"That Vision Thing"

[RS Davis]

[glow=red,2,300]Vice Presidential Candidate Tamara Millay Wrote:[/glow]"The LP has really had two problems throughout the first thirty years of our existence. We've painted an overly optimistic picture of the present for ourselves, and an overly pessimistic picture of the future for those whose support we seek. Every four years, we go looking for a silver bullet. ... And every four years, we hold back from emphasizing the true benefits, the real impact, the better times that characterize the changes we want to make and the society we want to build. We undersell ourselves. ... We do this in the name of realism, but what's really underneath it all is a subtle cowardice -- a fear of promising too much, lest we be written off as silly or unrealistic. But who's being unrealistic?"

- Rick