Reply #13: Apathy will kill Democracy [View All]

That's why I can't be "over it". I've never, in my 49 years, been remotely politically inclined, but I am now. I couldn't ignore what was going on around me, and the more I learned the more appalled I became. I was slightly interested 2 years ago, now I'm convinced democracy IS at stake, and I'm a lot more than slightly interested. I DO have trouble believing that many people voted for Bush, and I also believe if not acted on now, all elections "forevermore" (if we even bother to have them) will be locked up. It may not benefit us to assume that, but in my opinion, it's most likely the truth. HOW can we be "over it"? Given what we know about these people, how can anyone be over it? I like democracy far too much to be "over it", and I won't be over it until the last vote has been counted, the last investigation conducted, the last question answered. There is strength in numbers, and DU has given me hope. We have people who should be in jail running the country, people who were never elected in the first place, people who are gaining more and more control over our lives everyday, and now thinking they have a "mandate". No, I can't be "over it". I wouldn't fight in a war created by Bush, but I'd sure as hell fight in a war to save our democracy - or what's left of it, anyway. It's not about John Kerry - it's about DEMOCRACY.