Reply #23: My conclusions are similar [View All]

[Luftmensch067]

In terms of the country deserving its problems, I see it as something we have to learn as a nation. JK offered us the very best, but we truly hadn't grown up enough. So, like an unruly adolescent, we now have to go through some hard times.

It's too bad that those of us who are more mature must bend to the lowest common denominator of our greater identity as a country, but I think that's what we have to face: America is a country full of potential and she's had her moments of glory, but despite war and economic privation, she has yet to be fully tested, to grow through the kinds of centuries of experience other nations have had.

We must continue to love and believe in her, in our shared potential, and we must, as those who have seen what can yet be possible, continue to spread JK's message of hope and inspiration, of pragmatic idealism. There will be some difficult lessons ahead, but as I believe JK does, I believe in America. We will learn that we are worthy of better leadership and better dreams, it just may take a little time.