copied from scarletwoman's thread in politics/campaigns...with her permission and help
Wholehearted support + Word of Mouth + Internet = Geometric Progression = Kucinich
http://www.awakenedwoman.com/bolen_kucinich.htmChances are that you will hear about Dennis Kucinich, Democratic candidate for President, from someone you know who has heard him speak. Imagine having someone run for president who is intelligent, principled, spiritual, courageous, a person with depth, humor and compassion! (invariably, there's lots of positive adjectives). And, your friend will comment, "You'll really like what he stands for!" All true. Chances are that you then may hear yourself parroting the voice of conventional wisdom: "Yes, but how could Kucinich possibly win?" One of the "Yes, but . . . " discouraged comments I even got from one of my friends was," He is a wonderful man but he will not be president, he is too short and too radical."
Listen up! This article is about how twenty-first century communication plus wholehearted, altruistic support makes it possible for Dennis Kucinich to become the Democratic candidate who beats Bush. This potential is a mathematical reality based on the social dynamics of reaching a critical mass. As unlikely as it may seem at first glance, Kucinich can be elected.
The ideas that support this possibility are drawn from The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell, The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People are Changing the World, by Paul H. Ray and Sherry Ruth Anderson, and my own The Millionth Circle: How to Change Ourselves and The World inspired by the Hundredth Monkey story and Rupert Sheldrake's theory in A New Science of Life: The Hypothesis of Morphic Resonance, which sustained the anti-nuclear activists when conventional wisdom said that mere citizens could not stop the superpowers from their inevitable destructive course. The success of the women's movement and the end of the nuclear arms race between the United States and Russia are examples of how ideas that initially were resisted and thought to be impossible became reality.
John F. Kennedy was the first president elected with the help of television coverage, Dennis Kucinich can be the first president elected with the help of websites and emails. In the last presidential election, 106 million of the 156 million registered voters actually voted. There are probably only two or three degrees of separation between those of us who have or will respond positively to Kucinich early in this election and the number of people needed to win the Democratic nomination, which is the first task.
The largest identifiable group that hold the similar views as Kucinich are the fifty million Cultural Creatives, sixty percent of whom are women. According to the data and research, we are Americans who care deeply about ecology and saving the planet, about relationships, peace, social justice, self-expression, and spirituality. We are both inner directed and socially concerned. We are optimistic, altruistic and idealistic, believe in gender equality and reproductive choice. Especially relevant in a political campaign, we are volunteers, activists, and contributors to good causes. Neither those of us who fit into this category nor political strategists realize that in numbers and in influence that we have the potential to shape 21st century America by our active, wholehearted support of Dennis Kucinich. (A second category of voters who respond to Dennis Kucinich as one of their own are working class people. This is a whole other constituency that trust him to do right by them.)
(MUCH more -- please go to the link and read the whole piece!)
~~~ Jean Shinoda Bolen, M. D. is a Jungian analyst and clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. An internationally renowned lecturer and workshop leader, she is author of The Tao of Psychology; Goddesses in Everywoman; and Close to the Bone. She is also a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and a past chairperson of the Council of National Affairs of the APA.
MY COMMENTS:We are constantly underestimating our power, especially power based on deeply held religious or moral belief. NO LONGER. WE WILL FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT.
Some of us despaired of black people ever getting civil rights that we white people took for granted. Remember the motto: KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PRIZE!!" When the movement that kept its eyes on the prize reached the tipping point....
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