[WARNING- WHINE ATTACK FOLLOWS] HMMMMMMM Looking at my profile page i see right there in bold blue in large type, for everyone to see and judge me. for every one to make decisions on whether or not i am worthy to join their action group. for me to look at and feel guilty because i dont do enough, call enough, give enough. to shame me into doing more, giving more. to mmark me as a political slacker, a poseur, a wanna-be. a non-entity.
In my defense- I am mostly homebound disabled person, and i did try very hard to attend houseparties, but so many were NOT accessible. i did hold two house parties myself in my b uilding's commons room. And, while my donations page only shows 5 "official" dollars, i bought 6 bumper stickers and plastered them on my wheelchair; and 3 t shirts @ 25 each, and, at my small income- 600/month, that's a large contribution.
I didnt go door to door. I tried one afternoon and between lack of sidewalks, sidewalk ramps, steps, and low battery yield, it was just not feasible. I didn't make many calls. i made some, unofficial- to friends, family, contacts, but they didn'yt count. i have no home phone and very limited cel minutes, and use most of those for drs and social service business. i could not justify the extra expense of gpoing over my basic plan by 40 cents a minute. i do have free broadband with my rent, so i forwarded videos and emails and speeches and news articles instead.
What DO/DID i do? i talk to everybody i know, online and in person, discussing events as they come up, i pray. i kept and keep myself and others around me informed. i voted and i email my reps in gov from mr obama on down to keep them on their toes. i do whatever i can whenever i can and i consider myself very active politically. to hell with the 1/10 judgement call!</whine>
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