How does it feel? And, now what will you do?

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

I didn't buy into the cabal's B.S. for one minute, starting from selection 2000. I faltered a moment after 9/11, in my horror and confusion, and was very briefly willing to give our "leaders" the benefit of the doubt in handling this catastrophic situation.

Well, it didn't take long, maybe days, before my tentative willingness to trust was replaced by full bore revulsion at the cynical and craven way the WH was manipulating the event and the country.

My outrage has continued to grow, fueled by the reality we've all lived, which we're living today. My question to you, who has been a devotee of the money and power grubbers that make up the cabal, or maybe just a gwb cult of personality worshipper...How do you feel right now?

I've made many mistakes and serious mis steps in my personal life. However, I can't ever remember whole heartedly cheering on a national misadventure, rife with immorality, prejudice, contempt for others personal beliefs and pure mean selfishness.

That is something to which I can't relate. Please, though, it's important for me to understand. Your reactions, and the reactions of others like you, will very much influence the direction of political discourse, and ultimately, policies in the next weeks, months, years.

Do you feel empty, embittered, angry? If you're disappointed or disillusioned, at whom is that directed? Or, are you just hunkering down until another empty suit with the right slogans comes along?

I can only guess. I've held my views and beliefs consistently, which have been in diametric opposition to yours. In the past, pre "I'm a uniter" days, we could talk about politics. Until, that is, you were somehow blinded by the flashing neon of moral absolutism, presented 24/7 by the cabal, via the MSM.

Today, though, your fist pumping, rah rah days are behind you. The somber work of cleaning up the multiple messes left by your heroes is sinking in. Thankfully, you've finally seen behind that flashing neon to the dark and forbidding night hidden by its bright lights.

Your tattered psyche might need something to which to cling. Well, you can cling to the fact that you are an American citizen, first and foremost. And, your country needs you now. You backed the wrong horse, to the detriment of our citizenry and the Constitution. You made a mistake, pretty much a whopper of a f*** up. However, starting from now on, maybe you can commit to helping with the hard work necessary to make this great country recognizable to all of us, again. You and I both know it wasn't always like this.

Now that you've suffered the bleakness of seeing reality pummel your most closely held beliefs, what next? Will we work together, or is this a permanent divide?


What will you do? MKJ

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. I feel at peace

I think that peace will come only when people start feeling peace within themselves. There are great changes coming to this planet, courtesy of governmental insanity and global warming. Now is the time to go within and find that peace which is always there if we know where to look for it. This peace is our true power in preparation for that which is coming.

[pooja]

3. Beautiful words.

I feel the same way. Its time for peace and love and charity to transcend.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

4. Thanks for that. I've ratcheted down my frustration a couple of notches after reading

your posts.

I still don't understand why some otherwise seemingly smart people cling to gwb as some sort of savior or hero, in spite of overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

At least, now, peace has a sliver of a chance... a foot in the door:-) MKJ

[stubtoe]

2. K&R for a good rant.

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[williesgirl]

5. k&r - thanks, I needed that.

[DeeDeeNY]

6. This is something I often wonder about

There are those who are truly remorseful for ever supporting this bunch. And then there is that steadfast percentage of those who are so close minded as to continue to brainlessly follow this administration, to continue to look up to * as a good man. Someone recently wrote a LTTE in my local newspaper claiming that Democrats are obstructionist and pathetic. What is wrong with these people that they are unable to comprehend what is going on? Is it a combination of being too consumed with their daily lives to try to really understand what is going on, or to not be curious enough to look beyond the mainstream media's noncoverage of the real news, or perhaps to be truly buying into the tactics of fear? I have read that fear does strange things to people's capacities to think logically.
A quote that was attributed to Adolf Hitler comes to mind -- "What luck for the rulers that men do not think."

[BlooInBloo]

7. I'm in the same boat as you. All there is to do, so far as I can see is...

... learn from it, and make damn sure to not make the same error - or a closely related one - in the future. Diagnose exactly where (plural) you went wrong in attaining your conclusion, consider what would need to happen in order for those false assumptions to be made true, yadayadayada.

It sucks to be wrong on such a grand scale, but that's the way it goes. Learn, don't forget, but don't let it weigh you down or prevent *better informed, realistic* bold-but-risky moves in the future. Emphasis on the "better informed, realistic".

Good luck!