Reply #34: no offense taken but ... [View All]

[welshTerrier2]

i think you may have misread my post ...

i wrote:

the republicans have made sure that the 55+ million of us who voted for Kerry will have no voice whatsoever ...

and you wrote:

Isn't it clear by now that the opposite is happening? Republicans are going for the throat and they're not going to back down because some Democrat begs them to please 'give us a voice'.

i was not suggesting that we ask republicans to give us a voice ... that's clearly never going to happen ...

and i am not calling for delaying a response from the democrats until they're "totally and completely neutered". The most disastrous thing the democrats are doing right now is remaining silent while bush is actively destroying every aspect of our government. bush must be stopped and he must be stopped NOW ...

but that's not what i was focussing on in my post ... my post talked about the need for a strategic implementation of a walk-out. the purpose of a walk-out, at least to me, would be to send a loud and clear message to the American people. the point i raised in my original post was that we need to "lay the groundwork" for this walk-out if it is to have the maximum possible effect. we need to take a few weeks, or perhaps a few months, to begin the education process. it's not that i disagree with you that things have reached the critical stage NOW (or even months ago); it's that critical stage or not, we will not bring the majority of Americans with us if we do it without building an understanding of the issues the walk-out would be protesting ...

urgency more than justifies the motivation to act but a little patience and planning will help ensure a successful action ...