Reply #98: I wonder how so?

[cosmicdot]

I agree with your 'instead' statement. I'm just thinking aloud to your statement.

... on what particular problems are DK's thoughts and solutions 'ahead of his time'?


Who's in charge of 'outreach' in the House? Nancy Pelosi?
I think Hillary is in the Senate.
Who decides who gets air/media time; or who gets to speak as a Democrat for the TV audience?

How can 'the people' determine if DK is 'ahead of his time' when the system doesn't allow equal time and/or exposure for his ideas and opinions to be heard? During the 2004 election, at least one of the networks pulled its embedded journalist from the DK campaign (ABC, I think).

Are corporatists afraid of his ideas? Is it that he might actually help people and improve their lives? that his policies might lead to a reduction in conflicts not profitable to the military-industrial complex?


Are our problems ahead of their time?


It's just not Dennis. Conyers and others seem to be relegated to the basement. Out of sight, out of mind. The same people seem to be on TV all the time. That's a very narrow way to run a democracy. Some get their names planted in the corporate media virtually on a daily basis.

but, I've heard that mentioned before ... 'he's ahead of his time' ...


I'm almost 56 ... I've been waiting for a leader to move this country forward, to get this country moving again ... since 1968 (RFK) ... so, if I live another 38 years, will there be a politician down the road who will still be 'ahead of the times'? ... FDR probably was 'ahead of his time', too ... who decides that anyway? the corporatists? the media? the corporate-friendly politicians and their supporters? how much longer do I need to wait for the times to catch up to the progress this country needs? imo, there hasn't been much progress since the 1960s ... unless, of course, you're a corporation. Will we remain in the same middle of the road gridlock ... maintain the status quo with corporations writing bills affecting people ... adrift in mediocrity because people with solutions and vision relating to problems which have NOW ... and, with a country's infrastructure in need of a 21st upgrade ... are ... 'ahead of their time'???

~ is the person who makes the times
or is the times which makes the person? ~

Perhaps more than one 'inconvenient truth' will indicate that DK is within the times, and everyone else is anachronistic.

Maybe his 'ahead of his time' solutions and vision will be "OK" when other "electable" politicians 'borrow' them.

I heard him 'in person' on the campaign trail in 2004 ... if you haven't, I highly recommend it.