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October 30th

Not Going To Play the Game, Going to Change the Game

Posted October 30, 2006 - 4:35pm by Will Hinton

As anyone who knows me can attest, I am and have always been a very idealistic person. I can remember in high school and college people telling me that I am too idealistic and assuming that it would wear off with age. Well, it hasn't. I'm in my mid-30s, married with two children and as idealistic as ever. 

So you can imagine my dismay at many of the cynical reactions that I have received in response to my article about Ann Coulter. I guess I expected better from people in the conservative movement. I'm not sure why.

October 2nd

Good Will Hinton mentioned in the Atlanta Journal Constitution

Posted October 2, 2006 - 10:27am by Will Hinton

The AJC did a very nice front page article on Georgia political blogs today and Good Will Hinton was mentioned.

Will Hinton, 34, a commercial real estate consultant who lives in Brookhaven, despairs about the current state of political blogs. (Hinton, who considers himself a nonpartisan conservative, earned some fame among Georgia bloggers when he blogged that he would run against U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney if no one else stepped up in the Democratic primary. Hank Johnson did, and won.)

"I think both sides are equally guilty of trying to demonize their opponents instead of trying to find common ground," Hinton said. So in September he launched the site Good Will Hinton. His goal: "To foster dialogue and discussion between people on both sides."

October 1st

Not Going To Play the Game, Going to Change the Game, Part 2

Posted October 1, 2006 - 4:38pm by Will Hinton

I have had many people ask me what I meant when I said that I am sick and tired of the current political game of vitriol, harsh rhetoric, and seeking to "fire up the base" at the expense of the vast majority of citizens. I have had people ask me what I think about groups like Unity '08 or the Republican Main Street Partnership. From what I have seen from these groups and other similar ones is a desire to seek centrist positions and compromise in order to move away from the more ideological positions being taken and advocated.

The one problem that I see with these groups is a lack of dialogue with those who are less centrist in their positions. While many believe that centrist positions are the best, I'm not sure that this is always the case. Back in the '60s, I don't believe that the civil rights movement would have been described as centrist, yet opening up opportunities and providing legal protection for blacks was extremely important and the right thing to do.