Reply #110: I'm sorry, AT, but people *matter* [View All]

[ReadTomPaine]

Anybody isn't good enough. Just look at the damage Bev Harris has done to voting reform if you want an example of what happens when the wrong people are involved with even the best of issues.

Credibility is an important part of any career, esp one in politics, and once lost it's very hard to regain. Simple words won't do the trick. The best indicator of a person's future behavior and effectiveness is a look at their past behavior and accomplishments. One glance at Brazile is enough for me to know this is a toothless gesture at best and an incipient disaster at worst.

I welcome the message, but there are plenty of good messages ruined by the wrong people behind them. She's the wrong person for this, and I frankly doubt her motives. You're right - this is an important issue. Much too important to trust with a person who doesn't have the credibility or the credentials to do the job.

If she wants to help, she can give money and make way for better speakers who have a proven track record on this issue. She should also issue mea-culpas to those she has ridiculed over voting reforms, rather than simply aiming her venom at others inside her own party again and pretending she's been onboard all along.