General Discussion

I saw a young lady was going to primary ten-term incombent Joseph Crowley. He was what I considered an establishment Democrat, and the chair of the Democratic Caucus. Now, I was in no way "anti-Crowley," and in fact thought he might be a good candidate in the district he actually lived in.

But there was an excitement in AOC's campaign, despite the establishment thinking she had no chance. They made it sound like she had no political experience, though I knew of her connections to Senator Ted Kennedy and Bernie. So the very afternoon I heard about her, I texted her campaign. An hour later, I was on the telephone with them.

At that time, I thought of a brash young heavyweight contender named Cassius Clay, who was preparing to fight the legendary, all-time great light heavyweight champion, Archie Moore. Cassius created the following poem:

"Archie's been living off the fat of the land.
I'm here to give him his pension plan."

I think we need more young contenders such as Cassius and AOC in the party. I'm never offended when someone points out to a problem in our party, for I never encourage anyone to be a bleeting sheep in a herd. Just not my way of doing things.