Reply #37: There's hope. There's always hope. [View All]

[RandomKoolzip]

It might be time for many of us to simply put aside politics for a little while, just a few days, concentrate on things that make us happy, get our lives in order, excersize, and be grateful for the things you have and those around you who love you. Take stock; it's not the end of the world.

And like I've been saying in the other forums, once we dust ourselves off from this debacle, the activism that has sprung from Bush's presidency like a benign tumor will only spread, harden, get organized, become more powerful. Bush 04=Nixon 72. I seriously predict that he won't last his full second term; there's Plame, Halliburton, the Iraquagmire, etc. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong; so what? 1968 was more heady than this, if our parents are to be believed. What we've learned from the last four years is that we DO have a voice: we helped push voter turnout to previously unheard of levels, and Dems DID win some decisive victories in other parts of the country. I know *I* personally feel better that Barack Obama is on his way to become the first black president and that he won over a RW religious fanatic whose sole platform issue was "Christian Vlaues." In Illinois, we're all happy that we kicked the Pukes out, for the most part (Hastert is still there, grrrrrrr).

But right now, look around you: we're still the same people with the same dreams, the same talents and the same ideals. Concentrate on being a better person yourself and loving those close to you more than you ever have before. And no, I haven't turned into Deepak Chopra. I just think that we need to consider that in the long run, we HAVE NOT LOST.



This is a movement now, and it may take thirty years, but we'll get there.