(Are we supposed to be afraid of that? LOL)
Posted on 11/04/2004 3:17:49 PM PST by soycd
See: www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2598145
Hello DU,
Chris Heinz here, newly minted casualty of the Bush economic plan. Like many of you, I put my life aside to fight for this campaign, and to fight for a man I deeply care about, my stepfather John Kerry. I am proud of the man, and of our campaigns work. I am proud of my mother and my family, and the Edwards family (my thoughts are with you Elizabeth). Every day I traveled this country, I was also humbled, truly humbled, by the fact that I would meet volunteers and activists who were putting all of their excess energy and hope into this process and the man, despite arguably fewer incentives than those in my immediate life.
Like many of you, I do not think anger is my current dominant feeling, though it is present. Nor is it exhaustion, as I would have guessed a week ago as we campaigned 24/7. Rather, I feel sad and confused. I feel sad because I believe this country made a grave error in judgement on tuesday. And I feel confused because I dont feel the same closeness for my country, but was raised a patriot and by default want to love all of it.
So here we are. We move forward. Each of us will have to look inside ourselves about whether to heed this call for national unity. In my opinion, we owe our neighbors, democrats and republican, the same basic honor we did before November 2. But as for this adminstration, I think I feel the same way as most on this board: I dont owe George W. Bush shit. He does not get a clean slate from me. He has ruled this country for four years by focusing on what makes us different and it is unforgivable. History will make this clear.
In the meantime, thanks DU for your passion. And last night, for your courage. The "my name is" thread was perhaps the most powerful, courageous and cathartic I have ever seen.
Good night,
Chris Heinz
Listen Crissy Boy. Pop Kerry had a plan for America. He just didn't have a plan for for winning the damned election. Every is crying about how the election turned out and the how the party is hurting. You're lucky. By the looks of his dysfunctional campaign Kerry would have been a bigger embarrassment in the White house than Jimmy Carter..
Awwww. All the money in the world and he and mommy couldn't buy what they really wanted. That sucks.
(Are we supposed to be afraid of that? LOL)
What a douche-bag Chris is.
Actually, a little time behind the woodshed might be a little more productive.
Actually, Clinton will be the answer for "Who was the second worst President of the 20th Century."
Jimmy Carter is #1.
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