> p.s. Are we so sure David Bonior DOESN"T side with "the big bucks boys"
> except on a few hot button issues? I think his fans on this list may be
> romanticizing him a bit -- that opposition of Bonior to "blow dried
> clones" for example. Do you really think some fabulous leftist and
> natural man got to be number two (or is it number one) man in Congress?
> That he doesn't cultivate an image? I came across a quote from a
> Congressperson (forget who) who said every DAY he was in office he had
> to raise 3000 dollars. I suspect that particular law of political
> physics has not been suspended in the case of David Bonior.
Apparently the problem is succeeding in politics. If you do, you're wrong. If you don't, you win the support of the few. This is not a formula for progress.
MBS