It's been quite a few weeks. Missouri had our primary- my reluctant choices for congress and city treasurer won, while my passionate choices for sheriff, state senate, and state house lost. More importantly, there was yet another massacre in Wisconsin. I've outlined my thoughts on gun control in the previous post, but I think that the rise of right-wing extremism and overwhelming prejudice make it all the more important to our republic. Not only is failure to act dangerous to all citizens, but it also puts minorities at greater risk of bodily harm. We need real gun control, not just enforcement of existing laws, and not government by the Rick Perrys, Phil Gramms and Charleton Hestons. Our policy is "any gun, anywhere, any time", and over the past two weeks we've seen bloody reminders of how dangerous that is. Good luck and heartfelt apologies to the victims.
On a lighter note, I've been preparing to take the next step in supporting Justice Party candidate Mayor Ross "Rocky" Anderson for president. His campaign is conducting a write-in effort in Wisconsin, where I attend school so I will be able to vote for him. There is, however a snag. Wisconsin law requires any candidate to have a slate of electors representing each of Wisconsin's 8 districts pledged to him, to go vote in the electoral college in the (in this case unlikely) event he is to win the state. The campaign has none yet recruited. I therefore am pleased to announce to you all my candidacy for Presidential Elector of Wisconsin on behalf of Rocky Anderson, and my search for fellow candidates from all of Wisconsin's districts. I ask all of you to rack your brains to think of friends you have in any part of the Badger state, preferably crazy left-wingers like me, but anyone willing and registered to vote will suffice. To reiterate, this is not an onerous task- it consists of filling out a form, which I will mail or otherwise provide to the prospective candidates, sent to the board of elections before October 23d.
If you know anyone in the 1st, 3d, 4th-(yay, Congresswoman Moore!), 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th districts who may be interested, please notify me!
In Solidarity
Genosse Graham
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