I love Alan Grayson's campaign. You may know him as "the congressman with guts." Every day he teaches me something. Of all the announcements he's sent out over this election season, this is my favorite. If we had a House and Senate full of Alans, what a wonderful Congress it would be.
We spend so much time thinking about who will be elected to office, and so little time thinking about what they will do when they get there. Campaign consultants tell candidates that promises are inconvenient; you might have to keep them. And candidates dance around the issues as though they were lit firecrackers.
Not me. Here are my goals, after Nov. 6:
(1) Full employment.
(2) Universal healthcare.
(3) Taking corporate money out of politics and government.
(4) Reinstituting progressive taxation, to reduce the deficit and the debt.
(5) Ending corporate welfare.
(6) Improving labor standards, including pensions, sick leave and paid vacations.
(7) Ending discrimination against minorities, women and gays.
(8) Providing higher education to every student who wants it.
(9) Ending the war, bringing the troops home, and reining in the military-industrial complex.
(10) Reducing the brutal and pervasive inequality in American life.
If only President Obama would take charge and say in simple terms, "This is what I will do when elected to a second term." We want to hear it from you, Mr. President. You'll have plenty of chances to say it. Just say it!
Remember when Alan Grayson got the only standing ovation that anyone has ever had on The Bill Maher Show:
Alan Grayson has the courage to tell us what he stands for and that he will fight for us. Show Alan the love and send him a few bucks if you can spare it.
He has a great sense humor, too.
Don't try this at home.
Let's send Alan Grayson back to Congress!