OK, I am going to take a break at least until tonight.

First, because I have to drive to Springfield for personal reasons, and so I would have gone anyway (not that I am happy to have to do that in a storm and rain. I want spring again).

But also because the hyper emotional climate baffles me. Somebody makes an endorsement and people get crazy. I am going to repost what I posted yesterday in Kerry2008's thread because I cannot understand why people would get so emotional about that (and I am not talking about the traditional Kerrybashers here, but the incomprehensible reactions I have seen for very good people.



So, I understand disappointment (I would have been disappointed if he endorsed somebody else). But what I cannot understand is people denying to Kerry or anybody else the right to choose his nominee and tell us. Jeez, get a grip. In a month or so, we will all be supporting the same nominee, whoever it is. Not sure that this emotional roller coaster that some people are will help them support him/her efficiently. If anything, I know for a fact that some of the 04 Kerry supporters were not efficient at all because they had swallowed all the crap that was thrown around during the 04 primaries. Remember, the ennemy is the Republicans.

it is ugly out this morning!

I agree with you - I was shocked yesterday by the over-the-top response to Kerry's endorsement. He did not give away his right to express his opinion just because he's a senator, and how dare anyone question his right to do so?

Anyone who has been paying any attention to him at all recently can't have been surprised by this. I still vividly remember the primary wars of '03 and '04 - and I remember that when it came to the general election there were people who still refused to support Kerry because he defeated their favorite. I believe that hurt him in the general election - and hope we won't see that replayed this time around.

The enemy is the republicans. But it is also short-sightedness and selfishness.

What I took away from JK's speech yesterday was his selflessness and his devotion to the higher cause, no matter how anyone else may choose to spin the event.

I hadn't been in there in a few hours, so I thought I'd take a peek...CRAZY. I'm not going to claim it's the worst I've ever seen it in there, (the Lebanon-Israel conflict on '06 was still GD's "worst" time, I think) but it's far, far nastier than it should be.