<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Lord moves in mysterious
ways. I guess it's just as well that, for financial and personal
reasons, I cannot run for public office right now. <br>
<br>
My dream had been to a start a "Green Revolutoin" in inner-city Los
Angeles by running a vigorous campaign as a Green for a partisan office
like state assembly. I imagined Barack Obama being kicked to the curb by the Democratic Establishment and I'd run out to all the disappointed and dissilusioned folks in my neighborhood and say: <br>
<br>
"See! <br>
Democrats Ain't Shit! <br>
Vote for Me! <br>
Vote Green! <br>
Support the Cynthia McKinney Team <br>
Send 'em a Message!" <br>
<br>
Well, on top of everything else that hasn't gone according to plan, my representative to the state assembly, Karen Bass, has been
elected the first Black woman to lead a state legislative body in the
United States. <br>
<br>
First, Barack Obama caught fire. Now, Karen is replacing Nunez. <br>
<br>
Damn! <br>
<br>
Let's get real. No Green brotha is going to be able to stand against this. Not this
year. <br>
<br>
My Green Dreams are going to have to be put on hold a little
longer. One of the unintended consequences of Obamamania is
that it *WILL* prop up the Big City Democratic Party Machines a while longer. <br>
<br>
If Obama gets elected,
then for sure, they'll have more money to steal next year. <br>
<br>
(sigh)<br>
<br>
Alex Walker <br>
Los Angeles Greens</font><div id='u8CA494AAB6325D1-7E0-60B9' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Supercharge your AIM. Get the <A title="http://download.aim.com/client/aimtoolbar?NCID=aolcmp00300000002586" href="http://download.aim.com/client/aimtoolbar?NCID=aolcmp00300000002586" target="_blank">AIM toolbar</A> for your browser.</FONT> </div>