I think that if the typical voter were to see the proposals for change moving forward that De. El-Sayed is making, that voter would run to the poll booth, singing and dancing with joy to vote him into office. I'm planning to send him my widow's mite of a contribution for the same reason. Enough of the billionate bros; enough.
I love this guy. He got my attention during your first interview with him when he plainly and succinctly diagnosed the disease ravaging American democracy: money in politics is why broadly popular policies never ever succeed, despite who's in office. It explained so much that was puzzling to me and made it all click into place. To have a candidate who truly sees that, says it, and is fully committed to the cure is everything right now!
Anand - Please tell Abu that a New Yorker buys his message 100%. It's what's needed and he does it the way it's needed to be said. Shoulder-to-shoulder, plain english, no histrionics. You don't need to be an Ivy League Lawyer to understand. The BIG ISSUE is: "How do I know You'll do what You say?" His answer is 'good' but it needs to be better. After all, our politicians claimed, political promises, have been broken so many times that The People have rightly lost Trust. The data show a downward trend for the past 50 years. What can he do to bullet-proof his promises? Simple. Make this PLEDGE: If I don't keep my promise on Affordable Health Care, or Education or Living Wage Jobs ...) I WILL RESIGN. Moreover, I'll tell my constituency exactly who and what has blocked me and who benefits by that. Does this mean I'm a quitter? No!. How will you know? I PLEDGE to tell my constituency and the nation what's blocking progress, who's behind it and why - on a weekly basis. We've reached a point in our politics that Americans need a Performance Guarantee. Hell, you even get one on a dish-washer. Americans don't like to be stuck with an equivocator for years. We want Progress on our majority issues and we don't want to be fooled again. If Abu is elected - and he's smart - he'll convince his righteous, freshmen colleagues to join him. Call it The Pledge of Honesty. The message they send by doing this will undoubtedly inform voters of all stripes the role of Big Money Donations in blocking The Common Will and the Common Good.
Thanks for this. I first started paying attention to Abdul El-Sayed during your interview with him in 2025. For a while, I was torn between Abdul and Mallory McMorrow, but for several months (before she dropped out), have been supporting Abdul. That 2025 interview was great. https://anandwrites.substack.com/p/abdul-el-sayed-speaks-out?r=bjiv&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
I think that if the typical voter were to see the proposals for change moving forward that De. El-Sayed is making, that voter would run to the poll booth, singing and dancing with joy to vote him into office. I'm planning to send him my widow's mite of a contribution for the same reason. Enough of the billionate bros; enough.
I love this guy. He got my attention during your first interview with him when he plainly and succinctly diagnosed the disease ravaging American democracy: money in politics is why broadly popular policies never ever succeed, despite who's in office. It explained so much that was puzzling to me and made it all click into place. To have a candidate who truly sees that, says it, and is fully committed to the cure is everything right now!
Anand - Please tell Abu that a New Yorker buys his message 100%. It's what's needed and he does it the way it's needed to be said. Shoulder-to-shoulder, plain english, no histrionics. You don't need to be an Ivy League Lawyer to understand. The BIG ISSUE is: "How do I know You'll do what You say?" His answer is 'good' but it needs to be better. After all, our politicians claimed, political promises, have been broken so many times that The People have rightly lost Trust. The data show a downward trend for the past 50 years. What can he do to bullet-proof his promises? Simple. Make this PLEDGE: If I don't keep my promise on Affordable Health Care, or Education or Living Wage Jobs ...) I WILL RESIGN. Moreover, I'll tell my constituency exactly who and what has blocked me and who benefits by that. Does this mean I'm a quitter? No!. How will you know? I PLEDGE to tell my constituency and the nation what's blocking progress, who's behind it and why - on a weekly basis. We've reached a point in our politics that Americans need a Performance Guarantee. Hell, you even get one on a dish-washer. Americans don't like to be stuck with an equivocator for years. We want Progress on our majority issues and we don't want to be fooled again. If Abu is elected - and he's smart - he'll convince his righteous, freshmen colleagues to join him. Call it The Pledge of Honesty. The message they send by doing this will undoubtedly inform voters of all stripes the role of Big Money Donations in blocking The Common Will and the Common Good.
Interesting interview - lots of challenges ahead