I'VE GONE AND DONE IT.
A month ago I volunteered to help the Dean Campaign in New Hampshire on the weekend before the primary. I'm truly excited about this, my first turn at national politics, because I feel I can make a difference in the course of the presidential process. I want Dean to win, of course, but I would be satisfied with Kerry or Clark winning the primary. At heart I'm an ABB voter. But Gov. Dean has hit all the high points for me--he did that on CSPAN last spring when he appeared on Tom Harkin's "From the Heartland" series. No one else captures my anger and frustration with the Democratic Party like Howard Dean does. Where were all the Democratic Party leaders (Kerry, Lieberman, Edwards) during the party's massacre in 2002?

I like Dean's track record in Vermont, especially in the way he managed to get medical insurance for so many people...and children. Repeal the Bush tax cuts? Hell, yeah! Taxes are what we pay to operate our society. The wealthy benefit more from our society (and our government) and therefore should pay more in taxes. Period. Even if you believe that cutting taxes is going to spur the economy, wouldn't you cut taxes for the people most likely to pump that money back into the economy? That ain't the rich folks. That's the poor and middle income population. By the way, tax "relief" is a peculiar phrase. It means being relieved of your responsibility to support your country. Tax "fairness" is a much better construct: supporting your country based on what you get from it.

Anyway, I'm off to NH on Saturday. I intend to keep this blog updated with notes and pictures...stay tuned.