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Autumn

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4. Many of us have awoken, but those in our party we have elected are choosing

Sat Oct 11, 2014, 09:08 AM

Oct 2014

wars and austerity over the needs and the wishes of the people who elected them. We no longer have Democrats who are willing to stop the erosion of our Constitutional rights. Our people go without basic necessities like health care and shelter, our young go off to war and come home in a coffin or maimed physically or mentally and have to jump through hoops to get the care they need. Our young men lie dead and bleeding in the streets because those we pay to protect and serve have a soldier mentality and equipment and see us as the enemy and suffer no repercussions for their actions. Our elected leaders see to the needs of corporations and the wealthy while talking and enacting cuts to programs that benefit the poor and elderly. When I hear the Democrats in my party I have voted for and supported giving those actions merit it makes me sick to my soul. Do I want to hold my nose and vote? No, these people do not represent me in the things I consider to be important. But to tell the truth, I don't think I'm strong enough to sit home and not vote.

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You are America. postulater Oct 2014 #2

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Yet that shows H2O Man Oct 2014 #10

Thank you! H2O Man Oct 2014 #9

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I don't know. H2O Man Oct 2014 #16

Many of us have awoken, but those in our party we have elected are choosing Autumn Oct 2014 #4

Right. H2O Man Oct 2014 #11

There is value in harm reduction though. stillwaiting Oct 2014 #13

Great points. H2O Man Oct 2014 #17

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That's good. H2O Man Oct 2014 #18

As Obama has been telling us idiots since the beginning, if you want change then you have to start. Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #5

And how are we to do that, when the DC dems are the ones enacting these policies that are killing Doctor_J Oct 2014 #6

How did the civil rights movement do it, when the same could have been said? Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #8

I didn't think you would be able to answer the question Doctor_J Oct 2014 #21

Nonsense. Your ignoring of the teabag blockade and the media deflection is why you say that. Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #22

While unemployment numbers are down, Jackpine Radical Oct 2014 #31

The "Occupy" Movement H2O Man Oct 2014 #37

Gee, weren't there some actual large civil rights advances made by people who had organized Bluenorthwest Oct 2014 #39

Right. H2O Man Oct 2014 #19

Why the energy of 2008 got so quickly lost is not a mystery....the media embraced the tea baggers Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #20

And what stopped you, in particular. Skidmore Oct 2014 #23

I do not answer personal questions to anonymous questioners. Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #28

That was definitely H2O Man Oct 2014 #29

The media can not be used by us, it has been sold to the highest bidder, the corporations and RW Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #30

I respectfully disagree. H2O Man Oct 2014 #34

My point is that your hard work and knowledge, sweat and tears, you heroes of organization and Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #38

Maybe you stopped. My community pressed on. Oh, how the moderates wailed at us to stop wanting Bluenorthwest Oct 2014 #24

Me, personally? H2O Man Oct 2014 #25

No mention of the biggest civil rights victories of recent days in a discussion about civil rights Bluenorthwest Oct 2014 #40

Perhaps your reading skills H2O Man Oct 2014 #42

Take the anger, rustration and feeling of hoplessness and direct that energy in a positive direction PeoViejo Oct 2014 #7

Thank you. H2O Man Oct 2014 #26

If you don't vote, you are in reality voting Republican. world wide wally Oct 2014 #12

Yep. H2O Man Oct 2014 #27

Vote so they know we're out here. You aren't counted if you don't vote. nt scarletwoman Oct 2014 #32

Right. H2O Man Oct 2014 #35

I mailed in my absentee ballot last week. I voted Democratic all the way. Louisiana1976 Oct 2014 #33

Very good! H2O Man Oct 2014 #36

I am a hopeless romantic: I will show up in person at the polls & celebrate democracy librechik Oct 2014 #41