Thursday, March 5, 2020

Man, do I relate to this!

If Sanders loses the nomination, will you be as stupid as 1968 me was?

 I am trying to remember the person I was in 1968. I was 22 years old and a recent college graduate. I was angry, infuriated by the war in Vietnam and racial segregation. It was my first chance to vote in a presidential election. I was living in New Jersey — very briefly — and I voted for Dick Gregory, the brilliant comedian running as a write-in candidate, instead of Hubert Humphrey, the Democrat running against Republican Richard Nixon. It was a protest vote, obviously. I regret it to this day.
Read it. 

Endless arguments with my best friend, Dick, about this election. I, too, protested and voted for Gregory -- and later regretted it.

So I wonder, how large will the Sanders temper tantrum be this time around? Enough to reelect Trump?

I think Warren can be a valuable peace arbitrator in this context. I view this as a ONE ISSUE election: defeat Trump. A close second, declare a climate emergency if Democrats win.

"May you live in interesting times."

Getting time to learn the fate of my play at a dozen theaters reading it.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.