The Greensboro (NC) paper published my letter today. Unfortunately as of 7:21 tonight, the on line version still has not updated. Whenever it does, here it is:
http://www.news-record.com/news/opinions/letters/main/shtmlIf bad link, try
http://www.news-record.com/then scroll down to "letters" (On the left), and click.
...Until then:
A proud Democrat
I will admit that on Nov. 3, I was pretty far down in the dumps. You win some, and you lose some. Why we lost, I don't know.
I do know that 51 percent of voters don't require honesty from the White House before going to war, but do have the moral clarity to fear Mary Cheney. Beyond that, I'm not sure.
Recently I read something Elizabeth Edwards posted on the Internet. With all that was happening in her life, none of it good, she found the time to encourage us. It was part of a letter Thomas Jefferson had written in 1798 after the passage of the Sedition Act.
"A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore the government to it's true principles. It is true that in the meantime we are suffering deeply in spirit, and incurring the horrors of a war and long oppressions of enormous public debt. If the game runs sometimes against us at home we must have patience till luck turns, and then we shall have an opportunity of winning back the principles we have lost, for this is a game where principles are at stake."
How proud I am to be a Democrat and how sad for the nation that we have turned away the service of such true patriots. And how confident I am that our Democratic principles of strength, inclusion and opportunity shall again prevail.
Andy Oglesby
Greensboro
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