We are SO desparate [View All]

[ProfessorPlum]

The people here are so thoughtful, so kind, so very desparate for thoughtful, kind, competant leadership. It gives me a sense of pathos, for all of us, that we continue to be so frustrated by our political leadership - all of it, on both sides of the aisle.

We get so worked up over such very small acts of political probity. Seeing the outpouring of support for Boxer yesterday, for doing something that shouldn't even require a second thought (imagine the shoe on the other foot - can you imagine even ONE republican who would refrain from challenging a Democratic victory in which fraud was staring everyone in the face?). Boxer should have had 40 others standing with her.

Imagine the loyalty and love, the energy, the relief and joy that a truly humane and courageous politician could muster behind them if they just did the right things occasionally, and somehow figured out a way to use the corrupted media to engage us all in the struggle. We've had a lot of people coming close. Kuchinich is an incredibly brave politician. Dean using the internet to engage. Kerry carrying the banner for all of us.

We just don't have effective, consistent, courageous leadership. I can't help but think that that kind of leadership would be rewarded. It saddens me to think how very rare it is, and how rare it looks like it is likely to remain. We are desparate for effective leadership - that's what all of these forums cry out for in their discussions. But we are in a vacuum.