I heard part of President Obama’s speech from
Chicago last night. He did ask “ordinary
people” to call Biblical neighbors, to raise money, to get out the vote, for “all
of us”.
Since I present myself as an independent blogger
journalist, can I reasonably wear a second cap and hit other people for money
for specific causes?
Even though I am journalist by self-appointment, I
would say, generally no. And I certainly can't behave is an partisan way. And, no, I can't run for office and get other people to raise money for me! (I almost did so in 2000 in Minneapolis, however.)
Having entered the world of self-publishing the way
I did in the late 90s and painting with such a wide brush, I kind of took
myself out of the game for anyone else’s specific cause. I can’t “always be
closing” (and I don’t have a 100 Mile Rule, even for just men). Even the repeal of “don’t ask don’t tell”, which
I think I played a critical part in, grew as a concentric issue to swallow up
everything, as if a moral sinkhole (and not just in Louisiana or Florida).
I get lots of calls daily for specific, narrow
causes and I really don’t have the time for each one of them. No one is more important than all the others,
unless it matches one specific aspect of my life (by talent or social
connection) and I’m in an unusual position to address it.
It’s a shame, perhaps. We all used to be a lot more
sociable.
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