4 years ago

[Egnever]

I fought tooth and nail here for Howard Dean. It was a bloodsport it was mean it was nasty it was glorious! At the time the candidate bickering reached levels that made me think some posters here were to be written off entirely as complete idiots.

With time the disappointment when Howard lost faded and the animosity I had for a lot of my adversaries here at the time cooled to a whisper of the burning inferno it once was to the point that I stopped immediately discounting every post I saw from these former adversaries as something to be ignored out of hand and I once again started to listen to them.

It was my first foray into the world of democratic primary politics and it was frightening disgusting inspiring and disappointing all at the same time.

Imagine my surprise this season as I find myself on the same side of the fence as many I had grown last season to despise so strongly. How amazing is it that many of those same posters are now the ones I look for to post topics or rebuttals full of passion and informed substance.

Funny how this party can pull us so far apart at times yet when push comes to shove we are all here because at our cores we believe america is a great country and could be so much better.

So too all the people I pissed off or pissed on 4 years ago my hats off to you. You are all great Dem's despite our disagreements on who is best to carry our banner forward. I have a feeling that this time around will be no different in the end.

We are at each others throats now in many of these threads but once the dust settles and we have a candidate I know most of you will put down the candidate wars and jump right back into the fight against this blight on our country that has been the republican party the last 8 years. Till then.....


GOBAMA!

[sandnsea]

1. Ditto

x 1000

:hi:

[Egnever]

4. Back at ya :)

:loveya:

[magatte]

2. Great read.

:kick:

[Egnever]

7. Aww shucks!

[JI7]

3. i supported Kerry last time around

Obama this time.

i get the same feeling . but i think it shows in the end we do want the same thing even though we might see it at times in someone different.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. That Was Very Well Written

But I don't think I can ever look at some people here the same way again and I am sure there are others who feel the same way about me... I am comforted by the fact that everything I wrote in anger and in pleasure was revealing of my truest feelings...

[Egnever]

6. Thanks

I take that as high compliment from you.

It was very hard for me last time around returning here. In the end this place is a treasure trove of information mixed with a lot of goofiness. I couldn't in the end stay away and at this point I am glad that I didn't. Like i said many of the people i fought with last time turned into allies this time and when you are on the same side of the passion all of a sudden it is much more attractive. Looking back at 04 I now realize that those people were just fighting hard for what they believed in and I have learned to
Respect so many of the people i was so angry at last go around.

I personally think you have written some of the best posts I have seen here agree or disagree. Let your passion flow theres absolutely nothing wrong with your passion and theres a whole lot of good!