Truly.
I don't even bother much anymore to claim that I was hopeful about Fred early-on, but I was. Early to skepticism, I admit, but still hopeful in the beginning.
It is a bitter time for those who have invested all their hopes with Fred and repressed all doubts. I guess that that is a proper thing to do when you are preparing for battle. The battlefield -- either military or politcal -- is no place for second guessing.
Still it is not much fun when you have chosen your candidate, put him on a pedestal, and gone to war for him, and then reality starts to batter you. I've already trod the path from hopeful about Fred, to disappointed, to angry in my disappointment. I really should do better at being gentle to those who are somewhere else along on that path.
“It is a bitter time for those who have invested all their hopes with Fred and repressed all doubts. I guess that that is a proper thing to do when you are preparing for battle.”
I have yet to make a decision as to who I’ll be supporting in the primaries, but I disagree with what you wrote here.
I think repressing all doubts, and convincing yourself that everything is dandy because you want it to be is a recipe for defeat. I point to the 06 midterms. A thorough housecleaning was in order for the GOP, not sticking our heads in the sand, and claiming that “The Dems Were Worse” That’s the kind of logic that causes root rot. I don’t care too much about what everybody else does, I’ll be judged by what I do. And the bugling about the MSM manipulating the polls...turned out to be wrong huh? Anyway I just joined this thread to comment on the current polls, not to try to change anybodys mind about who they support. To me it’s a bit sad, we took ideals that were noble and fine, and we(and I mean almost everybody on both sides of the political aisle) whored them out like this were a sporting event. OK rant off...down from soapbox, now back to just reading the current data and commenting on that.
It is a bitter time for those who have invested all their hopes with Fred and repressed all doubts. ...
Still it is not much fun when you have chosen your candidate, put him on a pedestal, and gone to war for him, and then reality starts to batter you. I’ve already trod the path from hopeful about Fred, to disappointed, to angry in my disappointment. I really should do better at being gentle to those who are somewhere else along on that path.
***That is some amazing candor. I honestly do think that Hunter will not disappoint you in that way. He may not win the nomination due to lack of name recognition, but he is doing what he can about that. His character stands head & shoulders above the others in the race.