and, what's the deal with williamson?

she'd be a good speechwriter, if she isn't one already. in terms of memorable statements, she blew everybody else away, and she stated a lot of correct-sounding things (mostly about root causes) while everybody else was focusing on the banality of modern retail politics. she doesn't have the numbers for the moderators to take her seriously, and they didn't. but, in a sense i think she represents the future of the left better than anybody else on stage....both in good ways and bad ways.

she said a couple of things that will likely end any further ambitions she has in politics. you can't use terms like "dark, psychic energy" in a serious audience of any sort and expect not to get laughed out of the room. but, as is usually the case with hippies and other people that exist in the apolitical side of the libertarian left, if somebody could sit her down and work out an actual analysis with her, then she'd probably be quick to get her head around it, so long as she doesn't try too hard to hold on to her charms and spells and idols, as the imperialists pull them out of her hands. in that sense, she both represents hope for the party's future and a cautionary tale of how it may end up, if it's not rescued from the mystics and gurus.

we'll avoid quoting seminal dead kennedy's tunes, for the moment.