Reply #5: Well said, and I agree- we shouldn't abandon our causes or [View All]

[Bluerthanblue]

principals, but to think that ANY person who can be elected president in this country is going to govern the way 'i' think is just plain stupid.

We don't have to like the choices that are being made- we can and should talk about why we don't think things like 'drilling' are good- using facts and logic, rather than just bitching about how 'this is a republican cave' or 'he didn't campaign on this' or 'that's it, I'm done-".
Will stating the reasons why we don't like a policy change anything? Probably not, but it may educate some.

What possible good comes out of just complaining about the Pres. and saying over and over "this isn't what Ivoted for" while patting ourselves on the back saying "I knocked on doors, volunteered countless hours etc." thinking that somehow entitles us to avoid being disappointed?

I didn't like Pres. O's plans for Afghanistan pre-election, or the fact that he didn't see universal health care as achievable, or his view that nuclear energy was a necessary evil that we needed to use until we could put other safer, renewable sources into place- BUT I could understand why he held those positions, and grudgingly admit that his perspectives were frustratingly realistic.

It's good to have strong opinions and high ideals- but we do have to live in the NOW- and while I believe the view I have for how things are sposed to be is by far the best, there are millions of other people who share this country who don't agree and we have to find a way to live together despite our differences.