tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9762062.post4173465316410996803..comments2023-09-28T11:04:39.657-04:00Comments on Called As Seen: Call it...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9762062.post-28818025989298066922008-02-06T10:45:00.000-05:002008-02-06T10:45:00.000-05:00Registering as an independent in Virginia is askin...Registering as an independent in Virginia is asking to be disenfranchised. The truth is, if you want to change things, the answer is to become MORE involved at the grassroots level, not to withdraw from the field entirely. It'll be a long, hard slog, because the Virginia GOP is controlled by folks who don't understand that politics is the art of the possible. But if you get involved and encourage others who think like you to join you, and if you all stay the course and don't pack up your marbles and go home, you may have a chance to make things better. <BR/><BR/>Picking up your marbles and going home in a huff to sulk won't make anything better.<BR/><BR/>Strangely enough, for slightly different reasons, I found myself urging the older of your sisters to become involved at the grassroots level. <BR/><BR/>That whirring sound you hear is my mother spinning in her grave.MLEHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07381870851956754733noreply@blogger.com