Reply #159: Clear enunciation in the face of neo-poetry would be in poor taste, don't you think? [View All]

[LooseWilly]

But, now that we're a couple of steps away, I'll see about clarifying an allusion that seemed semi-clear when I wrote it... though perhaps not so much so as several ounces of rum might've induced me to believe.

:)

So...

"When you’ve lived as long as I have, you understand that change doesn’t happen overnight. You understand that it doesn’t come about on its own; it often requires your personal assistance. You understand that it’s not just the guy living at the fancy DC address who has obligations – you’ve got a few of your own." -- Ohh... the irony. I just want to savor it. Like the aroma of a burning bag of dogshit (am I the only one with fond memories thereof?).

Reading her line of justification of obedience to the party, I felt nearly assaulted by the irony... because from where I sit... The call to stay within the confines of the Democratic Party, even when one feels betrayed by the party, is an expression of the lack of patience for the required hard work of building an alternative party. It is an expression of a belief that change will come about, not "on its own" but rather "by means of the leaders" of the party, which one is being implicitly urged to continue to follow. The call above was not for "personal action", it was for "personal assistance"... and the urging goes on to exhort "it’s not just the guy living at the fancy DC address who has obligations – you’ve got a few of your own ..."- not a call to do what's right, fight for better policy... but rather we are being reminded of our "obligations".

Obligated assistance... obedience... or just stepping away and trying to use, manipulate, buy/bribe, and threaten (as befits the occasion) officials, and choices of future officials... not according to the obligations of assisting Democratic Leaders, but according to policies that representatives are willing to support and fight for if need be.

I owe the Party no obligations, rather the reverse, they owe me. The sooner that people wake up to that fact, and begin holding their representatives to that obligation that they owe to those that they represent, the sooner politicians are liable to become responsive to their constituencies...

Of course, snark is a fine way to pass the time...