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D.C. & the Vote: He Keeps the Faith
Despite years of setbacks, "I'm an optimist," says Sterling Tucker.
(Lynne Duke - Twp)
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Once we got an elected form of government, what I thought would be the case was as the Congress and the country saw that we could govern, that we would get more and more power.
Why hasn't there been more of a movement involving masses of people over all these years?
I think it's because the federal government is not oppressive to Washington. If it were, then they would feel it. Most people, I think too many people, feel it is a philosophical argument, one which does not touch their lives, affect their daily living.
Do you think that younger folks view people of your generation as people who didn't get it done?
Well, that's a very good question, because if they did they'd be correct. But you've got to take the long view of this issue and the question is: Is progress being made toward it? . . . I think my generation advanced the ball.
You've been here before. You've been at this point before. So is there any sense of a cynical view about this?
I'm not really a cynic about anything. I'm an optimist. I get more done being that way. Being a cynic is a personal state of mind, and it takes your energy away and takes you out of the ballgame. So I think that things that are good for society generally will always have an opportunity in a democratic process of coming to reality.
Do you think you'll live to see full representation?
No. Nope, I don't have that expectation at all. But I hope it will come.
