Let me begin with a disclaimer, I'm not much of a writer and know even less about blogging.
Now that we have that out of the way, I've been a lurking member of this great, diverse community for about a year now. I have chimed in with comments but felt I really didn't have anything substantial to bring forward in a diary. So basically this is an opinion piece.
I'm sure a lot of people reading this were invited by DFA to take part in their presidential push poll where folks vote for their dream candidates. I call this a 'sort of' diary because below the fold is my answer to their question, "tell us why your write-in choice should be the Democratic candidate". Here we go,
Reply to DFA poll 11/17/ 2k14
Alan Grayson is a populist in the style of sens. Warren and Sanders but accustomed to slugging it out with the Know - Nothings in congress.
He has worked doggedly on behalf of his constituents and the rest of the country to actually get bills passed in the House that work for everyone's benefit.
He has put the actual Democratic agenda forward and stands behind his every action to improve the lives of EVERY American citizen, not just the lucky folks in Orlando.
Congressman Grayson has demonstrated his ability to work with the opposition without capitulation or "grand bargains" to use as appeasement. We need a president who will actually put the citizenry first without concern over political fallout.
Not to say that Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are not also fine candidates in the same right, but with the newly elected contingent of bought and paid for senators, we need these voices of reason in the Senate now more than ever.
Alan Grayson's approach to growing the economy is pretty simple; stop being the world's overzealous police force and wasting trillions of dollars to do so. Plenty of work to do here at home that doesn't involve bombing/invading sovereign nations to feed the overbloated military - industrial budget. This is probably the biggest reason I couldn't before and cannot now support a Wall st. war hawk such as Hillary Clinton.
I could go on ( and on, and... ) but this is my position.
I have no money to donate to any candidate, I have no strings I can pull, all I have is one vote, and mr. Grayson that goes to you. Thank you for your excellent service to our country.
Well hey, they asked me why. BTW #2&3 were Sanders and Warren. So this is my foray into the mix, I hope there's water in the pool when I jump. Thanks DN13