Sadly, I have gone from extreme optimism to extreme pessimism about the general election. [View All]

[Liberal Veteran]

I pray to god I am wrong, but if DU is even a poor reflection of the general populace, then we are so screwed.

Racism, sexism, religion baiting, playing the victim, charges of homophobia, homophobia, scandal smears, mudslinging....

And this isn't from just a couple of a talking heads on the tube and a bunch of anonymous idiots on a message board.

This is from the campaigns all the way down to the general population.

I've heard it said that getting democrats together is like herding cats and NEVER have I believed that was true.

Now, I'm just not so sure. I certainly have no intention of being a republican, but each day that passes I am becoming ashamed of being a democrat.

How the hell can otherwise reasonable people suddenly be at each other's throats when we have such a historic and unprecedented election season. Here we are, with anti-republican sentiment running at the highest level since the Great Depression and two candidates who if EITHER wins will be the person who breaks up a record of 43 white men in a row.

And what are we doing with that? We are pissing it away!

Shame on us all.

I really believed we were better than that.

I guess idealism has no place in our culture and I'd like to thank everyone, including myself, for driving a stake through the heart of what we could have been.