Reply #86: Ok, you want honesty, so here goes...

[ninkasi]

Inwardly, I gloat that they were so stupid, and when they finally see the light...usually because it has somehow affected them in some way, I tell them I'm glad they saw the light, now don't waste your vote on Pukes anymore, we Dems have so much more to offer.

As far as forgive them? I feel that I should, but deep down inside I can't. If they were for this because of stupidity, I probably don't have a close friendship with them anyway; that's not being snobbish, it's just that we seldom have anything in common as the basis of a friendship.

If they are more intelligent, then no, I can't. I am a person of only average I.Q. If I could spot the lies, the evasions, the wrongness of it all, then they should have, too. They chose instead to give into feel-good nationalism, rather than true patriotism, and never gave a thought about the very real deaths that would be inflicted on both sides, or the very real destruction of a country which had nothing whatsoever to do with 9-11, but which has been made to pay the price.

I seem to feel that I should be able to forgive them, but can't. I do not, however, get in their faces and make them the enemy. I hope they vote for the Dems next time, but that doesn't mean I can forgive the pain they helped inflict up to now.