getting "dab request" on this link
On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 09:45:16 -0400, Angel Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26834-2004Nov4.html?nav%3Dhcmodule&sub=AR > > Remember www.bugmenot.com for logins and passwords > > Don't mourn. Organize. > > Okay, we can mourn a little first. The punch in the stomach that really got blue > Americans singing the blues was George W. Bush's > popular vote lead of more than 3.5 million. > > Let's be honest: We are aghast at the success of a campaign based on vicious > personal attacks, the exploitation of strong religious > feelings and an effort to create the appearance of strong leadership that would do > Hollywood proud. We are alarmed that so many of > our fellow citizens could look the other way and not hold Bush accountable for utter > incompetence in Iraq and for untruths spoken in > defense of the war. We are amazed that a majority was not concerned about heaping a > huge debt burden on our children just to give > large tax breaks to the rich. > > And we are disgusted that an effort consciously designed to divide the country did > exactly that -- and won. With all his failures, > Bush could not count on a whole lot more than 51 percent. Karl Rove and company > calculated perfectly, organized painstakingly, > greatly increased conservative turnout and produced a country divided just their way. > > The opposition should not crawl into a hole or be silent about these things. A > decent respect for the outcome of an election never > requires free citizens to cower before a temporarily dominant majority. There is, on > the contrary, an obligation to stay engaged in > a battle that, as John Edwards says, rages on. > > ----------- > -Gel > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:134534 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
