Reply #22: The remedies are Hope and Knowledge [View All]

Hope - that our nation is not going to go down under this insignificant little man who embarrasses me every time he opens his mouth. Even after I voted for him in 2000 (God forgive me!) I cringed whenever I heard one of his ridiculous statements and I turned the radio or TV off. There are millions more like me out there, that when they hear this fool say, re Iran, "All options are on the table," or "Soc Sec is in crisis," are cringing and saying to themselves, "Jeez, I screwed up voting for him." Plus, you gotta love that bankruptcy bill, middle and lower classes!!!

Knowledge - most of the uncomfortable people will want to tune out, as I did for 2 years. We can't let them. I had two friends YELL at me - one over the environment, one over the war. I got pissed at them at the time - but somewhere, in my brain, I started to wonder why they would be so passionate about my politics and their politics if they were not certain of where they stand. Now, I yell at my friends, and I see them backing away, trying to figure out what has happened to me. One said to me, You used to be a republican and not a radical - what happened? I responded, "I got informed, that is what happened!!!" GGGRRRRRRRRR!!! It is a long and hard battle, but the truth does win out (even in Germany, eventually) and we can never give up hope because when you lose hope, all is lost.

And if all is really lost, I will go kicking and screaming and fighting into the night.