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ArkyRunner

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Wed Dec 21, 2016, 11:09 PM Dec 2016

My First Post...Hope [View all]

Hello All,
I have read this forum for several years now. This is my first post. I read it every night before I go to the land of Nod. I feel like I know so many of you. I have kept up with Tobin and his job search, everyone with their family and Pet issues etc. This forum has been very important and is a place of kindred spirits. Thank you Admins for sustaining it through the hack and keeping it going.

I just finished watching the recent final interview with the first Lady. It was so emotional to think what we are leaving behind, and the world we are about to enter in to. She was spot on with her comments about Hope. Looking back over their term, Hope is what we had. We must maintain Hope. Every night I read, I see none. How do we engage the electorate and fix this?

How do we get that back? I keep going back to the idea we must secure new, fresh and aggressive leadership. We must get loud. We can not just sit on our hands and let all this happen. Every night I read looking for some semblance of hope and there is none. We need an active, opposition party.

How do we engage the electorate without them losing face? That will be part of the key.

We are in such a mell of a hess. If we do not get loud, engaged, quickly we will be expunged as a party. We have no leadership.

Thanks to all for this forum. Have a great Holiday!


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My First Post...Hope [View all] ArkyRunner Dec 2016 OP
Welcome, ArkyRunner. elleng Dec 2016 #1
Recommended. H2O Man Dec 2016 #2
Great first post!!! You make really good points. rainy Dec 2016 #3
Welcome to DU irisblue Dec 2016 #4
This gave me hope... babylonsister Dec 2016 #5
Welcome aboard. blue neen Dec 2016 #6
ArkyRunner so good to hear your thoughts. You have been with us and now we know you are here. Cool. The Wielding Truth Dec 2016 #7
Well said. And please expound freely. byronius Dec 2016 #8
k and r and welcome. so glad you came in from the cold. niyad Dec 2016 #9
you have a good holiday too! KT2000 Dec 2016 #10
Thank you for posting! jimlup Dec 2016 #11
You might enjoy these clips I extracted from The Mike Malloy Show in the years to come.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2016 #12
Welcome, although you are apparently volstork Dec 2016 #13
Good to have you among us. lpbk2713 Dec 2016 #14
Short term and long term Saviolo Dec 2016 #15
Hi ArkyRunner canetoad Dec 2016 #16
Welcome, I'm a relative newbie also. I feel you about the lack of Hope under Traitor Trump. nt iluvtennis Dec 2016 #17
Hai! Welcome. Laffy Kat Dec 2016 #18
I hope we don't lose faith in democracy sab390 Dec 2016 #19
Grand first post.. Mahalo ArkyRunner! I know what you mean Cha Dec 2016 #20
Stand by to pick up the pieces, much as Obama did after Bush.. pfitz59 Dec 2016 #21
Thanks for your thoughts, AR, we certainly need both fresh hope and organization. JudyM Dec 2016 #22
Right on target. colorado_ufo Dec 2016 #23
Welcome to DU. Great post. Skinner Dec 2016 #24
My frustration too. Here are a couple of posts.... LAS14 Dec 2016 #25
Hello ArkyRunner, Dont despair get the faith my friend............ Old Vet Dec 2016 #26
"KEEP the Faith" Old Vet Dec 2016 #28
Great post! Agree!!! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2016 #27
Welcome to the discussion, ArkyRunner! CrispyQ Dec 2016 #29
welcome to du. which is our hope. mopinko Dec 2016 #30
Welcome to DU. Lifelong Protester Dec 2016 #31
Thanks for your first post! lunatica Dec 2016 #32
New, fresh, and aggressive leadership! RiverStone Dec 2016 #33
"a mell of a hess" zippythepinhead Dec 2016 #34
Welcome! panader0 Dec 2016 #35
I love what you said about how to engage them without them losing face renate Dec 2016 #36
I thought much the same thing.. LakeArenal Dec 2016 #39
I took a long time before posting as well War Horse Dec 2016 #37
"Have a great Holiday?" One post and you're already trying to start a war on Christmas! tclambert Dec 2016 #38
Millennials give me hope bucolic_frolic Dec 2016 #40
Oh my goodness, welcome to DU! mahina Dec 2016 #41
Thank you!! ArkyRunner Dec 2016 #42
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