.
And I tripped over "bold" climate policies.
Couldn't believe from that point on.
This US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse character wrote a terrific book a few years ago, taking on dark money in Washington; I skimmed it while I waited for Sim One to endure yet another test.
Yet Senator Whitehouse steadfastly won't quit his exclusive Newport, RI club, one that apparently remains "whites only."
So is he really BOLD? Or is he "BOLD-DEPENDING"? Depending on what I can sell vs. what's good for me?
I dunno. Maybe that exclusive club is where his election money rises with each day's tides. Fair-ish enough, then; plus it's a family legacy thing for Sheldon, part of his pedigree (like a well-bred dog): if so, Senator Sheldon, instead back reform on election funding ... and PUSH it through this time. No more waffles for breakfast.