Another Case of What Not to Do

I've had conversation with several people who were at the recent rally at Piere's. There was a concensus that Democratic candidate for City Council District 4, Charles Langley, made a poor decision when he handed his notes to the host of the rally to be read by the host as Mr Langley couldn't stay for the event.

From the podium, the host read the notes to the crowd. It was said that he fumbled through it at times an had problems pronouncing some of the words. The crowd at times didn't show the respect to the ideas of the candidate as they would have had they come from the candidate's mouth.

Basically, it would have been better for Mr Langley not to have had a statement at all. In an event such as the rally it has to be the candidate who expresses his or her ideas. In smaller settings it is appropriate to use a proxy when the candidate is unavailable. But that proxy needs to be someone who is invested emotionally to the campaign and articulate enough to convey the intended message from the candidate.