Today, I witnessed something magical. When constituents take it upon themselves to act in politics it reminds you that government is still being run in the original way it was intended. As drafted by the founders, the government should be ran by the people. Furthermore, when a man called in to ask for all the zip codes and map of congressional district 8 I was very flustered. I was wondering, what on earth would a man want to do with that. To be honest it seemed pretty creepy to me. When he came in I could not have been further off base. The man was getting information so that he knew where to door knock to rally support for his petition. He told me that everyday he walks door to door asking people to sign his petition challenging the ruling of Roe v. Wade. This man was knowledgeable of Trent's efforts to prevent abortions and knows that Mr. Franks is one of the most outspoken legislatures on this issue yet me wanted to take it even further with a grass roots campaign.
Our political system only works the way its supposed to if the people participate. This can be anywhere from taking on these grassroots campaigns to something as simple as voting. If not, then our government will lose base with the American. The petitioner's leading role in his community goes on to bring the government closer to the people which is what democracy is all about.
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