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Letter from the Kerry Campaign...
I dropped my volunteer application in the mail for the Massachusetts chapter of the ACLU last night. If I don't hear from them in 10 days, I'll call the office to make sure they got it.
At any rate, I opened my hotmail account this a.m. and saw the letter from the Kerry campaign. The content is probably very similar to his concession speech.
[Bolding emphasis mine]
Compare that message with one left by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
damocleaze in my comments.
*beams*
Why,damocleaze!
You'll be pleased to know that Unfiltered on Air America this morning is in complete agreement with you. They're urging their listeners to remain a thorn in the side of the Executive, Legistlative, and Judicial branches. They're urging them to haunt the fourth estate. They want them getting active on the local level so we can take out your people in local offices one by one.
By the mid-term elections 2006, you're going to have an energized, radicalized bunch of progressives chomping at the bit to kick your lot in the ass and take back Congress, because you are right, checks and balances are sooooo important. Thanks to the Election of 2004, that point has been driven home and you're not going to be too happy when we start showing our teeth.
At long last, it appears the right and the left are finally agreeing on something. Pity it's that the progressives have decided that we're taking the country away from you instead of just falling on our swords and wailing.
We did that yesterday.
Today is a whole new day.
The progressives are already starting to target the Republican slow and weak. They're very much hoping that Bush appoints McCain and Frist to fill roles in the administration (their names are flying around as appointments as is Guiliani's). Guess what? Empty Senate seats where the replacement by law is appointed by the governor. And need I point out: TN and AZ have Democratic governors?
You may laugh now.
Personally, I think there's a very good chance that McCain was promised something and the Bush family has a habit of holding their enemies closer. So I'm going to bet that we're picking up at least one Senate seat. And the Pacific Northwest Republicans are more and more voting along Democratic party lines. I think Bush is going to have a difficult time getting everything he wants for the next four years shoved through Congress.
*beams*
This is going to be a hella lot of fun for two years. See ya in 2006, buddy.
In the meantime, I'll be volunteering with the ACLU. You ever run into trouble with the cops and you give us a call, I promise not to laugh in your face and hang up on you since, you know, they help everyone, including people that would like them to shut up and go away.
At any rate, I opened my hotmail account this a.m. and saw the letter from the Kerry campaign. The content is probably very similar to his concession speech.
Earlier today I spoke to President Bush, and offered him and Laura our congratulations on their victory. We had a good conversation, and we talked about the danger of division in our country and the need, the desperate need, for unity for finding the common ground, coming together. Today, I hope that we can begin the healing.
In America, it is vital that every vote counts, and that every vote be counted. But the outcome should be decided by voters, not a protracted legal process. I would not give up this fight if there was a chance that we would prevail. But it is now clear that even when all the provisional ballots are counted, which they will be, there won't be enough outstanding votes for our campaign to be able to win Ohio. And therefore, we cannot win this election.
It was a privilege and a gift to spend two years traveling this country, coming to know so many of you. I wish I could just wrap you in my arms and embrace each and every one of you individually all across this nation. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Thank you.
To all of you, my volunteers and online supporters, all across this country who gave so much of themselves, thank you. Thanks to William Field, a six-year-old who collected $680, a quarter and a dollar at a time selling bracelets during the summer to help change America. Thanks to Michael Benson from Florida who I spied in a rope line holding a container of money. It turned out he raided his piggy bank and wanted to contribute. And thanks to Alana Wexler, who at 11 years old and started Kids for Kerry.
I thank all of you, who took time to travel, time off from work, and their own vacation time to work in states far and wide. You braved the hot days of summer and the cold days of the fall and the winter to knock on doors because you were determined to open the doors of opportunity to all Americans. You worked your hearts out, and I say, don't lose faith. What you did made a difference, and building on itself, we will go on to make a difference another day. I promise you, that time will come -- the election will come when your work and your ballots will change the world, and it's worth fighting for.
I'm proud of what we stood for in this campaign, and of what we accomplished. When we began, no one thought it was possible to even make this a close race, but we stood for real change, change that would make a real difference in the life of our nation, the lives of our families, and we defined that choice to America. I'll never forget the wonderful people who came to our rallies, who stood in our rope lines, who put their hopes in our hands, who invested in each and every one of us. I saw in them the truth that America is not only great, but it is good.
So here -- with a grateful heart, I leave this campaign with a prayer that has even greater meaning to me now that I've come to know our vast country so much better and that prayer is very simple: God bless America.
Thank you,
John Kerry
[Bolding emphasis mine]
Compare that message with one left by
damocleaze in my comments.
Now...for those of you who decided to stay really wanna kick us Republicans in the butt, really get on our nerves and make us curse every day of our lives....Make yourselves useful. Go out in your communities and make a difference instead of spending your time posting on blogs and complaining about the President of the United States...he's got a hard enough job as it is and really doesn't need the added crap from hangers on.
*beams*
Why,
damocleaze!You'll be pleased to know that Unfiltered on Air America this morning is in complete agreement with you. They're urging their listeners to remain a thorn in the side of the Executive, Legistlative, and Judicial branches. They're urging them to haunt the fourth estate. They want them getting active on the local level so we can take out your people in local offices one by one.
By the mid-term elections 2006, you're going to have an energized, radicalized bunch of progressives chomping at the bit to kick your lot in the ass and take back Congress, because you are right, checks and balances are sooooo important. Thanks to the Election of 2004, that point has been driven home and you're not going to be too happy when we start showing our teeth.
At long last, it appears the right and the left are finally agreeing on something. Pity it's that the progressives have decided that we're taking the country away from you instead of just falling on our swords and wailing.
We did that yesterday.
Today is a whole new day.
The progressives are already starting to target the Republican slow and weak. They're very much hoping that Bush appoints McCain and Frist to fill roles in the administration (their names are flying around as appointments as is Guiliani's). Guess what? Empty Senate seats where the replacement by law is appointed by the governor. And need I point out: TN and AZ have Democratic governors?
You may laugh now.
Personally, I think there's a very good chance that McCain was promised something and the Bush family has a habit of holding their enemies closer. So I'm going to bet that we're picking up at least one Senate seat. And the Pacific Northwest Republicans are more and more voting along Democratic party lines. I think Bush is going to have a difficult time getting everything he wants for the next four years shoved through Congress.
*beams*
This is going to be a hella lot of fun for two years. See ya in 2006, buddy.
In the meantime, I'll be volunteering with the ACLU. You ever run into trouble with the cops and you give us a call, I promise not to laugh in your face and hang up on you since, you know, they help everyone, including people that would like them to shut up and go away.
Rock on!
You said it! I've had my cry, now I'm ready for Round Two.
You ROCK!!!
Re: You ROCK!!!
Other than that, I'm going to see what happens next.
The Gauntlet is thrown, the Challenge accepted.
However, I must ask that you not get to spiteful in your attacks...it might surprise you to know that not all Republicans are "Homophobes". We are all not clones of Strom Thurman my dear.
Nor should you classify us as the enemy. That we are not. We are fellow americans who have different views and goals for the future of America.
By the way, I applaud your involvement in the ACLU! Surprised? Don't be. But don't be surprised if that phone call you are expecting from me never comes. I have a very healthy respect for the men in uniform and the law in general...and I doubt that I will be wearing handcuffs in the near future...(though my girlfriend, for some reason, is laughing right now.)
I say to you Ms. Marcs. Let us continue to disagree....but let's raise the bar a tad. Instead of arguing for the sake of arguing, let us rather spend that energy finding a more suitable middle ground. Where our predecesors failed, let us succeed. Lets truly show the world, that America is the greatest country on Earth.
And not just because we invented Professional Football.
Thank you and Goodnight.
Re: The Gauntlet is thrown, the Challenge accepted.
You threw down the gauntlet, hun. You came to my LJ to gloat. You assumed I was going to sit on my ass and whine.
Please excuse me if at the moment I'm not feeling terribly generous to you, your political philosophy, or your "good" opinion of me.
And need I point out: the Republicans starting with Gingrinch gained power by painting any and all Democrats and progressives as the enemy. If you don't think this trend is going to continue? Think very hard again.
Frankly, I'm sick of being called an anti-American because I don't happen to kiss Dear Leader's ass and think he's an American Tragedy in the making that will drag us all down with him. When your party and your party's news machine (Faux) tone down jokes that basically state that you'd like to see progressives jailed and killed, I'll stop seeing you as "the enemy."
I'm not arguing for the sake of arguing. There are some very significant differences between our philosophies. For starters, I think marriage equality, reproducitve rights, nuking the Patriot Act, strict separation of Church and State are pretty big deals. Right now, your party is in my way.
In short: Kiss my ass. There is no middle ground near as I can tell between the thugs in power and a progressive agenda that'll benefit anyone less-than-rich and less-than-powerful.
Feel free to build bridges. I've spent years trying and compromising. It's gotten me and other progressives bupkiss. Now it's your turn. Feel free to start that bridge building, because I. Am. Done.
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Learn from your mistakes, Ms. Marcs. If you wish to be a sore loser..that is fine. You want a war that is not necessary....exactly what you blame Bush for.
You cry and scream for intelligent Republicans ...and when you finally get one...you decide to blast away with both barrels blazing.
Sour grapes anyone?
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Bush an "intelligent" Republican?
BWAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!
As for sore losers, I got one sentence for ya:
"Eight years of the Clinton Administration."
And may I just add: I still remain mystified how a Republican Congress impeached a president for getting a blow job, but has thus far failed to impeach a president that lied (outright, we have him on tape) on the reasons for going to Iraq.
*smiles*
Really, if I make you feel uncomfortable, you can feel free to stop reading and posting at any time.
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No...sorry...merely confused...it wasn't just the blowjob that Clinton was impeached for...it was for lying to the american people that he had even engaged in sexual relations with Monica....not to mention that Mr. Clinton, in his defence (if you could call it that) argued over the meaning of the word it, is and several words that I am sure weren't taught to him in that wonderful education of his. It was his moral character, bankrupt as it was, that was called into question.
Now...about Bush lying. I believe your own personal opinions and those of your fellow liberals are coloring what is obviously a case of misinformation supplied by a institution that suffered greatly under those "Eight years of Bill Clinton." Had a Republican been in charge then there would have been no degredation of our intelligence agencies...as they would have had the proper funding and incentive to report the facts as they were...
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Thank you Liz..I have contacted the CT chapter of the ACLU and they are sending me things immediately. I can not wait to get started.
INTELLIGENT Republican? Bush? The man can't even read correctly!!! That's an oxymoron if I've ever heard one!!!
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Blah Blah Blah.
Oh yes...let us conviently forget that Clinton LIED...Lied repeatedly to both Country and Congress about his daliance with Ms. Lewinski. Had Bush done that, I am sure that the entire world would have come crushing down upon his ears. But not Tricky Bill...no, he enjoyed the privledges of office for eight years with little more than a slap on the hand and a "Now don't do that again." If that isn't an embarassment of the American Government, then nothing else is.
I shudder at the thought of what President Kerry would have us do concerning our troops in Iraq. Pulling them out now would be spitting on the graves of those who had died so bravely there, but that is not the worst part. The worst part is that we would be forced to return there 10 years from now to remove the next warlord to take power...causing more loss of life of our military men and women. And why is that you ask? Our forces are there...right now...to prevent Iraq from backsliding into the same petty dictatorship we found it in 1991. The cowardly actions of those who fear democracy and would rather rule with an iron grip and a law of terror prove to us day and day again that they must be rooted out and exterminated with no hesitation. Peace is not simply established..it must be fought for.
Oh and just a thought...how long will it take for Michael Moore to extend his way past expired 15 minutes of fame by making a "documentary" of the corruption and outright "robbery" of the electoral votes of Ohio...
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Clinton lied..yes he did. But it was about his personal life. When Bush lied..he sent our troops to die. Gee..which would I think is worse? And..at least Clinton knew how to balance a CHECKBOOK!!!!
Damocleaze..as far as this post is concerned..you are preaching to the choir. If you don't like what you are reading, don't read it. But I am going to exercise my right to free speech without feeling attacked by some extreme Republican. You said yourself that we should become a thorn in the Republicans side, well, you asked for it!!
note from waleli's boyfriend
-Dex
P.S. I think Nancy reagan will raise the dead. Undead republicans will bring death and destruction, in the forms of brain eating and tax reform.