A rare foray into politics
Aug. 2nd, 2004 08:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beetigerI went to a Kerry-Edwards house party on Thursday night or whenever the heck the last day of the DNC was. I didn't really know I was going to a sponsored party; I really thought I was going to hang out with a random collection of liberals from the UU to watch the speeches rather than watch them alone in my living room.
There was stuffed steak, and salmon, and cocktail shrimp with mustard sauce, and good wine, and the best homemade chocolate pudding I've had in a long time. There was talk about how we really had ought to legalize (and tax) victimless crimes like prostitution. And then there was a big screen TV with C-SPAN showing the spin movie for Kerry, and drunk people dancing, and finally his acceptance speech.
I was unimpressed at first -- he seemed not to know what to do with a cheering crowd, and kept seeming apologetic to interrupt them and go on -- but he finally hit his stride. I don't believe a lot of what he said would get implemented, of course; I'll be shocked if we make any real moves toward universal health care, for example. And I'm not really happy with the class war rhetoric, especially phrased as "upper class vs. middle class", as if anyone in America below the middle class just isn't trying very hard.
But I came away from the evening stoked, because I think that this guy could win, and we need someone who isn't Bush in office ASAP. I don't think it's a guarantee he will win, by any stretch of the imagination, so I'm actually considering working for the campaign, while I'm at home with Rhys and can probably manage the time if they're flexible about what they need. I'm still not planning to give them moeny, though.
First, I want to get Kerry in office. Then I want to spend the next four years fighting for the things that the people and the world I care about need, the things that neither Republicans nor Democrats are ready to make happen.
There was stuffed steak, and salmon, and cocktail shrimp with mustard sauce, and good wine, and the best homemade chocolate pudding I've had in a long time. There was talk about how we really had ought to legalize (and tax) victimless crimes like prostitution. And then there was a big screen TV with C-SPAN showing the spin movie for Kerry, and drunk people dancing, and finally his acceptance speech.
I was unimpressed at first -- he seemed not to know what to do with a cheering crowd, and kept seeming apologetic to interrupt them and go on -- but he finally hit his stride. I don't believe a lot of what he said would get implemented, of course; I'll be shocked if we make any real moves toward universal health care, for example. And I'm not really happy with the class war rhetoric, especially phrased as "upper class vs. middle class", as if anyone in America below the middle class just isn't trying very hard.
But I came away from the evening stoked, because I think that this guy could win, and we need someone who isn't Bush in office ASAP. I don't think it's a guarantee he will win, by any stretch of the imagination, so I'm actually considering working for the campaign, while I'm at home with Rhys and can probably manage the time if they're flexible about what they need. I'm still not planning to give them moeny, though.
First, I want to get Kerry in office. Then I want to spend the next four years fighting for the things that the people and the world I care about need, the things that neither Republicans nor Democrats are ready to make happen.
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Date: 2004-08-02 11:45 pm (UTC)