I wish I had a fully constructed moral position on this. I did NO work on the campaigns this year, and contributed only very small amounts of money (I think one donation, and I think it was to the candidate for the House in a neighboring district who called and asked me personally to give).
Instead, I told the endless series of professional fund-raisers and committed volunteers that I wasn't giving the the DCCC or the DSCC or the candidates because they weren't standing up for liberal values, and had wasted their majority opportunities to legislate for clean water, wholesome food, and energy independence.
It's easy to say that it isn't my actual job to do this work, and it is the job of my elected officials. But I have a part in our democracy as much as everyone else, and I did nothing to help. I thought at the time that I was making an important point. Maybe I was. I don't know.
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Date: 2010-11-04 01:58 pm (UTC)Instead, I told the endless series of professional fund-raisers and committed volunteers that I wasn't giving the the DCCC or the DSCC or the candidates because they weren't standing up for liberal values, and had wasted their majority opportunities to legislate for clean water, wholesome food, and energy independence.
It's easy to say that it isn't my actual job to do this work, and it is the job of my elected officials. But I have a part in our democracy as much as everyone else, and I did nothing to help. I thought at the time that I was making an important point. Maybe I was. I don't know.
K.