Reply #9: A Whole Different World

[KharmaTrain]

I'd say people were a lot more naive here in 2004...many of us knew how bad this regime was and thought that truth and justice would prevail...that there was no way asshat would win a second term.

GD-P was a battle between the Clarkies, Kucinichniks and Deaniacs...Kerry's support here in the early days was tepid, but gained strength as time went on.

Most important is that many of us were just grateful in those days to have some place to connect with other Democrats. The liberal/progressive blogosphere was just getting rolling and the only site that really was making any political noise was NoveOn. Repugnicans had big cash advantages and the corporate media was as much, if not more in the tank for this regime.

It was a confusing time...the Democrats were on the ropes...as the party was on the edge of oblivion...we only picked up one House seat in that election. It showed many of us how corrupt the political system was...but also, for the first time, there was a place where many of us could find common cause. Things have changed a lot in the past 4 years. Thank goodness!!!