Good to have you with us! Your last paragraph was a great one! Unfortunately true, too. I'm a retired journalist. I used to be so proud of that profession and now I'm just ashamed and disgusted. They DID give bush/cheney a complete pass. They DID turn a blind eye. Remember the millions around the world who protested against the Iraq War? Remember how much coverage that did NOT get? There were quite literally protests ON EVERY CONTINENT ON EARTH, INCLUDING ANTARCTICA. EVERY ONE. I think the news media is complicit in all of that. And the bushies are ALL war criminals. Totally and undeniably. But did you hear ANY of that when contradicta was out parading around, endorsing republi-CONS here and there along the campaign trail? She and her "husband" should be awaiting a war crimes tribunal in adjoining jail cells in The Hague. But never was heard a discouraging word whenever she came out of the shadows.
It's just way too long and too weary-ing to get into again. But if you've been lurking for awhile, perhaps you've seen some of the ranting around here. I've certainly spewed a whole lot of hot air about this, myself! We're a little island here - a refuge from that madness around us. And sometimes great activism (and occasionally, a result or two) arises from the seeds planted here.
But I actually kinda like what Sam Donaldson said. He said what a lot of us feel. I think that point should be driven home to the teabaggers - WHO ARE IN THE MINORITY!!!! And they should be reminded of that. They DON'T run the country! They DON'T have the right or privilege to boss and intimidate everybody else. As such, they do NOT have the right to dictate what is and what goes. Because they get so much attention, as the squeaky wheel always does, they've come to believe that they DO matter more and that they are first-among-equals, and that their wants and wishes and demands are more important than anyone else's. And THAT is what has to change.
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