QUOTE(DemInIowa @ Nov 18 2004, 05:12 PM)
I am not flaming you but I need to ask.. why are you so negative?? If you don't agree with what we are doing, then why are you here?? There is a general discussion you can join.. we are trying to do what we can and yes we have hope. There is nothing wrong with that...please stop trying to take that away.
Sorry.
I am here because I believe in the pursuit of fair elections. Not in blaming a particular person or party.
I also believe that the spreading of *conspiracy theories* is detrimental to the goal of fair elections. Why? Simple. The vast majority of Americans are moderates. If you were to run to them right now with the *evidence* that has been compiled, they would say: 'Oh, there goes that faction of the Democratic Party whining about another election.' and determine that we DO have fair, or fair enough, elections and simply move on.
I can honestly say that *I* am not going to get anything changed and YOU are not going to get anything changed, not even with another 10,000 or even 100,000 people behind us. However, convince the moderates and you have millions of voices and things get changed.
What you call optimism, I call false hopes and dreams, what you call realism, I call optimism, what you call negativity, I call realism.
Simply different perspectives, which we are all entitled to.
If you truly believed in what you think you believe in, then nothing that anyone posted would bother you at all. The fact that what you refer to as negativity has any effect whatsoever indicates that you are not 100% solid in your convictions.
Just an observation. No offense intended.