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105. I don't know what to expect. But in the past, during the early Bush years

when it was almost heroic to go to some of the right wing controlled websites, I went there and witnessed the running off the board of any democrat who dared to challenge them. Being the kind of person who was outraged at how our side of the aisle was being bullied I decided to refuse to be run off and went there every day to refute the lies they were spreading. It was a harrowing experience, at first. But I stayed regardless of the attacks, some of which were pretty vile.

Did I make any converts? The answer is 'yes' over the course of two years. Not probably idealogically but in terms of shattering the image of Democrats they were so sure of.

And some of them actually came to my defense when I was attacked by one of their own in a way no woman should be attacked. I guess my own prejudgement of THEM at the time, caused me to be surprised at their defense of me.

I left after two years and after finding Dem sites which I was not aware of in 2002-04. That was like finding gold at the time. But I did see some shift in their thinking regarding the war in Iraq eg before I left so that was something, although way too late to stop it.