Reply #20: right on, arendt . . . as usual . . .

[OneBlueSky]

some of us have been sounding the call for "The Truth" to become the hallmark of Democratic politics, often to no avail . . . if we can't get our candidates to pledge to tell the nation "the truth, the whole truth, an nothing but the truth," then we remain part of the problem rather than a catalyst for solutions . . . thanks for articulating this so clearly . . .

in this day and age, "The Truth" is anything but pleasant . . . but it is a prima facie fact that you cannot possibly solve a problem unless you define it clearly and accurately -- and you can only do that by telling the truth . . .

we Democrats must be the ones to tell the nation the truth -- about election fraud, about global warming, about the 9/11 coverup, about the war, about depleted uranium weapons, about all of it . . .

thanks largely to BushCo, The Truth is indeed very unpleasant . . . but we must face it, name it, and deal with it if we are to survive as a nation and, ultimately, as a civilization . . .