Reply #76: Here's the question I have:

[Beam Me Up]

Why is it that Ron Paul is able to raise 4.2 million dollars in one day and not Dennis?

I love Dennis. I've loved him from the first I heard of him when the "Prayer for America" speech was first made public on the internet years ago. Now that he's brought articles of impeachment against Cheney to the House, I love him even more. This is the kind of man I want to support -- and do support. This is the kind of man I want to see leading this country into the extreme rapids of history that lie just ahead of us -- a man of vision. I also support Al Gore and wish he would declare and, in my mind, the two of them on the same ticket would simply be unbeatable. This is the kind of real leadership (not followship of the neocon/corporate/mic/nwo agenda) our country needs.

I think it would take the equivalent of a revolution in political thinking and organizing at the grass roots for EITHER Kucinich or Paul to get the nominations of their respective parties. That isn't a statement about either Kucinich or Paul but a statement about how our electoral process has become increasingly manipulated by media and corporate interests -- to the point that anyone outside that money trough system of the beltway is declared "unelectable". Once declared, as we see here, it gets picked up as a meme and echoed through time -- and a lot of people believe it.

But we do see that new ideas, new leadership, is not only needed, but even wanted by a lot of people in this country. Not everyone, but many. This, I think, is what is behind the Ron Paul movement. A lot of disillusioned Republicans -- first disillusioned with their own party and then doubly disillusioned by go-along-to-get-along Democrats -- and a lot of disillusioned anti war, anti neocon agenda Democrats (especially young ones) have become strong supporters of Paul and are working to push his candidacy on the internet. See this, for example: http://www.thisnovember5th.com/

What I don't understand is why this same zeal isn't coming from more Democrats and forming around Kuckinich. We need this man and he needs our help. He needs our money, our energy, our creativity, our dedication -- and most of all, he needs us to catch fire with his vision of a new, revitalized America.