Reply #76: Well, I think we'll pull out of this like we have before---- BUT .... [View All]

[Armstead]

.....It would be a refreshing change if we actually learned something from all this.

So I haven't given up hope, and I'm only half cynical. I guess what will make the difference is if our side wakes the hell up enough to help the reasonably bright people on the fence or otehr side wake up.

We -- Democrats, liberals, progressives, moderates -- have to stop enabling the path to power for the GOP wingers. That means offering people a real alternative, and systemic reform to counter the perennial drive towards corporate fascism.

And if we do manage to wudge our way back into power -- or at least political parity -- we've got to actively do something, to show people that there are otehr answers than the siren song of ultra-conservativism and corporate power.