Reply #638: This Thing is Huge---and BBV is too small-- [View All]

[marions ghost]

Seems like growing pains all of a sudden. GOOD sign to me.

This IS a crisis, but we are moving on a corrective course. It is a hard realization--that however much we still need to work with our allies in gov't, we cannot depend on them entirely. We should expect to, but we can't. They missed the boat on this vital issue and it is we who will have to rescue them.

In recognition of those who HAVE been there: There are many small orgs less visible than Bev out there working on various voting rights issues. But there is no single leader of this movement, no umbrella group. This is both an election protest AND a burgeoning voting reform movement-- and this is Huge. Organization and visibility are what we need now. We the People are going to have to demand, lobby, sue, write, even stand in the rain, to get this on the front burner. Leaders worthy of our trust WILL emerge. But don't wait. Do whatever you can now.

I'm an outsider on the Bev issue. I observe that those involved in this DU debate say that Bev has done some important investigative work. However--obviously she is not getting the votes to be the torch-bearer for such a big and diverse group as we are now becoming. And the job of really cleaning up this election mess is way beyond Bev's scope anyway.

A simple analogy:
A Big Orphan Chick has been hatched. It's not a beautiful creature. We are ALL going to have to look after it for awhile until it gets on its feet. Sooner than you think, it will fly. We ALREADY have many resources--lawyers, statisticians, academics, new media voices. We have alot of brainpower and potential financial support. Just a matter of harnessing it. We have all that we need, and those with a shred of integrity left will join us.

It is WE who have a Mandate, Mr. B**h....