i'm thinking about going into politics. i'm not saying i want to run for office, but i wouldn't mind fundraising, marketing, campaign staff, etc. something really strange happens when you hit thirty... you gain weight, enjoy documentaries more than rock concerts, and you actually start looking at not only the "big picture", which i feel i have always done, but the "right picture" - the point of view matched with personal action.
heady stuff. my summation of this week - the nation has gone red. although the heavily populated, progressive states held onto reality. in '08 there will be no middling. there will be no centrist pacification. america had it's chance, they made a clear, legal choice. they have four years. the democrats played nice.
kerry was respectful, truthful and honorable. in return, he was smeared for a life of service and duty. we on the left figured america would vote based on truth. this was not the case. they voted squarely on faith based issues. i respect their votes, and i think wide-spread acceptance of faith is a good thing. but these faith issues are limiting, not expanding national freedoms. '08 will likely, be a hostile takeover. once the dnc realizes that uplifting the progressive christians in america, rather than bashing the "lost-cause" evangelical right, we'll have more than enough votes.
i'm confident, and i can wait. it reminds me of a bumper sticker i bought once, but never used - "what is right, is not always popular, what is popular is not always right." it is kinda jingoistic, but appropriate.
i'm ok with being in the minority for now. i always have been. i suspect that the mobilization begins today. maybe orwell was off by 20 years. look how dangerously close we came, just 3 years after 9/11. nobody thought on 9/11 that a democrat would even come close. imagine what we can accomplish with four more years of strategy. the majority rules. them's the brakes. that's the system, and it's a flawed, but just system. there will be no "healing" or falling in line with bush's agendas, we will do everything to shed light on his actions and policies. welcome to thunderdome...
heady stuff. my summation of this week - the nation has gone red. although the heavily populated, progressive states held onto reality. in '08 there will be no middling. there will be no centrist pacification. america had it's chance, they made a clear, legal choice. they have four years. the democrats played nice.kerry was respectful, truthful and honorable. in return, he was smeared for a life of service and duty. we on the left figured america would vote based on truth. this was not the case. they voted squarely on faith based issues. i respect their votes, and i think wide-spread acceptance of faith is a good thing. but these faith issues are limiting, not expanding national freedoms. '08 will likely, be a hostile takeover. once the dnc realizes that uplifting the progressive christians in america, rather than bashing the "lost-cause" evangelical right, we'll have more than enough votes.
i'm confident, and i can wait. it reminds me of a bumper sticker i bought once, but never used - "what is right, is not always popular, what is popular is not always right." it is kinda jingoistic, but appropriate.
i'm ok with being in the minority for now. i always have been. i suspect that the mobilization begins today. maybe orwell was off by 20 years. look how dangerously close we came, just 3 years after 9/11. nobody thought on 9/11 that a democrat would even come close. imagine what we can accomplish with four more years of strategy. the majority rules. them's the brakes. that's the system, and it's a flawed, but just system. there will be no "healing" or falling in line with bush's agendas, we will do everything to shed light on his actions and policies. welcome to thunderdome...