Letter to the Editor: "I'll Be Here"

This is a letter I recently submitted to my local newspaper. Just thought I'd share.


This letter is in response to Amanda Norman (11/18) and others like her who would like very badly for Democrats to just go away and move to another country. I am afraid that I cannot do that. Let me tell you why.

First of all, I am an American. I was born in America, I will die in America, and I love this country. And because I love this country, I hate to see the erosion of civil liberties that this country was founded on. The Bush administration and radical right-wingers in the Oval Office, House, Senate, Cabinet, media, and Courts may feel unstoppable right now. But the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights are bigger than them, and contain the tools to stop their insanity and stupidity if people of good conscience decide this country is worth fighting for. So I'll be here.

My second reason is this: Someday in the future, the chickens will come home to roost. More kids are dying overseas in an ill-advised war and other ill-advised wars in the next four years certainly can't be ruled out. Poverty rates are rising, especially among babies and children. Working people will face economic pains and trials even as the wealthy grow ever wealthier. The true effects of some policies affecting things like Medicare and Social Security will begin to become apparent and it will not be pretty. The civil liberties of our fellow Americans will continue to be infringed upon.

When these things happen, you'll want to know where to find me. Not so I can say, "I told you so", but so I can say, "Let's work together to fix this." When that day comes and you look for me, I'll be here. I love this country too much and believe too strongly in the principles it stands for to give up on it now.

Thanks for sharing, it's indeed powerful and your compassion brings us hope during these dark days..

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You sound like a true patriot.

----- never again will I trust this government not to throw my vote away, never again will I trust these elected puppets to protect my vote, never again will I not march on lost rights, such as my vote.

I am going to march all over downtown Wash, D.C. this weekend and go on and on about the stolen election, even if I am alone it will make me feel so much better about everything .... I can't wait to see the looks on people's faces when I walk by with my sign. I am strong, I am an American, I have rights no matter what they say, I will be free, even if it is just me, I will march.

Or I'd be right there with you.