Reply #62: Excellent post - should be read by all DUers. And here is a quote to

[Nothing Without Hope]

show how old this phenomenon is:

It is as hard for the good to suspect evil, as it is for the bad to suspect good. -Marcus Tullius Cicero, statesman, orator, writer (106-43 BCE)

As for Voinovich, I'm betting that AFTER he missed the chance to stop Bolton in committee, the neocons showed him something, some plan, that has absolutely appalled and terrified him. A plan for a nuclear war on Iran? For martial law? Who knows - but I don't think he was JUST crying over Bolton. He was truly shaken about the future of this country.

The reason why your post is so important is that there is entirely too much black-vs-white thinking at DU. Anyone voting GOP must be evil incarnate and cannot be reached with logic or truth. This is not only false, it is counterproductive in a major way. WE CANNOT WIN IF WE TURN AWAY PEOPLE WHO HAVE VOTED GOP BUT MIGHT LISTEN NOW. A nation-wide groundswell of opposition to the criminals in the the government must include all kinds of people - in this opposition to corruption and criminality, we AGREE with honest Republicans like your father. These people must be reached out to and welcomed when they see what is really going on. We are the ones that preach inclusion, tolerance, and multilateralism. We need to live it, both at DU and in the real world.