On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 07:53:02 -0700
"Ed Pearl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> The one paragraph that I wouldn't have thought to
> write two months ago is an expression of sympathy
> for ALL those campaigning for President. I don't
> know how Bush and Kerry sustain the pace. But at
> least they have the hope of gaining power. No such
> hope can motivate David Cobb, Ralph Nader, Walt
> Brown, etc., and yet I know they are also running
> all out, keeping terrible schedules. Someone
> mentioned, at a meeting last night, that when Ralph
> Nader was asked "how is your social life" he replied
> "how is your civic life?". A clever response, but
> not one that I can accept - everyone, including
> Nader, has some human right to a social life. The
> grinding pace of these campaigns is almost inhuman.
What? C'mon people, let's be real. Yes, these
candidates are probably "working hard," but let's put
this into perspective; it is nothing, I repeat
NOTHING, compared to what some single mothers and yes,
single fathers, endure day in and day out for *years*
and decades. Even some single people.
And there is a distinction. Anyone who's read - or
worse, lived or living - what Eherenreich wrote of in
NICKEL AND DIMED: ON NOT MAKING IT IN AMERICA, can
only nod in agreement.
My point? There's "working hard," (small "w") and
then there's TRULY "Working hard."
-jp
=====
When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my
vision, then it becomes less and less important, whether I am afraid.
-Audre Lorde
He was the most fervent man I ever met, and he didn’t have a copy-cat
bone in his body.
-Peter Falk on John Cassavetes
We can dream forever, but we have to do something now.
-Rell Sunn
Loyalty to the country always.
Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.
-Mark Twain
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