Reply #120: Yes --

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and I have in very minor ways -- with Greens twice --
fascinating experiences.

and as a delegate for Jerry Brown was on ticket.

And, thank you -- flattering.

But with Democrats, sadly, it was all about $$.

My sister had same experience in Boston -- she was being asked to run.

Neither one of us, of course, wanted the responsibility of all that, but we tried.

Democrats can ignore us because we have no leverage over them. When corporations/
elites give politicians money, they obviously have expections which they ensure are
delivered.

Of course, what lobbyists/corporations do should be illegal!


:)

PS: Keep in mind what Howard Zinn says -- that being in office doesn't create change.
That citizens acting together is what does it. In the case of the "sit-in's," which
he referred to, they were very young people -- very courageous. Populist movement ...
farmers. Abolitionists . . . Suffragists. You know, I've always been amazed that no
one has organized welfare mothers, for instance. The majority of those on welfare have
been white women with children. How about organizing the unemployed? The homeless?
All those who have to look for food banks, use food stamps. All those without health care!