Sometimes I feel alienated on DU

[TallahasseeGrannie]

with the DLC stuff, the libs, progressives, anarchists, atheists... you name it. So many folks I have really little in common with except a sense that something is wrong.

But after the speech today I feel like I have come home. I pray we can all see that this man has come at this time for a reason.

America is not dead. I am flying the flag today.

[Heidi]

1. You _are_ home, TG.

:hug:

[Bozita]

2. Al Gore is a uniter, not a divider.

I borrowed some of those words.

[AuntiBush]

42. My Sediments, Exactly!

Yup!

[Ian David]

3. That's because you're a freedom-hating rejectionist.

And I mean that in a good way.

[babylonsister]

4. I hope this is a wake-up from a deep, dark

hibernation that's affected us all. I feel like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders, just thinking about that speech and the passion it was delivered with! :woohoo: :woohoo:

[FreedomAngel82]

5. Gore unites!

I know how you feel. Every once in a while I'll feel that way but I enjoy it here though. :)

[papau]

6. You and me both are flying the flag today. :-)

:-)

[havocmom]

7. Have some tea with me, dear.

We may even spike it with some good ol American Spirit! ;)

Send transcripts to your Congress Critters. Highlight parts you really want them to pay attention to. Let them know we are watching, we care and we INSIST they start acting on the oaths they all took. Let them know they WILL start doing right by America or WE WILL replace their sorry asses!

Send LTTE with quotes from Gore's speech. Get people talking about it! MSM will not give the attention the speech deserves, so once again, we need to BE THE MEDIA!

This is OUR country. Let them be reminded of that important difference between this and tyranny!

TG, you are a part of what makes DU great. NEVER doubt that! You are not alone.

[CottonBear]

8. AL unites us all because he is unafraid to speak truth to power.

Dr. King would be so very proud of him. :)

Democrats are Democrats because we allow each other to agree to disagree. We are democratic in nature. This is our strength (and also a weakness to be exploited by the Republicans.) Republicans, on the other hand (old fashoined moderate Republicans excluded), tend to march in lockstep and allow no dissent among the ranks.

[Beam Me Up]

9. America IS our home, TG!

Now we just need to clean out the crooks that have taken over our government!

[AnotherMother4Peace]

10. We grannies will stick together for the sake of our children/grandchildren

And DU is a great place to bond. I also pray that our nation will once again find its moral compass.

[DeepModem Mom]

11. Hi, Grannie! It's a motley crew we have here, indeed...

and I often feel as you do. I'm afraid, however, that I'm at home here, too. And I fly my flag-in-distress avatar every day. I love this country.

[usregimechange]

12. I am a secularist and I love my religious DUers. They rule!

[endarkenment]

13. We Democrats come in lots of flavors!

We argue a lot, sometimes way too rudely, we are emotional, perhaps too emotional, we are not dittoheads marching in lockstep with our talking points all memorized. We are scattered messy inspired spontaneouos joyous. Celebrate our differences!

Al Gore Rocks!

14. Alienated by liberals and progessives?

that seems extreme to me.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

16. I said it inartfully

I was just listing the various categories. I feel alienated at times by extremes and folks who are not "like me." AND LET ME KNOW IT! LOL

[HeeBGBz]

26. I know what you mean and I feel the same way

I have differences with many people on here, but it's still way better than the dark side. There are also people here that I love to pieces. We're just not all cloned like the repuke conservatory

39. ok doke

:)

[leveymg]

15. Love us for our warts and squabbling, snoring, and all that.

DU is kinda like having the whole family into the house for the holidays. You know the dog's going to try to eat the turkey again, Uncle Max will get drunk and want to play the piano and sing (badly) at 2am, and that you'll end up doing dishes and picking up after the mess for a week. But, the house is way too quiet after the New Year.

[Mutley]

17. I'm glad you're feeling better, TG.

I don't always agree with what you post, but I'd hate to lose you here on DU.

I've finally found out what it feels like to be called a freeper for posting an unpopular opinion, so I'm with you. :hug:

[TallahasseeGrannie]

21. Oh, I never intended on going anywhere

I was just saying that now I feel more unified. More one of the group. I am probably even a bit left of Al Gore! That makes me radical!

No, DU is a mission to me. I think I have things to say and this is such a great forum in which to say them. Sometimes I have to duck and cover, but hey...I teach middle school. I can handle it.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

27. Oh my God! - you teach middle school? You are a saint!!! and

children at that age need people like you, people who care! Bless you TG. Diversity is what makes this place so rich and thought provoking.

[Mutley]

29. Welcome to radicalism!

:D

I feel more unified, too. That is until I go into the Lounge. :scared: It's a little rough in there today.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

32. The lounge is rough? Wow! That's a new one

I usually love the lounge but have been having "fun" in GD lately and not a lot of time to party. I'll have to check it out!

[Mutley]

38. The main threads in question were locked.

But shouldn't be too many pages back. Be warned, though >>> :scared:

:rofl:

[Village Idiot]

18. We are ALL mired in the same shit.

All you really need to have in common with others at DU is a CONSCIENCE. This is part of what sets us apart from the RePIGlicans.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

22. I am beginning to see that

I am sure they all think they are the height or morality. But their vision is skewed.

[madokie]

19. well I share the sense that something is wrong, and he came for a reason

If there ever is someone who can actually wake the populace to the facts of this criminal misadministration it would be Al Gore. No skeletons and no corruption, remembered as a good effectual Vice-President.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

23. Yes, and a powerful one

he played hand in hand with Clinton. Good times. And I have absolutely no worries about national security because I think he can do what needs to be done..but he'll give it a bit of though perhaps and seek out some assistance. But in a pinch, he'll protect this land.

[madokie]

36. Yes, today I have a new sense of patriotism, of pride

when he ascends to the Presidency it will be a great day for America.

[alfredo]

20. Get the transcript, e-mail it to everyone on your mailing list,

to the media, and to congress.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

24. Good suggestion.

I know a lot of people weren't home today. Maybe Tweety and Olbermann will mention it, but probably nobody else.

[alfredo]

30. When themedia fails us, we must become the media. N/T

[Bluerthanblue]

25. I'm begining to realize we all feel this way... at least

every one i've been honest enough to share this feeling with-

But, maybe it is because we have been so frustrated by this nation, the news, and this time in history, that we don't see how connected we really are- And the way we keep being told, 'You are either 'with us' or with the enemy'-

Your posts help me feel at home- and connected- we need that so much. All of us- There is far more that binds us together, than that which tears us apart. Thank you for reminding us of that- Thank you for helping celebrate that truth-

I glad to be here, now, regardless of what has been or will be-

Peace,
and love to all,

blu

:grouphug:

[kineneb]

28. gee, TG, I am one of those you mention

but you see, I don't care what a person is, only what they do. I try to be kind and good to all. The other side seems to go out of their way to be hurtful.

I read the speech online; at least a few pols understand what is happening. I want our Constitution back!

[TallahasseeGrannie]

31. I'm fine with your being one of the folks I mention

I bet face to face we'd get along fine and never stop talking and laughing.

Hope has returned.

[GrpCaptMandrake]

33. I share your feelings, T-Grannie

and I wonder if Gore would keep this up on the campaign trail.

My eyes tear when I think where we could be today if the Supreme Court hadn't screwed us in Bush v. Gore. No 9-11. No Afghan War. No Iraq War. A budget surplus growing steadily. Social Security solidified for the next hundred years. 2200+ young men and women cherished in the bosoms of their families. Pat Tillman playing in the Pro Bowl. Lynndie England laboring in obscurity in Fort Gay, West Virginia. Cindy Sheehan quietly baking cookies and going to church.

But we are where are. And where we are is a place where it is imperative that we give whole-hearted support to those who arise and speak truth to power. Right now, that means giving our wholehearted support to Al Gore.

:hug:

[KoKo]

34. Well said....I felt the same way...

As if some veil or fog had lifted and some "normalcy" had crept into this nightmare we have been living through. Someone who finally spoke out about what we all have been obsessing about on this site for six years.

Every thing we talk about has been mentioned. He did leave out the election fraud but if he'd mentioned that the MSM would have been all over him yelling "sour grapes" and not mentioned the true thrust of his speech.

I don't know if anyone could have been as thrilled with his speech even a year ago...but the timing right now was just so perfect. It restored my sanity about what I've felt is so wrong out there today and the lack of any historical context to put it in. He pulled all the pieces together, connected the dots and made me feel normal and among real Americans once again. The only real Americans I've been around for the last six years have been on this site. :D And, most of us might have been normal at one time but the sieges of Bush have made us seem a little less than mainstream.

[ScreamingMeemie]

35. What we have here, is the big umbrella theory. So many of us

may have literally nothing in common...except an extreme desire to see our country doing better than it is. You may not like me, standing in line next to me at the cashier, but be assured, we're working toward the same thing. Even with our own ideas, belief systems etal. :toast:

[MODemocrat]

37. Al Gore has given me re-newed hope with his brilliance

I do love Al Gore, and maybe he was "Heaven-sent." For the desparity so many of us have been feeling for the last five years, he is a beautiful sight...Oh, how I wish the supreme court wasn't owned by the right in this country; Al would have been our president, and we wouldn't be going through this nightmare. :thumbsup: :loveya: :loveya:

[mzmolly]

40. I for one love ya Granny.

The wonderful thing about us "librulz" is that are concern for humanity is what binds us.

Our diversity is our greatest strength and our greatest weakness.

Today is a good day, I hope more follow.

[AuntiBush]

41. Welcome Home, Grannie!

Isn't that why we all found our way here, at one time or another. At least that's why I did. Haven't looked back since.

Thanks DU. :hi: :grouphug:

[proud2BlibKansan]

43. Hey Granny!

America is indeed not dead.

We are going to win this battle!!

:yourock:

[DemExpat]

44. SO true, Grannie....

Lots of us feel this way here with all of the dang diversity, but that is what comprises "We, the People" as a whole......and this openness to diversity is part of the agony and ecstasy of being a Dem, and a DUer.....:D


I just now listened to the speech and feel a great sense of peace too - that someone can say it all so well for ALL of us. Only 2 days ago I felt so disheartened and told my husband that I was now going to take a major long break from news-reading, politics, and DU.....and then along came Al.

:kick:

DemEx

[byronius]

45. "Never Speak Ill Of A Fellow Democrat."

Reagan's words -- just switched around a little. I'm an Abbie Hoffman secularist Democrat -- but I always wonder about the ones who get so angry at their own kind. Freeper behavior, if you ask me.

[Obamarama]

46. The Gore 2008 sticker goes on my car TOMORROW.

[roguevalley]

47. Hugs, honey. Probably its because we can remember when

liberal was a good word and America was great.

[Nikki Stone 1]

48. If we can all unite long enough to kick these thieves and liars OUT...

we can worry about the rest later.

[Warren DeMontague]

49. You know, the common faith we really ought to all share is this:

And that's what Gore's speech was about, today.

[farmboxer]

50. If not for the judicial coup

President Gore would be in office right now, he won the election. America and the world would be so much better off now with President Gore.

[KitchenWitch]

51. My friend, I am glad you feel less so today

I hope I have never contributed to your alienation!

:hi:

[TallahasseeGrannie]

52. No...never

and that doesn't matter, my feeling alienated. My point is basically that I feel we have a uniter that we can forget our differences and get the big stuff done: Bush out, Dems in. Then we can fuss about the other stuff.

[KitchenWitch]

53. Now there is a concept that I can 100% get behind!

:woohoo: