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Edited on Fri Nov-05-04 04:46 AM by bunkerbuster1
I assume you're too young to remember the complete and utter disaster that was McGovern's campaign. Now, that was a "disasterous election."
Listen to Paul Simon's "American Tune" to get a feel for just how mournful we felt at the time.
Bad as Iraq is, keep in mind that a HELL of a lot more Americans were getting themselves killed in Vietnam at the time. It seemed so painfully obvious that Nixon was evil and yet the country overwhelmingly backed him.
We didn't give up then. We mustn't now.
I'm not writing this to rag on you at all. Hell, I understand. I woke up at 3am with a horrible feeling in my gut. I've been too upset to even write about it, here or in any other forum, in any detail. I've got acquaintances, colleagues, neighbors who voted for Bush that I don't even want to talk to. I live in a fucking RED STATE (having moved from a blue one three years ago) and I'm seeing every one of my most pessimistic presumptins going in being borne out by these people.
So yeah, I'm devastated. And it may be another week before I can do anything positive, locally.
But I will. I will attend a local county-Democrats meeting. I will learn about local races that will matter. I will find others--like a co-worker who's expressed frustration and wants to volunteer time this time--to help build a movement.
You can too. Our party will not die. Those ratfuckers used EVERY dirty trick they had up their sleeve and they barely eked out a "victory." They can pretend, they can pump up their red-staters, but we know the truth, and we know history.
So yeah, go ahead and mourn. It is like a death in the family. But we must pick up and continue to fight for a better world. It's still within our grasp.
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