Stretch or not, Donuel, can you point out any elected fedweral offical who has had such a positive influence on kids who might be headed toward a life of the gang???

That was my point...

I'm just looking at the value of this man today... Not 25 years ago... But today!!!

Hey, ain't 'nuff positive role models out there...

And that is why I compared this man to MLK and RFK... They, too, were role modles with lots to say about non-violence and social justice...

I ain't sayin' that Tookie is an equal but he, at least for the last decade, has been on the correct side of the equation...

This country doesn't need loose any more voices of reason...

Bobert