predawn reflection
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i had not posted here for a long time, but i have started posting because there are many people i deeply admire posting here, and i want to support their courage to do so; and because it is election season, and i support President Obama with my whole heart and soul.
in the time since President Obama's election, i have become estranged from two people who had been my very dearest friends, because their egos were seduced by the Professional Left. the last words to me of one of them were "i can't believe you would let politics end our friendship." the other used that old trick, "i'm entitled to my own opinion, stop trying to oppress my freedom of expression," lectured at me, as such people usually do, to halt my expressing my opinion, and my feelings.
it did not matter to either that they were betraying me in their efforts to undermine Democratic candidates, including our President. it does not matter to them that they are, in effect, supporting the election, feeding the power of people who wish me, a lesbian, dead - combined with all their other vile bigotry. neither is willing to face that i am at least as idealistic as they are, and am far more radically political than they are - have worked many times harder than either has to make Progressive ideals reality.
if asked whether they voted for VP Gore, or Senator Kerry against dubya, they would be aghast that i even wondered. if asked if they considered President Kennedy, or Senator Robert or Edward Kennedy a hero, they would exclaim, "of course!"
what i had to recognize, and made me heartsick, was that they are the same kind of racist that the Professional Left is. they are not like the extreme socialist Left, who seek the collapse of this country no matter who is elected to govern. they are people who believe that President Obama owes them more than Clinton, Gore, Kerry, or any other white male Democrat owed/owes them, since they, after all, HAD voted for him, The Black Man. it was like that during the Civil Rights Movement, where white supporters felt that they were doing blacks a favor, that they, themselves, were really superior, and that their opinions on HOW to achieve rights should be yielded to.
in the words of the Great Steve Biko, "white liberals always knew what was good for the blacks and told them so"; " ... the liberals are playing their old game. They are claiming a 'monopoly on intelligence and moral judgement ... ' "; "I am against the intellectual arrogance of white people that makes them believe that white leadership is a sine qua non in this country and that whites are the divinely appointed pacesetters in progress."
it does not matter to either of them that NO ONE could ever have achieved MORE than President Obama has, and that anyone who tried to hurry Progressive goals faster than the President did would have been even more absolutely obstructed, and by even more Democratic legislators; and that he, our President, knows that, and does a magnificent job of walking the tightrope between achievable goals and his own Progressive ideals.
all that matters to them is that he must do twice as much, twice as often, twice as well - and half as aggressively - for half the credit. well, more like a ten times as much, it has been shown.
that is also why i could not stomach the tone of this place since President Obama's election - before he was even IN office.
but there were times when i was devastated watching the Professional Left sabotage it ALL, and i would come read on the PBOG and the AA Group and be soothed, healed and enlightened by members here - brilliant people who actually research the FACTS before they come to conclusions. i found that, when the facts are revealed, the ideals, goals, and accomplishments of our President continually exceed my own hopes of what a president might accomplish.
i also know that, given another term in office, he will continue to pour his heart and soul into those ideals and goals; and that we will have the best chance we have ever had to see this country finally grow up, grow out of its white-supremacist roots and heritage, and maybe even survive the devastation we have inflicted upon the Earth. i work constantly toward that goal, and i recognize the dire threat of those who would sabotage his campaign.
so, HELLO! to all i so deeply admire, and have so sorely missed! i will be reading here! and i will be posting my appreciation whenever i possibly can!
thank you, all, so very much. for ALL you do; for your INSPIRATION, WISDOM, COURAGE and DEVOTION to Democratic Ideals.
You are my Heroes!
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Awesome!! Have missed you terribly on the forums, you gentle soul!
Great to see you! 
Julie
thank you, thank you so very much!!
i have missed you too, my sweet friend!
i am very happy to be posting here with YOU!!
nfl
me 
thank you so very much!!
this world has grown so far, so fast, my dear. more than i had ever dreamt possible! and you have far more insight than many ever will!
thank you for pointing that out about "Paul's extreme homophobia." those are the facts we ought to be shouting from rooftops. repugs pretty much all wish us harm, if not death. they have been very dangerous to us, for a long time.
i believe the same of President Obama as you express, including that he knows that we are far, far, far better off with him as president, and that that entails his being able to walk that tightrope. he has always expressed his support for full equality.
thank you for the word about the article in LGBT. i am going to find it right now. more on that after i read it.
you insinuate all black people are on food stamps despite the facts." YES!!
you put words to it so very well, DevonRex! it really is as if they voted for President Obama to prove they are not racist, because they need some way to counterbalance that they are - consciously or not; then, punish him for their own discomfort with themselves!
i had been having a very hard time stepping up to post here again. then i received cherished encouragement from people i adore here, and i saw the changes here, and that you are host of the PBOG. thank you so much for doing that, DevonRex!!
YES YES YES!!!
your encouragement means a lot to me, dear friend
gratitude
Thank you for sharing, and for working towards keeping this man in office, where he needs to be, for not compromising your ideals, and for recognizing what the real problem just might be in this country among our supporters. I think you are correct and brave to give voice to that.
Great to see you here and please keep posting!
fail me.
dear babylonsister, i have admired you very much, for a long time. receiving those words from you means more than i can say! thank you, thank you so very much!
i receive courage, insight and inspiration from you, and others here, constantly! seeing you and others persist in trying to reach those we so need to awaken got me past my self-protective hesitance. i could not watch and SO ADMIRE and yet stay safely tucked away from the direct conflicts of it all. how proud i am to stand with all of You!!
i am very happy to see you here, and to be posting here with You!!!
I too get frustrated by so called Democrats minimizing everything our President has done and wants to do. Then every once in a while a post like yours comes along and my batteries recharge. I'm also reminded that I'm so grateful for you and the many supporters who post here...I'm just a simple, often abrasive Marine who most of the time cannot find the words. You guys and gals speak for me and everyone else like me.
4 more years!
thank you so very much for your kind words and encouragement!! our sharing awareness of what is true helps a lot with that often overwhelming frustration!
i am honored by your words. for a post of mine to be able to recharge your batteries, and to speak for you, means more than i can say.
"4 more years!" YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!
Together, we can
but I never realized just how much until I came in and read this post. You have a way of striking at the heart of a matter that gives it much more meaning to the people who read your thoughts.
For who you are nfl, thank you. For what you stand for, thank you. It's a privilege to stand with you, to believe with you.
Always,
P
your beautiful words touch me to my deepest heart, my very dear friend
thank you, thank you so very much!!
your dedication and your clarity have been vital inspirations to me, jaxx. your kindness and your example have carried me through doubt and fear.
- and rage. and sorrow beyond the telling. i will never, ever, ever forget, dear one.
yes,
Always,
m 
It was brilliant reading your pre dawn reflection~ Thank you so much for sharing your poignant perspective. I'm sorry the ignorance that is prevasive from the profiteering left has hit so close to home with you, nfl.
They are on the wrong side of history and here we are..still cheering our President on to bigger and better accomplishments for Amercia! I'm so thankful I didn't have to miss this! It's been the most awesome experience to be a part of something bigger than myself with such dedicated and focused cyberbaby sistahs and brahs! 
my cherished cyberbaby sistah!!
your kind and caring words mean so very much to me, Cha!!
i LOVE this:
perfect
the health of our Planet!
all the way to our very survival!!!
thank you so very much for adding that, dear Cha!
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thank you so very much for your kind words, and for that great post, Kath1!
you said all of that superbly!! in fact, reading it all encapsulated like that choked me up, it amazes me so!! i hope you will post that all around!!
wonderful!! me too!!!
PEACE, YOU TOO!
I'll be sure to post it around.
Yes We Can - Again In 2012! 
"Yes We Can - Again In 2012!"
YES YES YES!!!
thank you so!!