Reply #521: Thanks for posting this, Skinner.

[democrank]

I donated via snail mail a few days ago but thought long and hard before I did, not because of all the strife here at DU but because times are really, really difficult. I`ll bet there are a lot of DUers in the same boat.

Imagine if you can, that this is Republican Underground, the year is 2007 and George Bush is president. Imagine you are a Republican voter morally opposed to torture and you posted here that you`re sickened by the knowledge your president is allowing people to be tortured. Imagine your reaction if other Republican posters reply that you just want a pony. You expect miracles. You hate Bush. You`re too demanding.You`re too unrealistic.

Here`s where I stand...a DUer since 2003 and a Democrat for going on five decades....I don`t need an ignore button nor do I want to be censored for stating my true beliefs. Democrats do have a big tent but when the status quo dictates that I must vote for a Democrat, even if that person is on a cruise with wealthy bankers in the Caribbean while his constituents are losing their houses right and left, my answer will be a swift and simple, "NO."

We can honestly face what is happening to our country or we can look the other way and make excuse after excuse after excuse. Judging by what`s happening around me, I`d say things are a bit critical. Folks who don`t have enough food or a job aren`t going to skip to the local flower store humming "Everything is Beautiful."

I can`t tell you how many Foreclosure Auction signs there are around here, how many soldiers stuck in Afghanistan, some for the third, fourth, fifth time, how many store fronts boarded up. The poor people I know are hard working and proud and would rather die than take a handout. We MUST do something. DEMOCRATS must do something because the other side, the ones President Obama constantly surrenders to, won`t. Right now, the president is busy trying to prove how many times a week he prays, his answer to the latest Republican smear tactic.The best thing the president could do is tell them to get lost and then busy himself with helping those who really need help. That wouldn`t be AIG.