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[TayTay]

I posted this earlier today in response to yet another negative Kerry thread. What do you folks think:

It was never about John Kerry. People placed heart and hope and time and effort into this race because they sincerely believed that America is headed down the wrong road. Kerry was a good nominee, but he is not the message, he was the 2004 messenger.

There are still people who have no idea where their next meal is coming from in America. There are still children who have no health care and whose parents can't find a job with decent benefits. We just saw a news interview wherein our guys, our troops in Iraq have to go out and scavenge in dumps in order to get some armor for their vehicles. We have small towns in America that are closing schools and services because they have no opportunities that beckon young familes to stay. We can't eat the fish we catch because the fish have too much mercury in them. And so on and so on.

The message, as it always, always does, exceeds the messenger. I am not a Democrat because I supported John Kerry. (Or Howard Dean or John Edwards, etc.) I worked for them because they promised to work for America. Because I thought it actually bothered them that we have homeless Veterans who can't get services and that this is wrong. And the Democrats told me that we should be helping more people get Pell grants and go to school because education matters and helps get people out of poverty. And that it is morally wrong to deny a kid health care because their parents can't afford it. And so much more that show America can be better and we can work toward that greater goal.

And I believed them. And I still believe them. The messenger is always imperfect and full of human faults. But the message is still there, ready for the next messenger to pick it up and start running with it. And I'm going to be there and contribute everything I can to help that person. Because the message matters, what I do to support it matters, and the needs of others matter. It's the genuine soul of the Democratic Party and it might get a bit muddled from time to time, but it's there and I supoort it with all my heart. It's bigger than one election and I won't let any defeat be permanent. America demands that much from me. And I will demand that much from any future messengers.

Was this an okay thing to post?