steve remchak wrote:
the recent election brought out of the woodwork all the damn heathens. those people that understood the white middle class wasn't really praying for them on Sunday. the have-nots one might say.
I disagree completely. I haven't seen any numbers (and probably wouldn't believe them anyway), but I don't think we had a huge extra
have-not vote. I think the difference maker was more the younger folks just joining the middle class who decided to get out and vote for the first time for a rock star. Finally they had a non-fuddy-duddy who was TRYING to relate to them. Someone who could speak about "open source" and whose people get computers and how to use them. Finally someone who was somewhat "cool" and who seemed NOT like a "politician." He played basketball with the soon-to-be National Champions. He was willing to fill out brackets and be on ESPN!
Now those folks are learning. Learning that he very much is a politician, and a damned good one. He's still just as much "party first" as the last guy...hell, maybe more. They're learning that a president alone probably can't fix the kind of mega-problems we face and that is worrying them (and good damned thing, too!). They might even be starting to realize that a president AND congress can't fix these problems and that, gasp, WE have to help. Again, good damned thing. And that, to me, is why the discourse is growing. That's why we're having a productive discussion here. That's why it turned to "how would YOU spend the $4B?"
We can all do more. And it's gonna start with voting for people with better plans and the will to act on them, not just be politicians worried about the next election. But what I want to see, even from people like Steve, is an end to the "but what do I know, I'm just one guy and nobody is going to listen to me anyway." That leads to non-voting and non-caring when the time comes to get educated. The BARE MINIMUM every "American" needs to do is get educated and vote accordingly. It's time.
--Donnie
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