On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 10:35:02 -0800 (PST), kerri miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm pretty depressed right now, living in a country that wants to legislate > me out of existence, an administration that lies to me and encourages hate > and violence toward my tribe. I weep, and today can no longer find the > strength to care. Disillusioned, angry, tired.. where to start? I'm not > welcome in Red States - in parts of them I can be killed (and I point
You can take maybe heart in the fact that in many red states, the margin of victory was only 5-10%. But on the other hand, that was the margin for many blue states as well. The whole red/blue state thing distorts perceptions of a lot of states, IMHO - particularly the swing states. > anyone who thinks that's hyperbole remember Matthew Shepard and Brandon > Teena). Americans had the truth shown to them, and they chose lies, > division, and incompetance. How do you change that? Living in the > NorthWest, who went astoundingly Blue, I've no opportunity to make a > difference or change the direction of my country. What happens now - are > the Dems going to realign around an idealogue who can keep them chugging > along until the next time they're doomed to failure? We shut up, held our > noses about Kerry, and what did it get us? So what is your recommendation for the democrats next time? A centrist like Clinton? Or going for something like "getting back to the roots of the party" or Dean's "democratic wing of the Democrat party"? Interesting link I found while googling the Dean quote - it's from last year but suggests a new (old) direction for Democrats: http://www.ndol.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=127&subid=900056&contentid=251690 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
