My participation on dailyKos began around the time Fahrenheit-911 came out. Eight of us went to the see the movie in the theater. We left speechless; sad, angry, disgusted and unable to talk to each other much at dinner.
Then the election of 2004 began heating up. We put up our yard signs, attached our bumper stickers and felt pretty good that the American people wouldn’t be fooled again. Again, we were left speechless; sad, angry, disgusted and unable to speak with people who voted for Bush once again. As for many of you, the election created a few rifts between friends and family.
We got through the next three years of Iraq, KBR, DOJ, Katrina, ad nauseum by laughing when we could with the likes of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. Started watching Keith Olbermann religiously. Became addicted to dailyKos and other internet sites. But we still felt sad, angry, disgusted. My kids learned a lot of cuss words during these three years as I yelled at the TV whenever Bush or Rove or another of the administration’s minions said something else inane or dangerous or disgusting.
But Hope, Love and Community exist even in the worst of times—maybe underground, maybe hidden from view, but ever present.