My answer to ALL of you who want secession in some form. (And my hair is on fire!)

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64. Frustrations!

Good lawd! You ought to live here. There is a New Dem party and a Progressive party working on things. That's because the regular party is made up of a bunch of yahoos only interested in keeping what little influence they have to themselves. I loathe them.

As I have said, the GOP mooks can see the writing on the wall as more people move in who are going to want change. It scares all of them to death. We will need a bunker buster to get them out, but we will.

A cousin of mine who I would swear was a Republican quit that party. He was fed up with lying. My 85 year old aunt got so pissed, for the first time in her life she volunteered to work for Dem candidates.

If you think a majority of people are going to see the light and suddenly do a 180, it ain't going to happen. It takes tenacity and hard work. As far as taking over state governments, it's not that easy. First we have to oust the Dem deadwood. That will be a fight so we are trying an end run.

I do understand your frustrations as much as I can. I don't understand why everyone is ready to leave so many decent people in the lurch.

At one point in 2008, Obama said he was going to open an office with smaller offices here. I was so excited. There were people I know of all races ready to help. It would have energized the Dems and hopefully started something. It would have empowered people to work left out by everybody. That would have helped the end run. Then nobody came. I know it seemed from the outside as throwing away money. From the inside, it could have been an answer to prayers.

No, I don't blame him for our problems. It did feel like a punch in the gut though.