"disappointments are inevitable. Discouragement is a choice"

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http://ww2.intouch.org/site/c.dhKHIXPKIuE/b.2383041/k.9F83/Life_Principle_20__Answers_to_Lifes_Questions__Discouragement.htm

"Do you ever feel tempted to give up? Perhaps right now you feel overlooked, forgotten, mistreated, and you want to quit. Satan’s goal is to get you to do just that—throw in the towel and call it quits. Discouragement is his favorite weapon.

But remember this: while disappointments are inevitable, discouragement is a choice."

Just substitute Rove or the BFEE for 'satan'. There's not a huge difference after all.

People please. I re-joined DU after the 2004 elections because I wanted to join together with people to oppose the Bush administration. To elect Democrats in the general election and to nominate progressive Democrats in the primaries, and to watch, lobby, write and protest in between elections.

Too many here since 2006 seem ready to give up on those goals. They believe that electing Democrats is pointless. Even after 2000, they still cannot see a dime's worth of difference, and are ready to pull the same sh*t that got us where we are today. Apparently voting third party is going to accomplish more than nominating progressive Democrats in the primary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEMGj8yak5Y

Too many here want us to sing the song of the Crows, to feel that there is nothing in the past but a string of losses and nothing to be expected from the future but more of the same.

We cannot get out of the game, and we certainly can't win with discouragement and despair. Let's think of things we want to do and can do.

Congress is going on vacation? Or are they going home? How many of us will make a point to visit their offices? Can we be encouraged to mobilize for 2008? I know that there's alot of work that could be done. At the county level here we are way short of precinct people and volunteers/activists.