November 03, 2004

Maybe soon I will have the hindsight to see that things may not be as bad as I am imagining them. I am a competitive man and I don’t like losing so I have to remember that national elections are not a competition and definitely not a sporting event. Neither side wins if those elected forget that they serve all their constituents.

It would be easy to mire myself in self-pity. I choose to take a different road for as Pogo said, “We are confronted by insurmountable opportunities”. There are always going to be bends in the road, we now need to make the most of them. I’m going to start by making a larger than normal donation to The Sierra Club and The EFF. They will need your help. In short time we will need to provide support for those whose rights may be seriously curtailed: women, blacks, working people, our children (Damn, I know I’ve been through all this before). Just because a party has a majority does not mean that it doesn’t have to listen to or be accountable to the people. If all else fails inundate.

With all our idealistic prose we did not attain the results we wanted. We all said “Oh Yeah” and patted each other on the backs. We kept our secret weapons to our selves. We can no longer preach just to the choir. "Out" your selves. Invite non-bloggers to your web site. Invite them to the conversation. Continue speaking your mind. Take your show on the road. Make sure that everyone knows that there are other views. And in time we will find our way out of this damn forest.