One statement to Obama
Jan. 19th, 2009 05:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
womzillaOver at The Reality-Based Community, a correspondent of Mark Kleiman's mentions that she may get to shake Obama's hand during the inaugural ceremonies tomorrow. She asked Kleiman for suggestions of what one sentence she should say to the newly minted president.
Kleiman's responses are good (including the amusingly self-serving but still valid "Mark Kleiman knows how to have half as much crime and half as many prisoners") and thoughts about the way to make such a statement or question effective.
I will confess that if I had ten seconds to talk to Obama, I'd probably be self-indulgent, too: "The dirty fucking hippies have been right about every single thing for the last decade; you might try listening to some of them." But I might just echo what I said to my senators during the Social Security battle three years ago: "Clout brings clout. Get things accomplished and you can get even bigger things accomplished as a result."
And you?
Kleiman's responses are good (including the amusingly self-serving but still valid "Mark Kleiman knows how to have half as much crime and half as many prisoners") and thoughts about the way to make such a statement or question effective.
I will confess that if I had ten seconds to talk to Obama, I'd probably be self-indulgent, too: "The dirty fucking hippies have been right about every single thing for the last decade; you might try listening to some of them." But I might just echo what I said to my senators during the Social Security battle three years ago: "Clout brings clout. Get things accomplished and you can get even bigger things accomplished as a result."
And you?
