Too many of us watch morosely from the sidelines

[Frosty1]

"Too many of us watch morosely from the sidelines, feeling disappointed, spurned, and betrayed, wondering if anything we can do will matter. We’re angered by the gap between Obama’s lofty campaign rhetoric and his reality of half-steps and compromises, and by his failure to fight passionately for his policies. We’re angered that we dared to hope for more. We’re angered at scorched-earth Republican obstructionism, a Supreme Court inviting corporations to buy our democracy at will, and a public all too receptive to blatant lies. In response, we decide not to let our hearts get broken again by taking the risk of working for change, at least not in the electoral arena. We feel this way even though most of us have done little since Obama took office to create the kind of sustained grassroots movements that could have actually pressed him and a resistant Senate to take stronger stands.

So how do we act in the upcoming election despite dashed hopes? How do we do this in a way that builds for the future?"

http://www.themudflats.net/2010/09/09/voices-from-the-flats-ok-so-your-hearts-broken/

[Tippy]

1. GET involved.....with your county party.....There are always to few hands

[Frosty1]

2. Please read the article...It's a good one!

:hi:

[murielm99]

3. I was involved with my county party for years.

I did everything asked of me and more, until they screwed me over. Sometimes the politics and dishonesty at the personal level is worse than anywhere else.

I will find other, more positive ways to support the party.

[Tippy]

4. Some are just that way...stuck in past or officers have their own agenda

next best thing is to look for a progressive group but they are hard to find in some areasI always fall back on Letters to the Editor....sorry I was so late replying

[marions ghost]

5. yep

it gets to the point where you stop beating your head against a wall.

We need a new movement.