Yesterday, I watched a fairly old movie, "Bulworth," starring Warren Beatty and Halle Berry, for the first time. The movie is about a fictional United States senator during the Clinton era. It was humorous for a good part of the time and politically illuminating as well since it pretty much confirmed all the cynicism that I have about the two major political parties in America, and even Senator Bulworth, himself, after his self-redeeming metamorphosis, observed that the Democrats and Republicans were one and the same; in other words, members of the same self-ingratiating club that are hardly working in the interests of common folks. I thought the stereotype of the black neighborhood in the movie was over the top and a little ridiculous, but overall the movie was interesting and entertaining, especially from a political standpoint.
If only Bulworth's observational and filtering-out-malarkey skills in America were more prevalent when it comes to politics, because I don't know how many people that I've come across while campaigning in the Ninth District that have said they were voting "Democrat" no matter what, but there were a lot. I guess no matter if an independent or third party candidate, or a maverick Republican for that matter, were even more in line with the alleged Democratic Party philosophy. Smith, the rightist Democrat in this district, may get an automatic 33% of the vote even though he has voted for a host of things that have not been in the interests of common folks, such as Wall Street bail-outs, in which the bankers and financiers in turn have used those taxpayers' funds, in part, to reward themselves with individual million and multi-million dollar bonuses. An outrageous waste of taxpayers' money, but many keep voting for labels instead of paying close attention to all the candidates for who they are and what they represent, despite the label they wear or, if independents, don't wear. Turning back "label" voting through education and campaigning, as challenging as that is, takes monetary contributions, so my campaign can use any that you can send. Thanks.
-- Mark Greene, Candidate for U.S. Representative, 9th District of Washington
[Originally posted on Commoner on 4/7/14 and revised.]
If only Bulworth's observational and filtering-out-malarkey skills in America were more prevalent when it comes to politics, because I don't know how many people that I've come across while campaigning in the Ninth District that have said they were voting "Democrat" no matter what, but there were a lot. I guess no matter if an independent or third party candidate, or a maverick Republican for that matter, were even more in line with the alleged Democratic Party philosophy. Smith, the rightist Democrat in this district, may get an automatic 33% of the vote even though he has voted for a host of things that have not been in the interests of common folks, such as Wall Street bail-outs, in which the bankers and financiers in turn have used those taxpayers' funds, in part, to reward themselves with individual million and multi-million dollar bonuses. An outrageous waste of taxpayers' money, but many keep voting for labels instead of paying close attention to all the candidates for who they are and what they represent, despite the label they wear or, if independents, don't wear. Turning back "label" voting through education and campaigning, as challenging as that is, takes monetary contributions, so my campaign can use any that you can send. Thanks.
-- Mark Greene, Candidate for U.S. Representative, 9th District of Washington
[Originally posted on Commoner on 4/7/14 and revised.]
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