I, like many people who read here, have been in an altered state of consciousness since 11/9/16. 11/9 isn’t near so snazzy as 9/11 … or is it?
I know there are people on this site who are making a lot of calls to their representatives about what we oppose. That’s awesome. It’s working. We stopped the Muslim ban. We stopped the Obamacare repeal. We didn’t stop Gorsuch, but we made the Rs do stupid shit over it. We’re making them look as stupid as they are.
Now, here’s what I want to do in addition. I want us to turn our attention to getting kick-ass legislation introduced. I want every Democrat to be talking about what legislation they have introduced or sponsored that will be good for everyday Americans, things that will energize us, not scare the shit out of us. Then I want all of us to show up in force in town halls and on our representative’s phone lines and at their home offices to make it happen.
Give me bills I can support, and I’ll ring your phone off the hook!
Wouldn’t it be cool if the “out of power” party showed that it has the power after all?
What are the bills we need to be calling our representatives to support? How can we get our representatives to introduce more bills that do us good? How can we establish an early chain that gives them so much momentum that they’ll get passed? That’s what I want to know.
I think we have an opportunity here.