Not as hopeless as yesterday -- for those without hope today --

[DeepModem Mom]

I lost all hope yesterday. I thought the horror of the war, and the revelations of impeachable offenses from Woodward, had brought us to the point where the airwaves would be full of news of the beginning of the end of Bush. We got far less fall-out than expected, and, in some polls, Bush's approval rose.

I'm some better today. For those still wihout hope, and newly without hope, I offer a few words, which may or may not help.

Sometimes just given a little time, a hopeless funk lifts. Oddly, HamdemRice's thread, "Does Bush's Walk Bother Anyone Else?" helped -- what a cathartic GD outpouring! And talking to my Gen Y daughter almost always helps. She says even if the worst happens, and Bush wins, it helps her already to know, from being involved in primary meet-ups and as the campaign gets started, that there are so many people on our side -- people she has met, plus the Jon Stewarts and Al Frankens who entertain us with truth. And she hasn't read "The Emerging Democratic Majority," but she sees a better time coming as her generation emerges and grows up. She says, "We skew young, we skew Hispanic, and we are the future." She says even many conservatives her age have a liberal mindset on issues of tolerance, and think more globally than their elders.

I also have a quotation from "Harry Potter" posted above my desk. I think our "Voldemort" is already in power, but all is not yet lost, and the idea that there is value in keeping on fighting even if delay is the only accomplishment gives me strength:

Dumbledore to Harry -- "Harry, while you may only have delayed (the return to power of the evil Voldemort), it will merely take someone else who is prepared to fight what seems a losing battle next time -- and if he is delayed again and again, why, he may never return to power."

If good people keep working, if only to delay the complete loss of what our country has been, and leave something of it to our kids, the wheel, I hope, will eventually turn.

[the Kelly Gang]

1. It is a bizarre time..the more he is exposed as the monster he is, the

more his supporters heap praise upon him

[Atman]

2. Thanks. Great post!

eom

[Arugula Latte]

3. Good post.

This damn campaign is a rollercoaster; let's never lose sight of that.

Someone said the thing about conventional wisdom is it's right until, well, it isn't right anymore.

"Things fall apart." Let's hope that applies to the impression of Bush omnipotence.

[seabeyond]

4. gosh i hear you

the universal law that allows me faith, which is an unseen know.......

look what they are attacking now with kerry. his military. i sit and say to ed last nite, do you know what a purple heart is. all "men" not military know what purple heart is. how it was handed out in Vietnam. i made him define out loud, and said, yup, that is what it means.

are republicans being assholes?..........with bush record? i ask

this morning more and more and Kerry says, you want to put bush next to me, lets go

all the old vet mouthing on this morning turned off TV. the thing though, bush brought up the worst thing about who he is. all these hawks who didn't battle, yet have created, is reminding the nation what assholes they are and chickens.

so interesting how bush himself so willingly f*cks up, and why i say, people have to be saying, man dude we are trying to support you, but you make it so hard with your stupid

just throwing out the yuk i have been feeling of late, lol lol could be a venting thread, so we can come to peace, and get back to work, and screw yawl.........

last nite my 9 year old reading with a little lite, at 10, he doesn't sleep much and reads a lot. i told ed, yup, your little fancy pants elitist i am creating. and laughed at his republican so. was tipping on my toes. my husband is an intellectual snob, yet republican, so this is hard for him to hear his party embrace stupid.