My son wrote this on one of his blogs. He was responding to his conservative friend. I thought it was well said.

"It's disheartentening to find that nothing has changed, and that Americans in general condone the type of leadership we've seen over the last four years.

Further evidence of this united afront to civic common sense is the fact that all 11 of the states who proposed constitutional ammendments outlawing marriage passed -- in Georgia by 3 to 1, in Mississippi by 9 to 1!!!

Yes, I said "outlawing marriage" with no adjective, because I think any discrimination is a travesty, and writing discrimination back into the Constitution is regressive.

No, James, no one had resigned themselves to the fate we now face. Before there was hope. As citizens, our rights were encroached upon, our friends and collegues were sent to a war we don't support, our economy lost jobs (those who lost jobs in the last 4 years voted Kerry 80%), the environment took a beating, the rich got richer, oil prices hit record highs... but there was hope for change.

I put a Kerry sticker on my car mainly because GA is so conservative (though Fulton County voted Kerry) that I feel like a high school kid looking over his shoulder for bullies. But the bullies (or the misguided) are the apparent majority. Nerds lose (those with grad degrees voted Kerry 80%). Hope was on the way, but has passed us by."

posted by carter