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To: epicure who wrote (186072)	3/27/2012 8:16:12 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) of 542001

The decision to question ones own, is a tough one. And not one many of we liberals take lightly. It is sort of like the abortion problem. It is a dilemma. All people can do is make a decision. I was confronted with that dilemma up here for 30 years. We dems are in a minority, but we managed to get more than our fair share of Dem governors up here for no other reason than the right wing ran true winguts even conservatives could not stand. I worked on most Dem campaigns. One such guy was a Dem I worked to elect Steve Cowper. They called him the High Plains Drifter. The state employee's union worked their asses off to get him elected. Were in fact responsible for his election. But right after he was elected he turned on the state employee's with a famous "all bets are off now (low oil prices)" statement. Now I had enough status in the campaign for a big job. That is how it works to the chagrine of many innocents I suppose. But after he turned on the state workers, I would not support him. We also had Dem lobbyists who were very crooked. I watched too many very good people and strong liberal dems tolerate our dark side. I would not patronize them. Fought one governor who put a gangster on my payroll without my consent. Had to quit on that one. I, and many liberals also refused to vote after Humphrey used Gestapo tactics to steal the democratic nomination from Macarthy. Probably not the smartest thing to do, but we did it for cosmic consciousness. In our minds. It was a sort of existential spiritual decision and impossible to explain. Except to another liberal. Obama really did not follow his promises in the campaign. Now all of we liberals know the right wing is filled with ghouls and troglodytes. No one is more aware of that than us. So we fight with ourselves all the time. Like a woman who has to make a decision about an abortion, we struggle with the question of what to do or say. We held off a long time raising hell. In fact until the congressional Black Caucus gave us the OK. I would say that was pretty sensitive of us. I will admit for a while before that we were puzzled. We were so surprised we could not believe our eyes. We had to figure out soemthing we did nto expect and had no way to understand. Time after time promises were broken. The top political pundits confirmed what we were starting to think. As Chris Mathews said: "he left us at the alter. He reads books on Reagan and lauds them and reads Brooks every day. Most of us tamp it down, but we cannot tamp it out all together. That would be too big a lie for many of us. And if we all walked blindly into the dark world of ideology no one wold be left to know the truth. We have to leave some outside, to remind us what the truth is. And the best ones to leave outside are the best seer's. IMO

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