This is what democracy looks like...being all up in the grill of our (dubiously) elected legislators!
PREACH. We're citizens, they're our public servants--- up in their grill is just our natural habitat!
I don't know if it's true, but last month the Wall Street Journal reported that the Democratic National Committee is being taken over by Sanders-nistas, which *I* found very heartening.
That wasn't the impression I got attending the DNC meeting, which was heartening to me, since I'm very much NOT a Bernie-fan and much prefer a more centrist "there is room in our camp for everyone who's concerned about the foundations of our system of governance and/or their personal well-being under the current administration" kinda critter. (But I'm even less a fan of starting a fight with an ally, much less in the political equivalent of a burning house, so I'll stop there. ;) )
If you go to something billed as a Movement event in Jersey City, it's almost guaranteed that the mayor will show up, and in NYC there's a good chance that the mayor will. Rallies nationwide are frequently headlined by US Senators--a level of opposition among elected officials that took a DECADE to build in the struggle against the Vietnam War.
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D This is joy and wonder. *dances* Better than that, this is what democracy looks like. (I've been reading all the Watergate stuff all of it, and it's freaking hilarious how much both Haldeman's The Ends of Power and Woodward and Bernstein's All the President's Men look uncannily like the current administration.)
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PREACH. We're citizens, they're our public servants--- up in their grill is just our natural habitat!
That wasn't the impression I got attending the DNC meeting, which was heartening to me, since I'm very much NOT a Bernie-fan and much prefer a more centrist "there is room in our camp for everyone who's concerned about the foundations of our system of governance and/or their personal well-being under the current administration" kinda critter. (But I'm even less a fan of starting a fight with an ally, much less in the political equivalent of a burning house, so I'll stop there. ;) )
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D This is joy and wonder. *dances* Better than that, this is what democracy looks like. (I've been reading all the Watergate stuff all of it, and it's freaking hilarious how much both Haldeman's The Ends of Power and Woodward and Bernstein's All the President's Men look uncannily like the current administration.)