At the convention, World Can't Wait, Recreate68, and other activist/citizen groups will come together hoping to convince people that they need to demand that the Democratic Party and Barack Obama not continue the corporatist or quasi-fascist policies of the Bush Administration if elected in November.
And I will be there not only hoping people present will demand change (a word that Obama has made synonymous with his name) but also to ask that those people who are fed up with a representative government, which is designed to maintain citizens in civic adolescence, consider saying "no" to Barack Obama and vote third party or Independent in this election.
Dennis Kucinich, Mike Gravel, and Ralph Nader through their writings, speeches, etc. have opened my mind to American history that too many have forsaken and taught me the importance of principles, values, and the Constitution in the establishment of a better future for America.
And it would be disingenuous of me to not credit Ron Paul for part of my awakening. His run for the presidency coupled with Dennis Kucinich's has made the past year one of great political transformation.
Having recovered from being a Democrat, I feel liberated. I no longer think in terms of left or right but rather in terms of logic and reason.
What has taken some people a lifetime to realize has taken five years for me to realize. And because of my quick awakening, the first presidential election that I am eligible to vote in will be one where I do not vote for either of the two parties that control Washington.
For me, politics is no longer a battle of good vs. evil because one side is not good and one side is not bad. Now, politics is more like a famous Upton Sinclair quote:
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it."
Politics is a battle of those who have been bought and paid for by powerful interests vs. those who have not been bought and paid for and place their political future in the hands of the public.
I refuse to support any man whose job depends on the support of corporate financiers or war profiteers. I only wish to organize to elect leaders who place the fate of their campaign in the hands of the people.
