Reply #75: I would encourage you to rethink your position...

[cameozalaznick]

After all... You don't know what he's dealing with that we don't know about. I've been seeing something in the pictures that have been taken of him the last few days. There's almost an ethereal quality to his expression. I sometimes wonder if he's not seeing a bigger vision that we're not able to grasp.

And I know what you're thinking right about now... " don't give me that three-dimensional Vulcan chess bullshit."

None of us knows what the future holds and it's one of the things that makes life so interesting.

Of course, I happen to believe that we make our own reality, so I say, don't give up on your optimism and enthusiasm. In fact, I'm holding a vision that after the 2012 election, Obama comes out and gives the speech W gave about "I have political capital and I'm going to spend it." Turns out he was talking about privatizing SS and everyone said, "I don't think so."

But what if Obama did that, since he would never have to run again... But instead of blowing up SS, he used his power for good. Like taxing the rich and enacting a public option, or whatever. That's the vision I'm holding onto.

I plan to continue to support Obama, maybe not quite as enthusiastically as I once did, but I still believe in him. But even more important than Obama, when he makes that speech in 2012, I want a strong congress that has his back. That's where we need to spend our energy in the next two years. I have no doubt Obama will be reelected, but I'd like to get rid of some TP favorites in congress.

Who's with me?