luluwhit - 2016-10-19 8:38 AM  “In ancient Athens, politics was a glorious word. It was the word used as an antidote to autocracy. And now, these rascals in politics, this two-party elected dictatorship has turned politics into such a dirty word, that the whole idea of elected public service is now distasteful to thousands and thousands of wonderful people in this country. That’s when I said, ‘Okay, that’s the final straw. I have got to step forward.’”



I watched a very interesting PBS documentary last night (or i caught the end of it anyway and had to watch the whole thing then after the fact)