Why, with Bush on his knees, we are in a funk

We have come so far from the election stolen by our own Supreme Court in 2000, from the days of soaring poll numbers for Bush, from the homo-erotic love songs to him from TV pundits after "Mission Accomplished," from the Swift Boat Liars' domination of Campaign 2004 and the defeat of Max Cleland as a traitor and not a patriot, from Karl Rove's job promotion at the White House, from the brush-cutting in the big silver belt buckle, from the darkest days. We thought if we ever got to this place, where we are now, that it would be over -- our long, national nightmare. But instead, they tighten their grip on us; they spy on us; they ignore our laws and Constitution. And in Iraq, the death goes on, and the Taliban once again control much of Afghanistan. And we are helpless to do anything about it.

When we hear a report that Karl Rove may have been indicted, our hopes go sky high. With the head of the snake cut off, with the evil venom of that man unavailable to the Extreme Right, we might really see a change. The frustration of not knowing what Patrick Fitzgerald is doing, or might ever do, is a heavy weight. In that frustration, we more often turn on each other.

Will we ever have our country back? Elections are coming, and we have high hopes -- but we no longer trust our Congressional districting, our vote counters, or our lap-dog press -- or even the leaders of our own party. We don't know if we have a Presidential candidate who can vault past all the obstacles that will be thrown in front of him or her during a nasty Republican campaign, financed with unlimited money, reeking with character-assassinating TV ads. Do we have a man or woman who can survive that onslaught?

The hope is in how far we have come. If we are not there yet, we have come very far. We can't forget that. So we hang on to hope, and the documents the Founders left us, and a flag in distress, and faith that good in this world has sometimes overcome evil and greed.

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I think the Democrats and Republicans have switched roles and we are now the Stupid Party.

Anyway, it's an unbelievable moment to be going into a mid-term election with a president with historically low approval ratings.

And it just does not feel like we are capitalizing.

Honestly, it's times like these that I wish we could borrow Newt Gingrich for six months, re-program his brain, and have him tell us how to nationalize the election.

We've got a stacked Supreme Court,
We're facing Hayden as CIA head,
We've still got Rummy, Dick, Georgie, and their PNAC pals running loose, not to mention Rover
We have the NSA monitoring everything we say on the phone
We've got global warming
We've got a nightmare federal deficit
We've got a vanishing middle class
We've got China holding our debt
Our jobs have gone overseas
We've got the religious nuts calling many of the shots,
We've got a disaster in New Orleans and another hurricane season on the way,

What's not to be in a funk about?

We can't see much progress in dealing with most of these things, which is why we're all so overwrought about when and if KKKarl will get indicted. Seeing him get nailed would be a sign of hope, one that we seriously need.

Think about the last few weeks. Nothing has really changed. Even with *'s poll numbers in the toilet and so many GOP members being convicted, they still have absolute power and they still use it.

That's why I'm in a funk.

Most of us are disillusioned with our own leaders. It's great that the opposition is crumbling, but we're in no position to take advantage of it.

(at least that's the reason for MY feeling of discontent)