WHY NOT? THINK ABOUT IT

 Who do we want, who do we need to lead the snowballing movement to preserve, strengthen and, aye, extend democracy?
What sort of experience does such a person need?
Certainly we want one who will know what we're supposed to be about as a country. For myself, that means the above. And that means putting on the gas for 1) strengthening and extending the safety net for all of us 2) adding all adults to the voting rolls 3) the 'greening' of our economy, pushing renewable energies and regenerative agriculture forward 4) an abject apology to our traditional allies, reopening USAID and behavior abroad much more in line with what we profess and/or aspire to be.
We DON'T want anyone with connections to interests tied largely to the obscenely rich. This last will probably exclude most white male politicians and officeholders, so we may have a problem with getting the group I call doughfaced dinkyjohnnies on board. But will we need them? Unsure about that.
And how much 'political experience' would such a leader need? If we're holding out for officeholder experience, it may have to be either a woman or a man of color.
But allow me to ask a question: at any game, who actually sees the most of what's actually happening? The participants or the spectators? Think about it.
What about someone who has watched politics since a young age (twelve, in my case) but didn't dive in because they already saw the amount of actual public service time diminishing and the time spent raising campaign funds mushrooming, and said 'no' to that?
Again, think about it.
For myself, I would LOVE to see Jasmine Crockett, on whom I have a positively tremendous (political?) crush and whom I call 'Queen of the Texas frontier', win a presidential election! Question is, is that possible yet? We Democrats ran women twice and narrowly lost both times, thanks largely, imo, to the group I call 'doughfaced dinkyjohnnies' which, again imo, explains why they just couldn't bring themselves to vote for a woman!
In any case, I have NO connections to ANY billionaires or other power brokers. I have watched politics since I was almost twelve and I hope I've 'loined' a thing or two about them. I would do all I could for the four urgencies I've listed above. While it's not a job I really want (I have history I want to write at some point and I ain't no spring chicken, as the saying goes) I feel duty-bound to at least put myself forward as willing to serve our country if called to this. And I am an aging pale male with an impeccably English family name. And religiously Protestant into the bargain.
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