Do I dare to dream this impossible dream?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

Beto beats Abbott!

Crist beats DeSantis!

What a miracle that would be!




I'm so foolish...

[Chainfire]

1. I am glad you feel good about it! ;) Just don't bet the farm on it yet.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Oh, I'm definitely not betting the farm on it. It is a sweet dream, still. ♥

[wnylib]

24. Well, I thought it was too much to hope for

that Warnock and Ossoff would win the runoff in Georgia. And then they did.

So let's hope.

I think that there is a better chance of Abbott being defeated than DeSantis.

[Escurumbele]

87. Your optimism is contagious...

Talk to every Democrat you know in Florida, those who do not want to vote? Convince them to do it, then the dream can become true.

I have friends in Texas, anything I learn about Abbot I sent to them, I constantly remind them that during the freeze if was Beto and AOC who helped Texans, that Cruz run to Cancun, that Abbot went on a TV tour, and the other republican officials from Texas did nothing. That is how we make our dreams come true.

[Sanity Claws]

2. Let's add more dreams to your list!

Grand jury indicts 45 for seditious conspiracy.
Fetterman wins the Senate race in Pennsylvania.
McCarthy resigns in shame due to the revelations of the J6 committee.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Hey, my dear Sanity Claws! Right there with you! ♥

[TigressDem]

6. How about McCarthy goes to jail? Or tRump tried for treason. Execution at 11. nt

[niyad]

30. Mcturtle has a fatal stroke.

[quakerboy]

62. Alito and Kavinaugh

[niyad]

68. yes

[TigressDem]

5. K&R K& R K&R K&R K& R K&R K&R K& R K&R

Miracles DO HAPPEN


I know. Neither tRump or pUtIn have dropped dead yet, but maybe if these two got beaten tRump would have a coronary.

With their heads directly up tRump's posterior, their shrieks of agony might cause errant electrical current to fry tRump's circuits from within.

One can only hope.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. My dear TigressDem! I like how your mind works. I'm hoping too. ♥

[TigressDem]

9. Yeah!

I will do penance for how much joy it would give me to see these others suffer.

But the 5 thousand Hail Mary's and 2 thousand Our Father's will be worth it.

[paleotn]

14. Miracles DO HAPPEN. Just ask Donald Trump.

In 2015, who could have predicted he'd win the White House in 2016?

That's how many.

[KPN]

46. Yeah, but I can't resist pointing out that that was s

catastrophe as opposed to a miracle.

[paleotn]

53. Point taken. How about low probability event.

[lastlib]

48. Believe.....

Do I believe in miracles? YESSS!!!

[TigressDem]

8. TO DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM!!!

[question everything]

10. Glad that you are back and kicking... and dreaming what we all wish

[area51]

16. +1 n/t

[AmBlue]

11. I dream of that too!! PLUS

We pick up at least 2 seats in the Senate and hold the House.

LET'S DO IT!!

[Wednesdays]

12. Don't just dream it, make it happen!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216773528

[paleotn]

13. Stranger things have happened.

Donnie the Dumbass became president. Who'd have called that one in 2015? No one.

[rubbersole]

22. Well,

Putin.

[paleotn]

55. They seemed just as surprised.

The plan appears to have been to damage the US political system with disinformation, divide the country further politically and possibly distract and hamstring a Clinton presidency. Actually getting their guy in the White House may have been a stretch goal at best, but not something anyone expected to actually happen. Instead, they hit the jackpot. Even very low probability events happen sometimes.

[fierywoman]

15. I keep thinking of the people who lived in the British colonies on the east coast in 1775.

If someone back then said, "Next year we will break free from the tyranny of the British crown," everyone would have thought he was stark raving mad. Yet, "we-the-people" basically invented the idea of revolution. It's in our DNA as a people. Yes there were back then the 30% or so (like the MAGAts) who wanted to stay with the crown. But we fomented a revolution. We could break away from the MAGA tyranny now. We have it in us.

[AKwannabe]

80. Viva le REVOLUTION!

Like how you’re thinkin

[mcar]

17. Love keeping positive thoughts Peggy

I'm hoping for a Crist win over DeathSentence. He only won by about 40,000 votes last time.

[spanone]

18. Welcome home CaliforniaPeggy

[rubbersole]

19. Preach, sister, preach! n/t

[SergeStorms]

20. Then I'm a fool as well.

Considering the state this country is in at this very moment, hope is probably all there is left.

And voting. And getting everyone I know to vote. And hope.

[FakeNoose]

21. Peggy that isn't foolish, it's actually an awesome dream

Either one - Beto or Charlie - would be a great victory for all of us.

Maybe it would be a little greedy to wish for both in the same dream.

[Stuart G]

23. Nothing is impossible. There are no "Impossible Dreams"....just 2 example:

Example Number 1. ......We elected an Afro-American as President of the United States.
....................................A brilliant caring man that helped millions of us in many different ways.

Example Number 2 ......We elected a total idiot as President of the United States. The idiot in office
....................................cared nothing about our people, and did things that killed millions of people

....................REMEMBER.....NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE.!!!.......also: good to see you back.. .

[Deuxcents]

25. Aww...but dreams do come true, Miss Peggy

I don’t think it’s being foolish..I think it’s being positive n we all need a big dose of it. 🌺

[LNM]

26. Welcome back, CP!

I believe in miracles!

[kacekwl]

27. If we can keep them from

declaring themselves the winners in every election. I hope we are prepared to fight the shit they will bring.

[Novara]

28. I'd rather live with hope than without it.

[Deuxcents]

59. 🌺

[SheilaAnn]

29. A Novena couldn't hurt...n/t

[sprinkleeninow]

64. As wayward as I still can be at times,

I will persevere in strong beseeching/petitioning Our God and All Holy Virgin Mary for a surprising and overwhelming amount of Democratic wins this November.

"Grant this, O Lord!"

[SheilaAnn]

66. Perfection..n/t

[murielm99]

67. Amen

[niyad]

31. One must have dreams. And hope.

[blogslug]

32. Peggy!

So glad to see you!

[Stuart G]

33. Got to add ..EXAMPLE NUMBER 3.....Great Example....When I was 11 or 12...(long time ago, in the 50s)

I watched a TV show named........'DISNEYLAND"....there was one episode that talked about flying in space. Another
....................................... about landing on the moon............

........................................Well, you all know the rest:...I wondered if I would ever live to see that day...I thought that'
........................................was almost.......IMPOSSIBLE.......

EXAMPLE NUMBER 4...........SOME TIME in the late 70z or very early 80sm, I took a beginning course on computers........
........................................Very' Easy & Interesting Class.But the professor said, something else I couldn't believe:
...................................He said, "One day we would have computers that you could hold in your hand"...........
........................................(at that time, they filled an entire room and I thought:."This guy is totally NUTS"

........................................guess who is totally nuts?....Mr. Stuart G. ...for not believing that the future could do
........................................what the future has done...

[TomSlick]

34. Such dreams are good. They keep us sane.

I'm happy that you are well enough to post.

[edhopper]

35. I envy

Your unfounded optimism.

[AllaN01Bear]

36. i would like to see . but i aint getting my hopes too high. would love to see them jerks gone .

[capechacon]

37. Beto's a good guy, but there are just....

....far too many stooopid Texans. The good guys just never win there....

[peggysue2]

38. I like your dream, Peggy!

Also like seeing your name up again.

[Demsrule86]

39. I believe in miracles. It could happen. Not impossible. How are you feeling?

[malaise]

40. Yes

Rec

[FailureToCommunicate]

41. Maybe your meds need adjusting?

(Glad you’re back in the saddle again!)

[brooklynite]

42. The problem with dreams is that eventually you wake up.

Give me a realistic path for Beto to beat Abbott and I’ll be happy.

[Lonestarblue]

43. To see Abbott defeated would truly be a dream come true.

I’ve thought of moving out in Texas because it gets a bit crazier each year, not to mention hot as Hades. We already are having triple-digit temps, 106 by Friday, which usually does not happen until July.

But I will definitely stay here long enough to vote this November for any and every Democrat on my ballot—and in person so my vote can’t be tossed out for minor clerical issues the way they tossed thousands in the primaries.

[SheltieLover]

44. Hold that vision, Peggy!

[crickets]

45. Not foolish at all -- I'll dream it with you!

Great to see you back and posting, Peggy. 🌷

[lastlib]

47. My dear CalPeggy, it's a BEAUTIFUL dream!

And I so HOPE it comes true! For you, for Texas, for Florida--for ALL of America! I want to see the forces of fascism going down in flames with all hands!

And I HOPE you are recovering well from your accident? You're much treasured on this board!

Do I believe in miracles? YESSS!!

[Pachamama]

49. Not foolish at all

Right there with you my fellow traveler…

PS: Glad to see you posting

[RussBLib]

50. don't stop there

Beto beats Abbott
Collier beats Dan Patrick for TX Lt Gov
Louie Gohmert loses his seat to a moderate Repub
Scalise gets beat by a Dem
South Texas stays true blue

Marjorie Taylor Green gets beat by Dem Marcus Flowers
Stacie Abrams beats Kemp
Crist beats DeSantis
Warnock crushes Herschel Walker
Fetterman beats Oz
Bobert loses to a Dem
Dems increase Senate majority to 70-30
Dems increase House majority

Cannabis legalization passes the Senate
Roe v Wade not overturned by partisan SCOTUS

Putin finally gives up and Ukraine takes back all of its territory
Kim Jong UN croaks and N Korea becomes a democracy
China govt opens up and becomes a democracy

Gas prices fall way down
Solar power usage way up
Western US drought ends, lakes fill
Ice caps return to normal
Carbon dioxide and methane levels fall back to normal

And that just scratches the surface

perhaps we can create the future we want to see

[Lithos]

51. It won't take a miracle

Miracles are based on Faith.

I would rather take Stacy's approach - work smart, work hard and get out the vote. We'll only win with sweat equity.

[TeamProg]

52. Fetterman MELTS Dr. Oz and the GOP Monkey's fly back to Russia forever and ever.

[jalan48]

54. Glad to see you are back.

[In It to Win It]

56. EVERYBODY! IS! BEATABLE!

You're not foolish. I dream of Charlie!

[blue sky at night]

57. Dear Sir or Madame...

NO YOU ARE NOT! We can do it!

[LudwigPastorius]

58. As my parents told me a long time ago when I told them I wanted to be a musician:

"It's OK to dream big. Just have a Plan B."


Of course, I didn't listen to them, and don't you either!

[Polybius]

60. Hopefully you dream of us keeping the House and Senate too

Because if we don't, it won't matter much.

[tblue37]

61. And Stacy Abrams beats Kemp.

[Skittles]

63. OMG MS. PEGSTER

I AM RIGHT THERE WITH YOU

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

65. I hope your legs are healthy enough ...

... to kick some Republican butts.

Keep dreaming, and voting. And dropping an F-bomb here and there.

[The Blue Flower]

69. As the saying goes...

From your lips to God's ears!

[IngridsLittleAngel]

70. May this dream come true

Abbutt and DeSatan have too much blood on their hands. Their Year of Hate here in 2022 is making me ill and having a horrible effect upon my mental health, and I live nowhere near Texbekistan or Floridarabia. I'm tired of them being unable to go 24 hours without ruining the lives of people like me, or generating hate.

Please, good people of Texas and Florida (I imagine at least a few of you exist)... Contribute to the Greg Abbutt and Rot DeSatan "Retirement" Funds. Let your states be led by human beings like Beto and Crist, so that hopefully they can work toward bringing your states into the 20th century.

[Stuart G]

74. YES...Abbots defending the police, or not totally criticizing them, is the end of him.

I don't think he knows. Beto is a fine person, not a total jerk like Abbot..............

The fact that Beto would not do what Abbot did is enough to beat Abbot. The anger that people feel about
Abbot, and the killing of the children in Texas...is totally underrated. Abbot is over, and he doesn't know it.
He is done, destroyed (he destroyed himself) collapsed, gone, finished.

[IngridsLittleAngel]

75. I hope his response to Uvalde opens a lot of eyes

He has spent 2022 terrorizing the LGBTQ community and trans teens under the lie of "protecting children"... All the while, Uvalde's "finest" stood around and protected a parking lot during a massacre.

Instead of demanding answers of what the UPD was doing, or taking steps to protect kids from being shot in school... He has defended the cops and continued to terrorize the LGBTQ community to "protect children."

I hope they all see it's a lie. All of it. That people like him care about kids. That people like him care about anyone. That people like him are doing a damned thing to make life better in Texas (except for the QAnnoy types.)

Beto, meanwhile, is awesome. It still saddens me that he came so close to beating Cancun Cruz a few years ago. I hope 2022 is his time and in a few months, I get to call him Governor Beto.

[NNadir]

71. Optimism is always preferable to despair. Despair eliminates effort.

Optimism inspires work.

[we can do it]

72. Nothing is accomplished without a dream.

[MLAA]

73. How are you doing health wise after your episode a few days ago? ❤️

Glad you are back on DU!

[malthaussen]

76. Dream all you want. Don't bet the farm on it, though.

Since you're a resident of neither state, all you can do is throw money at the problem, alas.

-- Mal

[WheelWalker]

77. The many-worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum mechanics

asserts that the universal wavefunction is objectively real, and that there is no wave function collapse. This implies that all possible outcomes of quantum measurements are physically realized in some "world" or universe. Perhaps there's not just a chance, but a certainty. Trust we're in that world.

[YoshidaYui]

78. That would be awesome and

good to see you back, Peggy san!! Okaerinasai welcome back.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

79. I like the way you think Peggy!

The world is sorely in need your positive optimism.

Keep it up!

[WhiteTara]

81. Let's add House and Senate stay in Democratic control

and that Sarah the Liar is defeated in Arkansas. (that one is really an impossible dream)

[llashram]

82. voting in record numbers

and having hope is all we "foolish" have.

[Evolve Dammit]

83. and Biden beats Orange Julius, again!

[IronLionZion]

84. Aim high, let's take the Senate too

and finally pass some gun regulations and stop price gouging for oil companies

[SKKY]

85. Beto has to be near-perfect, but he can beat Abbott...

...especially if he puts McConaughey out there to campaign for him. Crist over DeSantis seems like a much heavier lift.

[calimary]

86. Dreams can come true.

But only if we MAKE them come true. And it takes a critical mass of people doing so.

Actually this isn’t meant to be a complaint. It’s a goal-setting reminder. It takes work.

But the cool thing is: THIS PLACE. Every time somebody posts something, it’s likely be of use or of service to others of us in one way or other.

- it’s ideas.
- those ideas get talked about, kicked around, refined, expanded, enlarged, adjusted if necessary, and rendered that much more appealing or practical.
- those ideas beget other ideas.
- those ideas might spur or inspire others to get off their duffs and start working or volunteering for positive change.
- seeing, hearing, reading about these ideas can help validate and reinforce thoughts you may already had, or solutions you were already thinking about but figured you were alone in your concerns.
- this builds confidence, focus, and granular stuff like “how do I write this to my Congressmember? Or how do I bring it up at a meeting or in conversation? What do I say?”

This is all good. And it’s all here in this little ol’ site.

[Blue Owl]

88. K&R