Friday, December 14, 2007

Do you feel the anger yet?

I am trying to stay relatively cool in my response to the Des Moines Register's stupid decision not to allow Dennis to debate. We know the reasons for it and yet, we can all be as mad as hell and wondering what to do to change the circumstances of how we receive our election coverage in order to make an informed choice when voting.
For many the chance to vote is slim to nonexistent due to the feeling of total disenfranchisement by a system that seems so geared towards the ones that the corporations and the media jointly agree will serve their own interests best. We see it all the time and it continues despite what we know to be the truth of that statement. Hardly a fact about itself that a democracy should be proud of nor that these candidates who have been annointed by the media/corporate interests should feel proud of.
I have often asked myself a question: What would I do if I were Hillary, Barack, or any of them and saw the way that Kucinich is treated during a debate and/or not let into a debate?
What would you do?
Would I sit there like a lump on the log and not even pay attention to the way he is not given equal time? Would I be thinking well that is just more time for me to say what I want to say? Would I identify with his struggle at all and decide to offer a hand and a voice so that he received an equal share? Would I stop to think, even in some kind of self-serving way that perhaps people are making judgements about me based on how I let this happen and did nothing?
I don't know but I can guess that if the tables were turned and no one was letting Hillary talk or Barack talk, that Dennis would not stand there and act as if someone were not getting a fair shake. I can feel that about him and his sense of how the world should be when I watch him talk to people.
Did you see the video clip where he asked himself a question at the Black and Brown Debate last week? Did you see how he both asked the question of himself with such politeness and then thanked himself for asking the question? Did you see Hillary laughing at it all as if the pet had just stood up and done the most fantastic trick. Well, he is not the pet, but he is the only one who knew how to ask a good question and to answer it fully.
Start getting a bit angry now because we are truly running out of time and we need everyone to get involved and do something to make sure Dennis is our next president. Start with that premise and work backwards as to how you will make that happen.
thanks.

3 comments:

ren said...

please tell dennis to spiffy up his myspace profile...i steered away twice because it looks unofficial.

LucyLu said...

Dennis is Pro-Peace.
We, as his supporter's Must also Be Peace.
If we react and act on anger,we will not be the catalyst for the change in the world.


Change how you perceive this act to be. How could you look at it in a different way ? A positive way?

Change your thoughts..change the world.

Love and Infinite Peace

Danielle said...

The Des Moines Register Editorial Board has endorsed Hillary Clinton and John McCain.

That shows you where they stand.

Thanks for all you do.