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In reply to the discussion: you all DO realize that if Holder resigns or is fired... [View all]tavalon
(27,985 posts)OWS gave me back my hope and continues to inspire me. I was and continue to be too idealistic for the game and I'm looking 50 yrs old dead in the eye. That I got knocked on my butt makes it easy for me to see the possibility of that in younger, newer voters. I got through the ABB year (anyone but Bush) and was actually a volunteer for Kerry, when it was actually his running mate who enthused me.
At this point, I will vote because it's what I always do, not because I have much interest in Washington. The people I talked to at OWS last fall, almost to a person, had a contemptuous look when Obama or any of the cronies in DC were mentioned. One person in particular said something like, "not looking there anymore. Looking here" and he pointed to his own chest. That's good, in a way. I've come to appreciate the anarchist POV (they really do care. A lot), but I don't know how that translates to playing the voting game.
As someone who was helping Andy Stephenson fight election fraud before cancer stole him from this world, I know that the key is getting enough numbers to keep the other side from stealing it. If for no other reason, I will vote. Will the younger anarchists vote? Your straw pole says yes, mine no. I want yours to be right because I see Obama as the lesser evil. And, actually, I'm crossing my fingers that if given a second term, he'll want more for his legacy than just being the first black President. I think he is capable of so much more if he chooses.