Platform of Truth

A Platform of Truth:

transcripts from selected documentary interviews. 

Abigail Levy,

The Candidate

I decided to run on a whim.  I was fed up with everything I heard on the news.  I’d worked, I’d raised our kids, now I had time to do something useful on a bigger scale — if that doesn’t sound too naive. 

 Nancy Clarkson,

The Candidate’s Friend

You know, most people get angry at the way politics doesn’t work, and then they don’t do anything about it.  They sign some petitions, put up articles on Facebook, have some heated discussions with friends.  But for Abby? — classic zero to sixty.  One day she walked into my office and announced she’d done her research, filled out the forms and paid the filing fees. 

Of course, I was surprised.  Who really does that?

Abby and I have known each other since the eighties.  Since even before she knew Marten.

Yes, she asked me to manage her campaign.  What can I say?  She’s a big believer in rising to the occasion, so my lack of experience wasn’t as important to her as my politics and my organizational abilities.

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