So Activistas are all about supporting good policy - in Portland, in Salem, in DC. And in this November's election, it's all policy, no people. But as Thomas Friedman reminded us in a recent NYT editorial, it's all about the people. Yes, he dissed my CFL lightbulbs and even all those super-quiet Prisues as not nearly enough to refreeze the polar ice cap - which was a bit of a bummer for someone who likes to think all those micro-choices I struggle with are actually worth it. But he struck a serious chord with me that it is all about whom we elect. And he means ALL. He suggested that when leaders change the rules, you get scale, and without scale, all you have is a hobby. Ouch. Sort of the I-drive-a-Prius-what-do-you-mean-Toyota-opposes-fuel-economy-improvements conundrum. Which brings me not to our all-policy-no-people 11.07 election, but to 11.08, when it's all about people, mamas.
Not surprisingly, Moms Rising is on this Election 2008 thing. Yeah, they want some money to get it rolling, but they are steppin' out with a strategy to get our issues front and center. And I say, go get 'em, Joan. I mean, these are some seriously connected folks, and I'm glad they're working to get my issues noticed. A You Tube forum where we can ask the candidates what they plan to do about the myriad bad, bad policies that affect our families in this country? Bring it on. Media coverage galore? Get out the Mama vote? I'm all for it. Rise, mamas, rise, is what I say.
That said, with all that's on the mama plate, have I really got time to consider whom to vote for before I even know my actual choices? Check out our 9.07 post on Election '08 & weigh in. Who is your frontrunner? Hillary's chasing us Mamastituents in a big way, and while I'll confess to liking the talk, how's a mama gonna know if it's just that, talk? But something tells me they're gonna listen this time, mamas. And I'm planning to be wishpering in their ears - you??
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