Reply #16: Up until this moment, the torture legislation, I had some hope. Hope for

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

the Democratic Party, hope for this election, hope for the nation.

Now I am without hope. It is really a dark time for me. I don't really know what to think or where to turn.

I suppose it is still possible that there will be some kind of decent response to this, but the signs are not promising, and, honestly, I don't expect it now. It will still be welcome if it comes.

But as it has not come already, I'm not expecting it.