Bernie Sanders' New Bill Would Wipe Out Union-Busting 'Right-to-Work' Laws

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85. Your dad couldn't have organized more than

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his own firing if he had joined some weak little group and fought the BIG liberal party of his time and location, whatever its label was. Democratic Party? They would have made it happen without him, because that's the way it always is.

Voter support = power for change. Lots of voters, lots of power. It's the NUMBERS. Little factions are forced to be noisy for attention, and they have a tendency to believe their noise matters, but all the noisy passion and misdirected anger in the world never equaled the power of one quiet vote cast intelligently for the purpose of achieving one's goals on election day.

In any case, there was never a time when any party didn't offer reasons for dissatisfaction. That's because they are all made up of people. SMART people know that and don't allow getting pissed off to distract them into abandoning commitment to achieving their goals. You're obviously proud of your dad, and I'd recommend taking this huge lesson from his success.

Hell, take a lesson from 2016 too. You're in WI or aware of it, for god's sake. How many stupid, self-kneecapping losses do it take to understand that in this era either Democrats or Republicans will take office? And Republican government is exactly what those who sang this song got us.