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Edited on Sat Nov-06-04 05:38 PM by coloradodem2004
I know that this has been unpopular with you. And you do have a point about fighting for every vote to count. In 2000, Gore fought for over a month. He lost that battle and it was a sad day for America. Though, it is possible that that fight did far more damage to the Democrats than anything. Kerry knew that it would get more acrimonious if Kerry kept pushing because he would have lost anyway. I know that a lot of you feel abandoned. So do I. The problem is that he could only do so much. And it might just hurt us more as time goes on.
On the other hand, it does come off that Kerry did help with the disenfranchisement of voters by bailing. I am not saying that we need to just bend over and take it. But the thing is, that it is the citizens of this country who need to fight for our voting rights. The candidates can only do so much. THe problem is, that when one side has the power, it is extremely difficult. In 2000, both sides came out hated. But the Republicans won. We need to be the ones who take the fight for our candidates during election time. The same way we fought for Kerry, we need to fight for our future now. Kerry cannot fight all of the injustice for us. Gore tried and they practically hung him for it.
I feel all the pain that you are feeling. But, what would Kerry not conceding and continuing to fight have done? It would have hurt us, the way Gore doing it has done. We need to find a new way to fight. We need to fight the Republicans on the issues and present a clear alternative there. Then we won't have to fight them on election results. In the mean time, we need to investigate all charges of voter fraud to try to bring these problems to light. But if Kerry had done it, he would not have uncovered anything and he would have looked self-serving. It wouldn't have just hurt Kerry, but it would have hurt the Democrats. And sadly, Gore's fight may have already done damage and Kerry's would have made it worse. I don't appreciate what the Republicans did in response, but we need to fight in a way that they don't feel validated.
That aside, we cannot continue to bend to the will of the Republicans. We need to fight them and their media and their machines. Revenge is a dish best served cold.
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