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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: NO ONE is in a greater state of denial than the Democratic Party [View all]Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)22. I've got this unshakeable hope.
Keep the faith. This is an epic shift happening. If the dark forces capture this battle, it will likely be their last.
Nobody, no oily greedy group of powerhungry warmongers & all their Friends & Relations, has more power than the human heart when it joins an idea whose time has come.
There will be just desserts for all in due time. The meek might even inherit the earth after all. We must not use our imaginations poorly -- because the beautiful Hope -- that muse of all things good & possible -- is inside you and me. I hang on tight. It makes EVERYTHING look so much better.
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Fortunately, I have never been afraid to march to the beat of my own drum, or so I've been told.
Skwmom
May 2016
#2
Well as my mom use to say "Just because everyone else is jumping off a bridge should you join them."
Skwmom
May 2016
#5
Fortunately, I'm one of those people where stuff like that is like water off a duck's back.
Skwmom
May 2016
#6
Yet we can give tax loopholes to billionaires so the can compile more billions. n/t
Skwmom
May 2016
#39
" one of them does not even live in the country and has what the rest need." Bingo! nt
antigop
May 2016
#31
Bernie fandom is the weirdest mix of optimism and cynicism I've ever witnessed.
ContinentalOp
May 2016
#21
I see the world as it is, but I never lose hope of what it can be. To do so would be letting them
Skwmom
May 2016
#26
Job zero in any potential Clinton administration will be making absolutely positively sure
Fumesucker
May 2016
#32
Bernie needs to run third party, perhaps at the head of the Green Party ticket
BernieforPres2016
May 2016
#27