So, I "voted" today.
DC has decided to hold an early, non-binding presidential primary in order to call attention to the fact that we don't have Congressional representation. If you're not a DC resident, and *this* is what has gotten your attention, I'll give you a dollar.
I'll grant you, the "Taxation Without Representation" license plates are pretty rad. But I wish Eleanor Holmes-Norton would come up with an *actual plan* for getting us some voting rights, if not full statehood. So much of what she's done in the five+ years I've lived here smacks of cheap publicity stunts. Despite my partisanship, I really wish that the Dems *didn't* have such a lock on DC - maybe if Eleanor had a serious competitor it'd be a kick in the ass.
At the same time, I've heard people saying that a low turnout in our 'primary' will undercut the argument that people in DC care deeply about lack of recognition. What is that bullshit? Should it be OK for things to go on without the consent of the governed if some of them can't be bothered? Why should DC need to be *more* gung-ho about democracy just to get some basic rights?
DC has decided to hold an early, non-binding presidential primary in order to call attention to the fact that we don't have Congressional representation. If you're not a DC resident, and *this* is what has gotten your attention, I'll give you a dollar.
I'll grant you, the "Taxation Without Representation" license plates are pretty rad. But I wish Eleanor Holmes-Norton would come up with an *actual plan* for getting us some voting rights, if not full statehood. So much of what she's done in the five+ years I've lived here smacks of cheap publicity stunts. Despite my partisanship, I really wish that the Dems *didn't* have such a lock on DC - maybe if Eleanor had a serious competitor it'd be a kick in the ass.
At the same time, I've heard people saying that a low turnout in our 'primary' will undercut the argument that people in DC care deeply about lack of recognition. What is that bullshit? Should it be OK for things to go on without the consent of the governed if some of them can't be bothered? Why should DC need to be *more* gung-ho about democracy just to get some basic rights?
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I think if the Democrats were beholden to anyone who mattered, things would be different. Ending welfare as we know it? The Defense of Marriage Act? Should I go on?
Sometimes I agree with mutiny, but then parts of dc look like they've fallen off the face of the earth already....