Holy Jesus! (And if you know me, you know how respectfully I mean that.) I just watched the new Randy Bryce video. I've never seen a campaign video anything like it. There's not even a photo-- let a lone a mention-- of Bryce or a clue it's a campaign video until about 3:20 minutes into this 3:54 minute video. In fact, I don't think Bryce's name is never mentioned. I guess this is the closest this tragic poem about the opioid crisis comes:
Most politicians can't empathize for those people,and we need more politicians who can.Now more then ever,we need hope in a country that feels like its falling apart.You know, we can still save it and bring us back together.
You gotta watch this thing; it's heavy. It's who this candidate is, even if he's not in it.And what a contrast it makes-- again, without a mention-- between Bryce and the corporate lawyer and heartless outsourcer who's running against him! Eric, the kid who narrates this thing is a star; he sure had me crying my eyes out. The video doesn't ask anyone to vote for Bryce or to volunteer for his campaign-- which is running on a grassroots engine and needs volunteers-- or to even contribute to the campaign. So allow me to do that. You can contribute to Randy's campaign directly by clicking on the thermometer on the right. Paul Ryan got chased out of his reelection bid by Randy, but he picked a clone to run in his stead and Ryan's corporate-financed SuperPAC is paying for his campaign. Randy will never raise enough money to compete with the $55 million Adelson gave Ryan for his PAC, nor the dozens of other conservative millionaires and billionaires who want to keep the tax cuts for the rich flowing... while they work to cut back Social Security, Medicare, education, progress on the environment and everything else we call part of the progress the U.S. has made. But he just needs enough to keep getting his message out to the voters in southeast Wisconsin. If Bryce gets into Congress, he's not going to be anything like Paul Ryan, with his politics of divisiveness and his politics of selfishness. Randy's one of us, one of the 99%... and it's baked into the cake. He'll never forget it. I can guarantee you that.
