Reply #21: Ah, your username takes on a new poignancy, hearing this story. I'm

[Nothing Without Hope]

very glad you're joining with us and everyone else who wants to take this country back to the rule of law. REAL Republicans and Dems (I prefer "Progressives") can resume their traditional arguments AFTER this crisis in the American Republic has passed. Indeed, I believe that the country is better for those traditional arguments--either party unopposed tends to drift toward complacency, corruption and mistakes.

I really feel sorry for the people who only recently have come to realize how their loyalty to the GOP has been betrayed. They have been lied to and duped in the worst possible way, their patriotism and love of their country misused by the neocon leadership, and the whole country is in a crisis because of it. I hope they can find a way to hold off bitterness and cynicism enough to turn to a positive road to build a coalition to take this country back.

Seeing this sad but upstanding gentleman with his sign gives me more hope. He's a REAL Republican, and that means he loves his country, not the insane and corrupt agenda of the neocon cabal. All caring Americans must work together to take this country back. Dems and Repubs can get back to their traditional arguments and compromises AFTER the country has been saved.