Quote of the Week

Quote of the Week -- Howard Dean is guest posting on Lawrence Lessig's blog next week. Slashdot noted it, and the usual rantings ensued. One voice of sanity: that of Joe Trippi, Dean's campaign manager, where he said:

And we are not trying to kid anybody -- particularly anyone here -- we know we ain't perfect -- and that we don't get it all -- but we are trying to get it -- trying to reach out to everyone using every tool we can -- because as someone who you will probably regard as a political hack -- who has worked on 6 Presidential campaigns -- I can tell you what you already know -- ITS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY -- The only way to put power back in people's hands is for the people to buy their government back. A million to two million Americans contributing $100 each or whatever they can -- will be a force that will not only win the Presidency -- but will also strike enough fear into everyone else in Washington -- that we can change our country's politics. The biggest challenge is to cut through people's cynicism -- nothing will change if we can not get beyond that and get people to participate in their self-government again -- and believe that together we have the power to protect our rights, and our civil liberties, and reclaim our government.

[from Backup Brain]

The idea of buying an election...of buying other's votes...is not new. The idea of buying one's own vote is something else again. It's something I can even afford.