DENNIS KUCHINICH IS TOO SHORT

DENNIS KUCHINICH IS TOO SHORT

by Parris ja Young

Why gather signatures?

What, exactly, is wrong?

Putting it shortly, the repugnicans are great with party loyalty and political arts, even at the cost of honesty and ethics. They fail to behave with spiritual values, integrity, sympathy for public welfare or the will of the People. They have had absolute power for seven years.

The democracks — AKA the "Corps of Co-opters” — say the right social words, but lack cohesiveness (AKA leadership), courage and political savvy. They have yet to figure out that simply standing tall and firm against repugnican values would win them a platform with some form and substance. We must conclude this party is nearly as plutocratic as the other. They have had no political traction for seven years and have yet to figure out why.

The dems are offering small choice for the future. First there is Barack Obama, who is the opposite of a scape goat — carrying all the hopes of conventional folks — has shown, the few times he has been put to the test, a glimmer of efficacy, but not that much promise. Hillary Clinton, the other best choice, co-opted herself out of consideration by favoring the war in Iraq early on when it was clear even to the most casual observer that the war was an act of empire-building imperialism.

The one democrat that has been right from the start and sticks to his guns is Dennis Kucinich. But he is too short to be President, isn't he?

In other words, both parties have failed us.

What can we do? The only way to have a party that serves the people is to have a party of the people.

And who is that? It is us.

It's up to us. It's going to be a long and arduous climb, but we can achieve our ends one step at a time.

Let's start with this: gather signatures.

The first thing that will do is convince you that people are sympathetic to our cause. Some years ago I went out stumping for Ralph Nader. Nearly every household in Mineral County favored the Green Party, but few were going to vote Green because it didn't look “politically realistic”.

The more we are out there, the more we present a unified front, the more folks will give us the nod.

Let's.