Reply #57: Contacting any politician could be considered "wasting one's breath"... [View All]

[Amerigo Vespucci]

...but the fact of the matter is that they are elected officials, serving at the pleasure of the voters who elected them.

It's like that scene in "Casino" where Don Rickles is doing the voice-over as Dick Smothers (as a congressman) is in his hotel room, unloading stacks of comped poker chips and undressing some blonde woman. "These guys earned their comped life the day they were elected," Rickles says.

You can view politicians as corrupt, jaded people who won't listen to you because they don't care, or you can hold them accountable.

Giving Kucinich the benefit of the doubt...and I don;t say this as a supporter, just someone who posted a new story...maybe he believes what he's saying is right. Maybe he didn't take the time to consider anything that's been discussed in this thread. Maybe he "shot from the hip." I don't know. He does. He's the one who said it, so I agree...anyone who takes issue with what he said may wish to consider contacting the person who said it. Straight line between two points, you know?

In the long run, you can't control their behavior, any more than I can control yours, or you can control mine.

But if you agree / disagree with something a politician says or does and take the time to contact them, you've taken responsibility, and if enough people do that, change happens.

Sometimes we just need to do what we know is right with no guarantees of what the other person will do.

And I'm not suggesting that you contact Kucinich...that's your business, not mine. I'm just responding to your question.

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