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3. Thanks for the Inspiration

I've been reading the Rev. William Barber's book, The Third Reconstruction, and your post reminds me of one of my first observations from the book: those who fought for civil rights endured many setbacks along the way and still they persevered, often in the face of life-threatening situations. We can do no less. I'm becoming really tired of the finger pointing, the incessant analysis of what went wrong, and the general carping about the loss that appears on many progressive blogs. I'm ready to move on--not to forget and pretend that this president is normal or that the Republican Party will do good things, since we know they won't--but to take actions that may be small steps now but build to something bigger. We have a 2018 election to work for, and we need to get about it--making sure voters are registered, fighting unlawful voter repression in court and the media, crafting our message of what we want for America (economically speaking, California not Kansas), volunteering for our local Democratic candidates and the party, and so on. We won't win by replaying the past election.