On Oct 3, 2006, at 8:04 PM, Ritu wrote:
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Some of us have voted every election day, or nearly every one,
since we
reached the age where we were allowed to. Some of us would like to
someday not have to hold our nose and make a choice between
Tweedledumb
and Tweedledumber. Think we'll ever have such a chance?
I wondered about that for a long time and then I came to the
conclusion
that no one will ever *give* us that chance. We'll have to go into the
arena and *make* it for ourselves.
Since that day, I have been known to grumble less about having to
choose
only between Tweedledumb and Tweedledumber. :)
How, exactly?
I was invited to take part in door-to-door get-out-the-vote canvassing
to help Democrat Jerry McNerney defeat Richard Pombo in California's
11th district, which borders my district to the South and East, but I
think that's a long way from "going into the arena and making it for
myself."
Sure, I write letters to my representative (Zoe Lofgren) and Senators
(Boxer and Feinstein), but that is still a far cry from "going into the
arena and making it for myself." It's still just dealing with Tweedles
of varying intelligence.
So, really, what did you have in mind?
Dave
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