Reply #34: K&R great thread!!

[OhioBlue]

I think we are starving for some leadership. Cindy Sheehan steps out to protest the war, makes some statements for the Right Wingers to pick apart and is marginalized... They make her into a caricature with talking points to minimize her message. A message of peace is like banging your head against the wall with some - all they come back with is that "you should support the troops". You can't even make a rational argument about how you do support the troops and want them to have adequate equipment, training, pay, health care, etc. but want them to come home. it is just turned around that you don't support them if you don't support their mission.

I do speak out about the Bush administration, but have pretty much worn out that welcome. The people that agree with me are like preaching to the choir, the ones that don't agree with me, will never and it only ends up in conflict. I would love to see a MLK or Gandhi step up to really lead the effort against the war, torture, the sale of America, the assault on social programs, et. al. Because I don't know how we can win some people over. I don't mean to sound like a defeatist - your thread was great, but I feel pretty helpless.