Patrick
By Eastan McNeal on September 13, 2008 at 8:26 AM in Current Affairs
Sometimes people will visit NoQuarter and slip in a comment that should be repeated. It is my opinion that the below message, from Patrick, is one all of us Independents (me), Democrats and other Americans should take the time to read - in full.
From Patrick:
I wrote this on 9/11, after watching it all happen again…I probably should have posted it in the Thank You thread below, but it also seems appropriate here, because the Erosion this thread speaks of is thanks in large part to you all…
I just watched the Towers fall again.
And the world stopped. It changed. We would never be the same.
Seven years later and here we are. We haven’t had another attack, but we’ve lost thousands of America’s finest. I will not debate the merits of the Iraq war. I believe that I, as a centrist Republican, and all you good people differ on that issue.
But that does not diminish my affection for you, and I do not disparage your opinion. The world, and the issues that comprise it, is painted in shades of grey. Like the ash, like the ash that covered the World’s City.
Seven years later and here we are.
Do you know something? My heart is bursting with sorrow…and joy. I love my country. We came together on Sept. 12, after the ‘dust’ had settled, with a resolve that I contend no other nation in the modern world could muster. We were, for a very short and wonderful time, filled with righteous indignation. We were like the Spartans facing the coming hordes of Xerces. There would be retribution. We were angry, and no matter what any Eurocentric appeaser might say, we had EVERY RIGHT TO BE. But on the fringes of society, had we bothered to notice, we would have seen the crazed faces of the tormentors to come, we would have noticed that the Asylum doors somehow slipped open and the untamed frantic specters of our collective Id had coalesced into something nascent, something so horrifyingly ugly that – had we noticed – we would have crushed, swiftly.
Most of us, both parties, put our faith in a man whom I voted for. To lead, to find those responsible and to flush them out. I only wonder what might have been had President Bush had General David Petreus to lead this effort from the start. I only wonder what might have been had President Bush heeded the advice of people who questioned our ‘after-victory’ strategy, people like John McCain. Remember, almost everyone voted for this war, that’s a fact. Barack Obama did not. He did not have to. He gave a speech. What’s new.
Seven years later and here we are.
Our nation has become polarized, the fanatics have escaped the Asylum, and from out of corporate America, Hope emerged. Oh, sweet heaven above us, he could talk. He presented himself as the embodiment of the righteous answer to every wrong ever perpetrated in the history of this nation. He was Stephen King’s Walking Dude, amassing a collective of ideological stalwarts and confirming the worst fears of those of us in the middle of society, that the Asylum had been purchased, the Corporation was in control, and the collected ravings of our emotional insecurities was steamrolling his way to the White House.
In March, I began having trouble sleeping. I am not lying about this. I would toss and turn in my bed, worrying endlessly about the future for my two boys, one nine, one five. You see, I have studied history throughout my life. I thrive on it, on the science of politics and society. There is one undeniable historical fact that holds up to the tests of history, from cause and effect to policy: No nation state or Empire that has ever embraced appeasement and public self-mockery has ever – EVER – survived.
But I’m a Republican you understand. And I had no hope. In 2004, I wrote in a man I have always respected named John McCain for president (and his close friend Joe Lieberman for his running mate). It’s not that I hate or disrespect President Bush (I know, this is something we disagree on, hopefully respectfully). But I was watching what was happening in Iraq and was frustrated that too much faith had been put in men who were obviously not up to the task of winning this war. I wanted change, not in America, but in Iraq.
But I’m a Republican you understand. And there was no hope. The man I was supporting was ending his campaign, at least that’s what the media told me. He was carrying his own bags through airports and was, according to some, preparing a press conference to call it quits. It didn’t surprise me you see, my party had been taken over by the extreme Right Wing and was dying. There was no hope in the party, we were failing, even from within.
Then something began to happen. John McCain, never a man to quit in the face of adversity, kept soldiering on. He kept moving forward with a singular, positive message of hope and of the goodness of America. He never talked about appeasing the desires and perceptions of our friends in Europe (and they ARE our friends, but we need not seek their approval). He never talked disparagingly about our great nation. He spoke to what it was to be an American, what it was to fight for something you believe in and what it means, ultimately, to put your country first.
Somehow, whether it be divine providence (I don’t believe in such things as divinity and heaven, but I’m human and certainly could be wrong) or simple attrition, by March my party had chosen its candidate – and low and behold it was my hero, John McCain.
The Democrats laughed. “Lovely! Thanks for the 72-year old gift,” was the essential sentiment. But little did they know, five short months, a scorched earth policy and the most misogynistic primary campaign later, John McCain entered the convention period of this political process within 10 points of The One, The Messiah, The Id.
While my party began to coalesce around John McCain, something unseen had been born in the Democratic Party. It seems that the Id was unmasked, and that the base of the party was fractured. A hunter emerged from the pack of howling insanity, stealthy, enraged…and hungry. Hungry for a future bereft of the screaming cries of self-adulation, self-destruction and self-contempt. This proud brown hunter emerged unscathed from the fires of self-destruction, looked around in contempt at the screaming, wailing lies that propped up The One, and walked away. Proudly holding its head high, for the entire nation to see, it simply said “I am not of you. I am not of this madness. I will go from you, I will collect myself and I will return to this. I will return because I am HUNGRY. I am hungry and when the time is right…
I WILL FEED.
The Puma, angry, righteous and glorified, was born out of the ashes of the Democratic Party. With disdain, it flicked the ashes of its shoulders in derision and staked out its territory. It was ready to feed.
I watched in amazement as the Democratic Party split. Stunned and hopeful. “John,” I said to myself. “You have been given a sign, the cat looks West and it looks to you.”
And, ever the wise sage, ever the statesmen and patriot, he reached out his hand to the huntress, never fearful, and offered the nourishment of compromise. “I hear you,” he said. “I hear you and I understand. This is about much more than politics, this is about our nation. This is about our country and this is about ‘us.’
Not ‘me.’ Not ‘you.’ Not ‘the one.’
Us. We differ on so much but we both share the same vision and love of country. I know this. John McCain knows this. You know this. He listened, he offered compromise…
…and the Puma fed.
…and the One blinked.
Faced with the chance to heal the rift, to gather the party faithful, to pull the Ego and the Superego in and make at least an attempt to move on as a whole, the Id faltered. Always narcissistic, the Id would have none of that. You see, when you spend eternity screaming in silence against the roiling mass of nothingness that is self-love, the thought of shared thought, shared vision and shared authority is untenable.
The One chose the Nothing, the Ordinary, the Meek and Vapid. The Puma was enraged, and the hunger returned.
Flash forward, the One ascends from the heavens to the acropolis, and the world watches in awe as the most derivative, pedantic and pedestrian missive ever read to a groveling public is greeted with an orgiastic burst of adulation.
“He is risen, he is here, we are no longer sinners and racists and war fighting heathens. We are enlightened, evolved and progressive. We are the Id. We are the One. We can now like ourselves.”
The Puma was filled with the hunger of indignation. But John McCain remembered and he heard and he knew.
“America is NOT broken. We are NOT the problem.”
“Washington is broken,” he said. And he took the one great leap, the one great step, the one great move towards real hope and real change and chose Destiny.
“World, meet Destiny. Destiny, meet world.”
She was stunning, Destiny, she was nothing that the nation had ever seen. Riding out of the mountains of the last, great frontier, Destiny burst onto the national stage with the steely grace and resolve that has defined this country from its inception.
And with one speech, one simple and authentic life story, Destiny eclipsed the One and now we watch, we watch as the Id flails in insane mockery of everything America stands for. Tears of real and honest joy fell from my eyes as she spoke because she was me. She was my wife, she was my kids…she was America. She slips blithely through life, dealing with every adversity evenly, with the resolve and grace of every man, every woman and every child that ever put its nation in front of itself.
And the Id continues to scream. “Pig! Liar! Cheat! Novice! Whore!…. WOMAN!!” It screams these terms with derision, feeding the lost souls who are forever attached to it, not realizing that those with the ability to reason, those who think for themselves but are nonetheless attracted to the glossy hum of the One, are repulsed. We are all, at once point or another, all of the things he screams, and that fact does not lessen us. We are all Americans…We are all Destiny.
She is America. She is NOT perfect. She is NOT monolithic. She is NOT with you on every issue. You are NOT with her on every issue. But America she is and John McCain had the resolve, when faced with HIS first major decision, to put country first, to put country on the ticket, and to give the middle a place to call home.
“Thank you,” I say to you all. “I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating. Your anger, your hunger for something outside what you were offered did an amazing thing. It gave me my party back, and maybe, just maybe, John McCain will win this thing and help you get your party back.”
Issues count, but character counts more. Policy matters, but courage matters more. Who do you want to face the dark, wailing mass of insanity when the walls of reality start closing in? We know the answer, and America is waking up. Waking up to the Maverick, waking up to Destiny and waking up to the real hope, the real change, the real chance we have
TO TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK.
I just watched the Towers fall again.
And I am hopeful because somehow, some way, the Hungry Cat, the War-Ravaged Maverick and Destiny’s Icy Grace have become a force, and my country may one day heal.
Take care,
Patrick
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I only wonder what “MIGHT have been” had GW DUMBUSH and his cronies not managed to stop the count in FLA in 2000 thus ending it for GORE
had GORE been president he would have perhaps sent in a small contingent of really smart sharp shooters and taken out WHOMEVER w/out unleashing the full force of the US ARMY and throwing it in to the SAND HEAP then trashing it!
jmo but I appreciate your appreciating my opinion (based on facts of course)
Patreaus (sp) is good but by the time he came in to power MOST of the opposition had been KILLED OFF by us and by the others over there who also were against or had scores to settle. He didn’t have too much resistance left. And IRAN by then was being watched way too closely.
again jmo
If it had been President Gore in the White House when the attacks occurred the impeachment proceedings would have started in the republican controlled House on September 12. We know that he would have taken the content of that PDB Memo seriously but would it have been enough to stop or mitigate the attacks?
Remember that the dust and ash hadn’t even settled when the cry went out from the shameless republicans that it was all Bill Clinton’s fault because he didn’t capture or kill Obama bin Ladin.
oh i think 911 would have happened
and Afghanistan
it’s that BAD RIGHT TURN INTO IRAQ I believe would have been handled MUCH differently
old bin laden might be dead too
again jmo
As much as I appreciate the “what if’s” and “if only” the reality is: HERE WE ARE. I cannot judge what Gore would have likely done because such scenarios only fit into MY fantasies. There is no truth in fantasy, only in reality.
History will be the judge of this moment and time.
I say to Patrick, thank you. Thank you for acknowledging PUMA and thank you for acknowleding our love for our country. We are all on the same side and that is the side of our country.
Take Care.
Oh my….How I remember that day. Strangers, black and white, Asian and Latina stood in store aisles and hugged each other. We all cried together this was OUR country. I still feel that way.
There was not an American flag to be found in my town within 2 or 3 hours. One older gentleman just stood and cried, he wanted so badly to hold something tangible, to hold on to the souls lost.
We each have one vote. To put skin color, religon, or sex above America is not acceptable. Use your one vote wisely. Never before has a Presidential election been so deadly serious.
America Before Party
Thanks Patrick, wonderful.
This was beautifully written, Patrick. I’m a left leaning Independent and Hillary was my choice, but I knew the day Michelle Obama said “For the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country,” that I could never vote for Barack Obama. My first thought was what about 9/11? Our country came together like never before crying as one, praying as one, embracing our fellow citizens as one.
Then there was the tsunami in the Indian Ocean. I lived in Malaysia when that happened and my family had a reservation to stay at a hotel that was hit by the tsunami that day after Christmas. For reasons unknown we decided a few weeks before Christmas to cancel that reservation and fly home to the US for a week to spend it with family instead. I watched as my fellow Americans opened their hearts and their pocketbooks to help strangers half way around the world. I was so proud of my country.
And again after Hurricane Katrina we did everything we could to help our fellow Americans to rebuild their lives and homes after they lost everything.
Those three events happened within a four year period, yet Michelle Obama was never proud of her country until people started voting for her husband to be President.
John McCain loves our country and makes me proud to vote Republican for the first time in my adult life.
Rudy was my first choice but when it became clear he’d have problems, the only one that made sense to me was Senator McCain. His story is an inspiration, and it will be fulfilled in his taking the oath as President.
The seeds of the Democrat Party’s downfall were sown in the primaries when they attacked HRC using gender specific slurs. When the party split they ignored it as minor and continued to use the same tactics against John McCain and Sarah Palin. Seems like some Democrats never learn.
Mr. Mike. My same thoughts. Yes, Democrats never learn.
Patrick, thank so much!
America First.
PUMA!
I wonder if REPUBLICANS have learned anything?
I wonder how LONG it takes for either party to get OVER THEMSELVES!!
PUMA4Palin
If more repubs denounced Bush, McCain would win in a landslide as a reformer.
very true
I think Patrick deserves a very big group hug,
and a lot more exposure for his article.
I shall be sharing this with all my Dem and Rep
friends. Kind of takes the edge off the great
divide in our country.
Thank you for sharing NO QUARTER.
Thank you Partick for the thoughtful article.
That’s Democratic Party.
Thank you!!! Thank you!!!!
I understand the emotion, but this veers a little close to “McCain is the Savior” or “Sarah is the Savior” rhetoric. We don’t need more demagoguery here.
Perry. I think it is from the heart, and sometimes words that flow from the heart are untethered. That’s part of what I liked about Patrick’s letter.
Patrick has the soul of an artist. Moved me to tears.
I’m so greatful to be part of this movement to get my party back. Thank YOU, Patrick, for putting into words what I’ve only hoped could REALLY be taking place. PUMA for MCCAIN/PALIN!!
It is refreshing to read a piece with some lyricism to it. So much political writing is just dry and aggressive.
Moved me to tears too. It captured all my emotions in vivid colorful language. I hadn’t slept a whole night through either until Labor Day weekend, when I knew that the Ol’ Guy was as dumb as a fox. He wasn’t going to take America down the tubes and I didn’t have to hold my nose to vote for him.
Please Perry, this does not veer a little close to “McCain is the Savior” or “Sarah is the Savior” rhetoric.
Americans must never forget 9/11. They must never forget that there are many many people who want to destroy us, our country. John McCain and Sarah Palin represent America, what we stand for, who we are. They love our country. John McCain has proved that with his sacrifice to our country many times over.
I am also one who has not slept in many months, worrying about what the future will be for my children and grandchildren, all the children of our great nation. I don’t sleep well knowing that there is a real chance, an unbelievable chance that a man who clearly does not love America, who has many terrorist anti-American associates who have put him were he is today. The part that bothers me the most is WHY. Why? Is he part of the plan to destroy America? He has managed so far to do a good job of that. He is already dividing our country on race, sexism, religion. So no matter what the out come of this election. Win or lose for Obama, he has served his purpose. He has achieved his goal. America will need a true man who LOVES his country, to not only undo the damage that Obama has created, the hate among Americans, but we must have a true man who LOVES our country to always protect us from those who seek to destroy us.
I have been sleeping a little easier, seeing that Americans finally are realizing what is at stake in this election. Our future. Do NOT ever forget September 11, 2001.
Eastan McNeal, Thankyou so much for the post.
Patrick, Thankyou so much. Your letter has touched my heart. I will pass this on.
I wish to god people would stop using trite shit like “people must never forget 9/11.” Nobody will ever forget 9/11. Remembering 9/11 does not mean cheerleading as a corrupt dumbass President sends our troops into wars UNRELATED TO 9/11.
Please, let’s put that stupid chiche to bed, shall we? People who disagree with you aren’t “forgetting 9/11.” Come out from behind that shield. Enough with the waving of the bloody shirt already.
I guess, dear John, you didn’t lose someone on 9/11 so it is easy for you to say “get over it”. Thank G-d - that your family were spared. But the other thousands that lost their family because of radical jihad anti-christ monsters will always miss their love ones. Hope you never have to endure this heartache. Shame on you for the remark “enough with the waving of the bloody shirt”.
People are forgeting about 9/11. I never supported Bush. I fought against him being elected. I could not believe that the American people elected him. I was AGAINST him going in to Iraq. I fought for Hillary Clinton in this election. Again I could NOT believe that Obama is our nominee and not Hillary. Did America not learn from the past 8 yrs, that it matters who is our president. I am a dem., but I would never vote for a person just because we are in the same party. Obama and his associates represent hate, hate towards our country. Americans must NOT ever forget what type of people were responsible for 9/11. That they are anti- America.
Obama - anti -American associates- terrorists
McCain - war hero who has sacrificed his life for our country, who loves America
Easy choice, no brainer — McCain/Palin 2008
Well, I am one who believes we should never forget WWI or II. But if you ask a high school student who were the allied powers and who were the Axis, they would not be able to tell you. Understanding, studying and remembering history is consequential to our survival.
So if every year on the anniversary of WWI or II if someone says we must never forget WWI WWII I won’t be angry and curse the words, I’ll reflect. Reflect on the history of the acts, reflect on the main players and maybe even pick up a book or two on the subject.
yea I’ll never fall for that
and Palin is no savior either
OBAMA is just way worse (so far)
That’s what’s starting to creep me out about this site. It’s not just that Obama must be defeated- now half the posters here are busy gluing wings to McCain and Palin, not to mention becoming the biggest cheerleaders for the war in Iraq outside of Dick Cheney’s office.
Patrick’s piece is no more substantial than the average Obama speech, yet posters here are having an orgasm over it. If you substitute the word “Obama” for “McCain,” this column would be welcomed with open arms at HuffPo and MoveOn.org.
I’m voting against Obama, not for McCain. I wish people would stop trying to convince me that McCain is some kind of Superman who is going to save our nation from anything except an Obama presidency. Because I intend to work my butt off to replace McCain with Hillary in four years. (And if it’s Palin v. Hillary, that’s an easy choice for me too.)
Puma ROAR!
W00T and HELL YA!
(we can choose to read which ever posts and articles we want and I can appreciate the variety here as long as they don’t become koolaide drinkers either, I agree)
I am please that Sarah so far is still looking REAL to me!!!
and McCain is NOT BAMBI!
I agree. McCain is NOT a savior to me either, but that doesn’t mean that other people can not view him as their hero/savior or whatever. I respect John McCain, and so far I respect Sarah Palin. I would much rather see them in the Whitehouse than Obama, and I refuse to support the Party that the DNC has become. My vote for McCain is really a vote against Obama. If Obama was President I don’t think the DNC would get cleaned out as it needs to be, because then their mission would be accomplished (no matter what means they took to attain it). It would be like rewarding them for bad behaviour. And they would be touting their own accomplishements forever on end, no doubt.
In order to bring the Party back to it’s oringinal principles, all the Senate/Congress elites and fat cats need to go. Dean, Brazile Ann Garamond (is that her last name? The Sec. of DNC with the grating voice I found just horribly irritating at the RBC Meeting) they need to be booted out too. Time to do a little “house cleaning” don’t ya think?
don’t forget Roosevelt (grandson no less)
John, I agree with the basics of what you say.
But what may appear to be hero/savior worship may be a reaction or, as you see it, an overreation to the sheer hatred coming from Obama supporters.
I think many Dems, Indies, and Moderates were shocked that the far left could be on-par with the viciousness of the far right.
Unlike with Bush and his supporters people have had only months, not years, to come to terms on how bad things can get on both sides of the aisle.
McCain/Palin saviors? Hardly. But they’re also looking less like the lesser of two evils that we’re used to choosing between.
You guys, I think patrick is using the word savior as a metaphor.
Metaphors are used much in poetic writings such as Patricks. Can we please stop taking the word savior and destiny literally.
Someone is saying thank you for your actions against insanity and all you can do is harp on John Mccain not being a savior.
I would imagine you would have a hard time reading Virginia woolf.
JMO
Bingo. Although I like the character of McCain and Palin, they would not have a chance with me against Hillary. I would turn on them so fast if they were running the commercials against Hillary they are running against Obama.
Circumstances shape people….History is just record of Human Behavior after all….
Who would’ve thought that a world wide depression & war against FASCISM would shape an extraordinary President and Leader out of a clever rich guy with a marketable family name ?
I think that in this age of overwhelming cynicism….it is all too easy to dismiss heartfelt sentiment and a yearning for leadership….
This yearning for leadership can make us vulnerable….but if we keep our wits about us we can recognize those leaders as they emerge that are good for our country…..who serve a greater cause that is dedicated to the welfare of Country First because they share common characteristics…..JUST AS FASCISTS DO…..IMHO
Wow! What a beautiful piece. Love the imagery of The Cat, Destiny, and the Maverick moving forward together. Thank you, Patrick, for inspiring me to face the day with real hope. Don’t those polls rock?
Well, that was nice. But please don’t start attacking Clinton in 2012. Remember your setiments, especially you repugs! Clinton being the victim of Mr. God Damn America’s church. Labeling her supporters racist and closet repbgs! This will be our first time voting for a Repub. Hey, yes, country before party. Clinton, 2012!
Deeply moving and written with such spiritual insight.
Thank you with abundance Patrick !
That was masterful. Wow.
A misplaced faith as it turned out. A petty little man who let his hubris and oil lust dictate the response to the attacks of 911. A venal person who’s only interest in running for the Presidency, it seems, was to prove to daddy that his wastrel son was his equal. Once Bush the Lesser achieved that goal he went on vacation because he had no stomach for the nuts and bolts running of America. A speck, bereft of any humanity, who when he saw his chance decided to rather than bring those responsible for 911, invaded Iraq with the purpose of taking out Saddam Hussein, something daddy didn’t do. A man much like the way I perceive Barack Obama to be. A person who if he makes it to the White House has an ego big enough to start his run for King of the World.
Mr. Mike…Than why didn’t you vote or support the real reformer who speaks for the people. Senator Clinton, the agent of real change. Instead you have the nerve to support a charlatan, Little Boots, is a compromised, blackmailed, controlled, megalomanic puppet! Now if you are really that concerned, than start pushing to reform our party and impeach the puppet.
Once again reading mis-comprehension rears its acid-yellowed papery head. Where in my post do you get the ideal of who I voted for?
FYI, Mr. Fly-off-the-handle, I voted in the PA primaries for Senator Hillary Clinton. I was one of thousands who sent the Democrat Party a message of “Nobama Noway”. The powers that be (for now, Howard, Nancy, and Donna, decided to ignore my primary vote so I shall take my GE vote elsewhere.
Once Bill and Hillary realize how deep the hatred runs, in the currant iteration of the Democrat Party, and decide they can serve the American public better as independents, I shall join them.
Twice you use the term “Democrat Party.” When you do that, you tell me that you have no respect for our party, and telling me you voted for Hillary looks like a bald-faced lie.
Sorry, you fail. Thanks for the post explaining that you are a Republican despite the epic fail your party has been for the past seven years- failing to capture the perpetrators of 9/11 and instead bleeding America dry in an unrelated war.
Nothing wrong with being a Republican. But don’t come here and pose as a Democrat in an attempt to win yourself some legitimacy. I bet you’ve never cast a vote for Bill OR Hillary. No legit Democrat would ever call our party the “Democrat Party.”
well when I used that word
democrat instead of DEMOCRATIC PARTY
it is INTENTIONALLY to INSULT DEMOCRATS!!!!
PUMA are PISSED!!!!
WHEN WILL YOU BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THAT?
GET OVER YOUR CLINTON HATE AND LEARN!!
2012 may be out of the question as we type!!
dayum i really hate my x party
“Clinton Hate?” I worked for Hillary for a year. I actually DID vote for Hillary- and gave her money. I’ve never voted Republican for President, but I intend to this year.
I’m not giving any other Republican my vote. The Democratic Party will be healed when this election is over, and will be my party again.
“Democrat Party” is just juvenile.
didn’t mean YOU but to all that are doing it
glad you don’t hate the clintons
most do from both sides
The Democratic Party, or should I say the former Democratic Party is infected from the top to the bottom with Obama’s stench. If a serious lesson isn’t sent to all the elected people, Rep and Dem, that the bullshit stops and stops now, then you’re treating a tumor with Clearasil.
Your plan to “save” the party will only help allow it to die slowly. Radical surgery is what must occur. A properly sent message now may cause enough non-running representatives to get the idea before their terms are up and wake them up, thus “saving” some of them.
Kool-aid addiction isn’t fatal always, but half-ass measures surely are.
Bravo!
Bingo!!!
Anybody reading your posts here in response to me will know just how Obama got the nomnation. You just know everything you know is right and the rest of us are wrong.
I am no longer a member of the democratic party. I was a democrat for 50 years.
The people of this country voted for a democratic congress two years ago. Look how that turned out. When are we going to hold this congress run by democrats accountable for their failure? The democratic leadership cannot be trusted. It is no longer the party of the people. It is not the party of the Clintons, Harry Truman or FDR.
It is time for Americans to re-evaluate what is most important to them. Personally, I am putting my country first
How does the failure of the Democratic Congress (and I totally share your disgust) make the Republicans worth voting for?
I’m voting Democratic down the line with the exception of the Presidency. Personally, I would like to see a revolt in December in which Reid, Pelosi and a few others are booted from their seats of power and replaced by younger, more energetic and truly progressive Democrats.
I am not going to become a Republican to punish the Do-Nothing Democratic Congress, because the Republicans have done nothing to earn my vote. I will cast my vote for John McCain and the day after the election I will begin to push for Hillary to replace him in 2012.
You have to admit…if we put the same people back in office…we will not have any change…some of these same people stopped Hillary form going on to the White House.
I won’t vote for the people who went against the will of the people with their vote as a super delegate.
same here
luckily my district was smart - they’re strong PUMA
my Gov (to be) and Senator (to be) were also smart and stayed in NC during the DEM convention and also didn’t come OUT for Bambi in their emails to me or they would be voted out as well.
She won here and the SD’s ran to BO…time to clean house…they did not represent the will of the people. I hope others remember in November.
You are lucky. My newly elected Dem Gov and Dem Party Chair have fallen into the
fraud and corruption. They tried to make Hillary supporters change their
pledged delegate vote. Some did. Now I have the task of trying to help rid my state of the newly Democratic (approval down to 30+% after only two years)corrupt leaders. All democrats are now running behind in the polls for Pres, Senate and House. They can not get money or support from the Nobomma and no one else has any money. Serves them right, should never have changed the delegate count. Hillary won overwhelming here and Nobomma got most of the delegates at the convention. Now we know that the DNC,RBC,Pelosi,Obama and our state leaders are corrupt. I’m throwing them under Nobomma’s bus.
Well John there is a difference between you and I. You’re a man, and I am a woman. What happened to Hillary happened to every woman.
I will not allow a man to push me around, tries to belittle me by calling me a Republican. You may do so till the cows come home, that is fine. In case you hadn’t noticed that is no longer a bad word. I will not support any Democrat that was in on what happened to Hillary.
Nor will I support any Democrat that went against their consituents to get behind Obama, and there are plenty that did that. I’m sorry, I don’t see how you think it will heal itself just by Obama not winning, there will be another Obama to fill his shoes if we do not send a very strong message. If you leave the ones running things in office. I also don’t see how you think things will change if you allow those that fell for the corruption and went against the rules of the party, against their own constituents to back Obama. No, I am sorry. I will not downticket those that are up there to work for their constituents, but I will not vote for those that were part of this whole mess.
I’ve said it before no longer will I blindly follow behind ANY PARTY, nor will I do so for ANY CANDIDATE. If that makes me a Republican, then so be it.
that should be try, not tries.
I voted for Hillary. Sometimes when I write I say Democrat Party; I think subconsciously I no longer think of the Party as democratic. Stop the nit picking and let us express ourselves without having to worry about our typos or being politically correct.
you are right on that…I never thought about it till I saw someone saying it came from Rush…I didn’t know what Rush said so how would I know not to say it…
I knew exactly where it came from, Rush Limbaugh. I know he does it to taunt the cowardly Democrats, perhaps Harry will send him another nasty letter he can mock. I use the phrase Democrat Party to indicate my utter disgust with the pack of weasels stinking up the joint at 430 S. Capitol St.
I don’t understand the discord over this.
I’m a Republican, so my party is the Republican party.
If someone is a Democrat, isn’t their party the Democrat party?
Is this something else that Rush Limbaugh messed up?
Hi MrMike,
In your comment here I see again how some do recognize the hate coming from the democrats.
I have been reading how community organizers get the people upset over things to get their voices heard. Even if the problem is manufactured for the gain of the organizer.
I have to wonder if Obama, the MSM, and some democrats have been doing the same to gain power.
It is fascinating to note how this election so easily lends itself to such vivid imagery. And I also liked the Walking Dude imagery. It does seem like Corporations, including the MSM, packaged a candidate to bamboozle the people into embracing servitude. In Europe, the people have been beaten and seduced into submission with PC and welfare, respectively. The Walking Dude had the same salvation. And oh, the symbolism of the Maverick calling upon Destiny for the final battle. The people love her because she IS the people.
Excellent,Excellent,Excellent,Excellent.
Yesterday in my daughter’s 3rd grade class they voted for President.
My daughter and the teacher voted for BO. The other 17 children voted for McCain….We live in NH, so maybe NH will go Pub’s this year…I hope so.
You do your best to raise your children with your values and still, they stray. But you love them anyway.
I know as a mother of 2 college students that I must be doing something right. We live in latte’ liberal western Washington, but my two boys are voting for John McCain because they respect their mother and have listened to everything I’ve told them about the fraudulent primaries.
my daughter is drinking the koolaide after watching Hillary “board the bus”
but I am slowly breaking through (or was) until all the pro-life rhetoric started flying. ANd she is the age group that buys that crap and thinks it would ever be changed and anyone would ever stop her from her OWN choices in the end (although she may have to cross state lines at some point, sadly)
that is NOT the big issue here
reform is very necessary but so is fresh honesty
I do pray Sarah stays neutral and diplomatic where EVER she can ……….. but also stays fresh and honest as long as she is willing to investigate that she could be wrong about something and is NOT like BUSH all stubborn and ignorant
I can’t see anyone being worse than BUSH
(on war and economy)
I can’t see anyone being worse than BAMBI
(on war and economy)
lmao! funny isn’t it?
Thank you Patrick,
Wonderful writing and I can tell it is from the heart of a person who loves our country. I hope to see more of your writings here at No Quarter.
It is all so moving. Thank you again.
Thanks Patrik for the article. Totally bummed out this morning because I cannot find out latest info on Bolivar after Ike. Can’t find ariel pictures yet…Also wondering how Medusa’s relatives are doing in Port Arthur….Things look bad all up & down the Texas coast…GWB looked 100 years old this morning. There were some commenters yesterday on another thread that were on the coast & in Houston who were hunkering down for this monster storm and now with millions without power…Don’t knowhow they are doin…Eastern Lousiana is under water again too….( sigh ) I hope there are not too many tornadoes on top of this flooding….Downtown Houston is underwater…But Texas City looks OK so far…
*** Don’t think anybody expected the ferry to close as early as it did on Thursday night….so many were stuck….***
What an outstanding essay, thank you for sharing it here.
Patrick you brought a tear to my eyes..And I am an old guy……..Thanks
Patrick, thank you so much for sharing this - and yourself - with us!
McCain and Palin are both POW’s.
McCain as a Prisoner Of War
Palin as a Power Of women
Dem voting Republican.
McCain / Palin 2008
Sarah Palin makes me sick, says columnist and Obama supporter
Sarah Palin makes me sick. I hate that she was able to steal Barack Obama’s mojo just by showing up wearing rimless glasses and a skirt.
I hate that she makes Joe Biden look like John McCain and John McCain look like the maverick he is not.
continue reading: http://countusout.wordpress.com/
Bill Clinton On Hillary ‘Never Seen a Candidate Treated So Disrespectfully Just for Running’ Bill Add Sarah Palin To That List.
Wow, what a sexist pig. It was the glasses and a skirt, not what she said or how she went from the PTA to the Governor’s Igloo
I don’t get the outrage. Obama was taken seriously as a candidate because he’s black- if he were a freshman Senator with no legislation and no record to boast of, he would have been laughed off the stage.
Sarah Palin is taken seriously because she’s a woman. Her resume is every bit as shallow and void of substance as Obama’s is. Yet after six months of fighting back against the people who argued that any criticism of Obama is “racism,” now posters here are decrying any criticism of Palin as “sexism.”
Come on, guys, you can’t have it both ways. Neither Obama nor Palin should be placed anywhere near the awesome responsibility of the Presidency. I’m voting for McCain and praying he stays healthy for four years. But I’m not going to hypnotize myself into believing that Palin is where she is because of her record of achievement. Please.
Would you have objected to a Hillary/Obama ticket because of his relative inexperience? Or would it have been OK by you because Barack would get the necessary training to to take the reins in 2016?
I really think the point of the matter is if Bo is on the top of the ticket and has gotten this far with his think resume, there is not reason anyone should be crying over her thin resume which is imo much more impressive than his.
Palin is Barky’s reflection in the mirror, but real, but full.
Get it? Got it? Good.
Thank you for reposting Patricks beautiful piece as I had not read it where it was posted earlier.
He put in writing the very thoughts that are within me; but I never could have imagined them expressed so beautifully and so heartfelt.
Just reading this gives me hope. Hope that after November 4th, we can come together as a people, regardless of whether we are Republicans, Democrats or Independents. That we don’t allow party loyalty or single issue loyalty to divide us.
Thanks Patrick,
The combo of 9/11, Bush and his clone brother- divider Obama, has opened many hearts, minds and hopefully it will shred Political Party Loyalty Crepe Paper Propaganda.
Let the truth SHINE through!! That’s my Hope for Change.
problem is rose
they are already starting to lie for Palin
they must stop that
i don’t give a chit if she took ear marks
but she needs to clarify when or which kind or if it was the previous administrations and also to explain that the plane sold finally but NOT ON EBAY
be REAL
stay REAL
don’t drink ANY ONE’s KOOLAIDE
What is her approval rating in Alaska as governor? Wasn’t it as high as 80%? What is congress’ approval rating now? Isn’t it less than Bush’s?
Gee, what does that tell us about Sarah Palin on one hand and the Barack, Nancy, John, and Howard clown car of a party on the other?
I agree!
but if Orin Hatch has a 80 percent approval in UTAH does that mean he should also be VP?????
GOD HELP US NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
LOL
see how that can go?
Sarah? R U like ORIN ? (please say no)
All that means is people from Utah are strange beings who do naughty things to farm animals.
Look at the approval ratings in relation to each other.
Who cares what her approval rating is? George Bush won more than seventy percent of the vote when he ran for re-election as Gov of Texas.
What, are we going to start judging people’s qualifications based on their popularity now? Isn’t that what landed us Obama as the Dem nominee?
ew good point
She never said she sold the plane on e-bay, she said she put it on e-bay, which she did. Also, a governor alone, does not request earmarks. But any governor in this country does use them, she just happens to be better about where they go. Any time a state gets government help, it is an earmark. Not always a bad thing. Most states would cease to function if they didn’t.
see the media need to have people like YOU that can counter the MSM because the ones they have now are NOT getting their facts straight
(and that is the plan with some of them for sure)
Come on Ohio, she gave that “I put it on Ebay” line in one speech after another (and continues to do so, as far as I can tell) with the clear intention of convincing people she SOLD it on Ebay. It’s called deception by omission.
In fact, she turned the plane over to a broker, who sold it at a loss to the state. It’s not as good a story as “I put it on Ebay,” but it’s the truth.
It’s also true that she was for the “bridge to nowhere” until it became a political football. Not as flattering, but often the truth is not as flattering as a lie, is it?
I’m voting for McCain and Palin. That doesn’t make me admirers of the two, or someone willing to pretend they are more than what they are. It makes me someone willing to put up with four years of McCain so we have a shot at eight years of Hillary starting in January, 2013.
And Billy the Bomber Ayers is just “Some guy in Mr. Obama’s Neighborhood” They’re politicians, it’s their job to stretch the truth to get elected.
Well John, you can look at the glass half full or you can look at it half empty. The fact is she put it on e-bay and it didn’t sell. It did sell for a loss, but then it was put to good use in transporting prisoners at a lower cost than they were doing. So it will save money. Please tell me one time that a governor of a state has been that bold? Please tell me of another governor that puts the state budget online so the people can see how their money is being spent. Please show me where there is any transparency in any state government and then tell me by who. I’d say she is a breath of fresh air. Now, I don’t always agree with every thing Hillary did or does, and somehow I’m to believe that she is perfect also? That’s why I’ve been an Independent for years. I don’t buy party talking points. I can think for myself, thank you and I believe that she will be a great vp and I do believe that she has more experience than Obama. Jesus, even the dem govenor of Illinois came out the other day and said that people should not worry about her experience as she has the qualifications to do the job. That’s three governors that I have heard that from, Strickland, who is my governor, Huckabee and now this guy.
Now that bridge to nowhere, yea, she was for it, then turned it down. Isn’t that what responsible people do? See something that is wrong and make it right? Whereas, Obama and Biden voted twice for the bridge, even when they were given the chance to divert the funds to Katrina and yet they didn’t. So I’ll take someone who can change their mind to do the right thing, no matter the reason. I’ve heard for years now that people didn’t like Bush because he couldn’t admit when he made a mistake. So which is it? Do you want them to admit it or do you want them to just go with the flow? Would this country had rather that Bush said, gee I think I’m making a mistake about Iraq, so I think I won’t do it. I guess the same thing could be said of him then, that he was for it before he was against it.
Funny, I haven’t heard Palin say anything about changing her mind about the Bridge to Nowhere, just that she was against it. You say “she changed her mind,” but she has said no such thing.
You hear what you want to hear, because you want to think Sarah Palin is more worthy of your support than she actually is.
And this “all politicians do it” line echos the crap we heard from the Obamabots the moment the primaries ended and he suddenly started spinning to the center.
Give it a rest. I’m voting for McCain and Palin, but without stars in my eyes and without going through mental and verbal gymnastics to convince anyone that there’s something admirable in the GOP ticket’s ability to get by on half-truths. If that impresses you, I wonder why you don’t just vote for Obama.
Did you even listen to the interviews that Gibson did, she even said that she was for it before in 2006, but that it ended up being a bad idea, so she said it should be scrapped. And again, I’m not a democrat, not a republican, I own my vote and I will vote for McCain/Palin because I do believe that they will do the best job. It doesn’t take rocket science to see that. And yes, I happen to like Palin, so get over yourself. I guess you don’t, then don’t vote for her. I like her record and it does show where she actually did something, unlike my governor, who hasn’t done anything and has been in office as long. Although he did bring in Keno after the public voted against it to the tune of over 70%. Guess he didn’t care about the will of the people either.
Oh good lord, you are beyond help. Fine, go back into your basement and finish your shrine to Sarah Palin. She thought that the bridge to nowhere was a “good idea” at first? Hmm, based on what? And what eventually made it “end up being a bad idea,” other than political considerations?
You like her record? She doesnt’ have a record. You like Palin, so I’m supposed to “get over myself?” That makes no sense, but then, I’m not typing drunk or high. Her record “shows she actually did something?” No it doesn’t.
Really, you have a lot in common with the Obamabrats. You see what you want to see and hear what you want to hear, and when confronted with the truth, you stamp your foot and tell the person questioning you to “get over it” (what are you, five years old?)
And finally- “if you don’t like Palin, then don’t vote for her.” Sounds EXACTLY like what I heard from the Obama crowd this spring. Pathetic.
Good Lord John, I think you are one angry person. I’m not here to argue with you. I’m quite happy with the McCain/Palin ticket and yes, she does have a record. Whether you want to admit it or not. Finally, you like to criticize and that is all I’ve heard out of your post. If you don’t think that Hillary isn’t doing what she needs to do because of political considerations, then you are out of touch. If not, then why is she playing with Obama to help him get elected, knowing what he has done to her and what he has done to the DNC. I guess it’s okay for her, but not for others? I’m a realist. I don’t think that Hillary walks on water either. That wasn’t why I was willing to vote for her. I accept people with faults but evidently you have set a higher standard. No one pleases you. So, as an Independent, I’m curious just how much I will be courted in 2012? Will I be unworthy of you if I don’t accept the dems talking points then? You see, mine isn’t a protest vote. If Hillary hadn’t been the nominee, I had always said I would vote for McCain. Obama was never in the picture. I voted for her in the Ohio primaries because I didn’t want Obama any where near the White House. Had she won, I’m not sure who I would have voted for. I felt that both McCain and Hillary were more centrists. For once in my life, I would have been a true undecided for awhile. So I am now done with this site. I don’t need the aggravation. And I surely do not need your condescending bullshit.
ohio-
I hope you are not done with this site. We like your views, and most posters here are not condescending.
One of the reason’s she decided against it was the proposed cost doubled and there were other solutions that cost less. I think it’s called being pragmatic.
Oh Please! Get over yourself John. We are also entitled to our opinion. Your opinion is no greater than our own, and you have ZERO right to try and belittle us into thinking like you. That is what Obama supporters do. The more you post the more I think Ex-Puma, Lochos. Another great Hillary supporter here to try and cause arguments between people that post her regulary. Call everyone repugs. How soon before you try to make Hillary into a narrow minded politician? That only worked for Democats.
Governor Palin was for a connection to the island - bridge, or what have you - but NOT for the big expensive bridge that Ted Stevens wanted. She proposed an average bridge for the convenience of the 50 people who live there, not a monstrosity that would be more acceptable to cross the Ohio River connecting two metropolises.
Also, who made Evil Earmarks the bugaboo of this campaign?
Why, that would be John McCain.
So it seems to me that your argument is with HIM, not the MSM.
John, there are good earmarks and there are bad earmarks. I just happen to be able to look and see which ones make sense and which ones don’t. Both parties spend our money like they’re drunken sailors. It doesn’t make one party better than another.
I know I use to buy into the dems parroting points. As a union rep, I got to see it first hand. I saw the dems pass over the women reps as though they didn’t exist. I saw that they were more concerned in collecting those union dues than they were in getting the workers real help. That way they could get big fat contributions to help with their campaign. Hell, right now, my husband’s union wants to take away their lump sum retirement because they don’t think the workers can handle their money right. So they want it to be paid out in monthly increments when they retire. This is the union, not the company. Who in the hell says the unions are looking out for the workers when they seem to think they can decide and dictate just how those workers should handle their own money?
I want a government run down the middle to be inclusive of all people, not the right, not the left. You leave out too many people when you placate to either fringe sides. I happen to believe that McCain will do just fine doing that and Palin has already shown that she can do the same. But the Federal government is not our nanny and it shouldn’t be treated as it is.
Not according to John McCain.
Now you’ve moved on to GOP parroting points, like “both parties spend our money like they’re drunken sailors” ( a clever analogy the first five million times I heard it) and “the Federal government is not our nanny and shouldn’t be treated as it is.”
Hey, quick question- do you think the thousands of people currently receiving emergency aid in the Galveston and Houston area would agree with this statement?
“The most dangerous words in the English language are ‘I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.”
Gee John couldn’t possibly be because John hasn’t requested ONE earmark in 25 years. Not one. And quite giving this BS about how horrible Sarah is, she is the only one of the three that didn’t grow up in private schools, had to work her way through college, sent her own children to public schools. You may choose to look for differences between Sarah and Hillary. I see much more in common then I do in differences. Both of them fight for our children. Care about the middle class and fighting for working families. McCain not only walks the walk, he talks the talk the same as Hillary. I can VERY WELL understand why the two of them have such a close relationship. Why she calls him friend. If that were Hillary on that stage and not John, I would be willing to bet Hillary would be standing behind her beaming the same way John does. You may choose to look at it as an us against them. That doesn’t mean the rest of us don’t realize we’re in this boat together, and are not playing that game anymore.
I’m sick of this bashing based on earmarks. It started with BHO accusing Hillary. As a NYer I am delighted that I have a hard-working senator in Washington trying to make sure that some of my tax money comes home. Sarah Palin has done what any governor tries to do. Being President or Vice-President is a different ball game, and she knows it, and John McCain knows it, and Barack Hussein Obama knows it, but he’s confident that we’re all too stupid to realize this issue is a red herring.
This was really beautiful.
Thank you, that was beautifully written. As a resident of NYC who saw that day up close and personal, it distresses me that as a country we have become so polarized.
I never paid attention to politics until 2000 with Bush v Gore. As a loyal Democrat, I felt we were robbed and I was determined to pay attention to what the “evil” Republicans we doing. I didn’t like Bush, cried for our soldiers and thought that only the Democrats could fix this mess…..a very specific Democrat…my Senator, Hillary Clinton.
As the primary season progressed, I saw a nastiness that normally I would associate with the GOP. If Bush and the Republicans punched me in the gut in 2000, my own party not ony punched me, they hit me over the head with a frying pan and then kicked me when I fell down. My belief that the Democrats were the good guys was COMPLETELY shattered.
It’s hard to comprehend, but I’ve learned a valuable lesson and the remembrance of 9/11 crystallized it for me. You have to have a core, you have to believe in your country and decent folks who try to do the right thing…..and that’s not always a Democrat. No matter how many Democrats come on tv and talk about “loyalty” and “unity”, I know they are rotten at the core.
I am a PUMA now. It’s about doing what’s best for our country. For the first time in my life, I’ll vote for a Republican for CIC…not because I’m bitter or vindictive, but because we need to get leadreship that’s not rotten at the core.
Patrick,
Thank you! I will never forget that day. Rushing to take my children out of school just so that I could hold them. Calling my elderly parents and telling them to turn on the television, that our country was under attack. For days and weeks seeing the gloom on people’s faces. Seeing the tears in their eyes and understanding what they were feeling, no matter of their race, religion or gender. Crying as I listened to the 911 Operator talk about the call she recieved from a passenger on one of the planes. How she prayed with him in his final minutes of life. I’ll never forget…”Let’s Roll”
I will never forget that day. I cry now just thinking of it.
May we never forget 9/11/01
Patrick, thank you again and God Bless you, your family and our great country!
McCain / Palin 2008
Any one see where Biden’s son quit his lobbist job?
if so what do you think is fixing to fall in the party?
Patrick fantastic post.
I saw the headline but didn’t read the story…
What wonderful insight, Patrick. You brought tears to my eyes, also. Thank you for sharing with us. I always look forward to you thoughts; please keep them coming.
Absolutely beautiful, mesmerizing. You brought tears to my eyes. And you captured what is happening in our world today, perfectly.
Charlie Gibson’s Gaffe
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091202457.html?nav=hcmodule
You know, what’s really funny, Patrick, is you’re absolutely right. I have spent 8 long years despising Republicans because of two men, our President and our Vice President. And, honestly, I am grateful to Obama. Because he is so not a Democrat, I turned to the Republican Party and found John McCain and Sarah Palin. Two honest people, who truly love our nation. No, we’ll never agree on most issues. But we do all agree on Country First. And I truly look forward to many years to come of actually discussing issues and solutions with Democrats and Republicans. Strange as it may sound, I finally feel that thanks to Mr. Obama, our nation will finally heal from 9/11. Though, I know his intent was to win, hopefully he will not, and we truly will start a bipartisan national discussion on our problems and how as Americans, we are more equipped than anyone in history to solve these problems. We will work together, Democrat and Republican, gay and straight, black and white, men and women. I truly believe that. And I truly look forward to first November and then January. Thank you for your article, Patrick. As a liberal lesbian with two grown sons I raised as a single mom, I am reaching out my hand to a Republican across the internet to shake it with enthusiasm. We are all Americans!
Well said. I, too, am a lesbian who is reaching across the internet and party lines in unity. Funny how Obama is unifying the country around McCain. LOL.
As an Independent I am glad to see the hope of healing.
But we all have to get out the vote.
McCain needs Pennsylvania or Michigan or Colorado or New Mexico
New York is a stretch but can we give it to the Nation?
Let each of us get a sign in the yard or a sticker on the car. Talk about why Obama’s Tax plans for business will kill small businesses (it will too).
Let us stand together and make a better Nation. Bring Hillary to the Party as the Senate Majority Leader and we will have a Trifecta!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh_ipqk6dj4
The left and the Democratic party are imploding. Their id is way out of control. It’s like watching an endangered species eat its own offspring. Horrifying.
it is sad
and thank you for not laughing
It’s not funny. I have been a liberal all my life. It makes me so sad and horrified to see, not just the party, but individuals, sell out everything they claimed to hold dear. The irony is stunning. I’m getting blatantly sexist e-mails forwarded to me by so-called feminists. I hear women cheering as a so-called liberal columnist writes that he wants to have sex with Sarah Palin while his wife watches reading the Constitution What he really means is he wants to rape Palin. This is so fargone. They have jumped the shark. There is no return. They have become the thing they claimed to be fighting against. They must lose and the party cleaned out.
Who said this?
http://texashillblog.wordpress.com/ this is at Texas Hill Country blog and it is about Huffpuke columnist sayin he wants to have Sarah…
Truth is She could make him….shrivel….with a GLANCE…LOL
*** LUNATICS PASSING THEMSELVES OFF AS LIBERALS…BARF ***
Powerful.
The only thing I would change is:
The PUMA roared (instead of fed/feed)
We roared against the injustice, the hypocrisy, the pretension, and the bullying.
I agree
The feeding begins after Obama loses. In 2004, folks were confused about the loss. This time, it is crystal clear what went wrong. PUMAs will feed and clean up the DNC. We’ll see if McCain and Palin will keep their words about reform. If they do, 2012 will be pleasantly interesting. If they don’t, the PUMA roar will be unstoppable.
I can W00T 4 THAT sentiment!!
For the Democratic Party to rise, phoenix like, out of the dung heap of the Democrat Party several things will have to happen. Not only will Obama have to lose but seats in congress will have to be lost. John Kerry, the symbol of the current party, he who spit in his constituent’s faces and along with Ted Kennedy endorsed Obama, has to be defeated September 16th.
I think that it won’t happen, the Pelosis, Reids and Deans are too firmly entrenched. I think that by 2012 there will be a viable third party, centrist in nature, sprung from the disaffected members of both majors.
You have it right…no longer will our votes be taken for granted….we are watching and we can control what happens in Washington and our states.
I am looking forward to voting out the leaders I helped vote in who did not follow the will of the people when they went to Obama after Clinton won the state…I believe a resent poll shows congress is in for a possible “change”…P.U.M.A. Power!
Hillary will keep ‘em honest!
That was beautifully written Pat.
But…………
I sensed a bit of McCain and Palin worship in it.
Now I know this post has touched many hearts. It touched mine. but I believe we have had enough of “messiah” worship!
I myself am not a religious person. I do not subscribe to a benevolent being watching my every move. I may be wrong, I sometimes am. I do not begrudge anyone their beliefs, but we Democrats are in the position we are in because of this blind adoration to a “Myth”!
We put blind loyalty in men and it is men that fail us!
I believe we as a species have to pull ourselves up from the mud we have been swimming in and leave to the Gods that which is theirs.
I know many of my “friends” here may not agree with what I have to say, but it is mine to say.
Guard your emotions well people. It is those Emotions that tend to place us in peril!
PUMA W00T 4 Drago!!
I also hope my blunt, tourettes (sp)doesn’t offend too many!
Well Patrick never hid the fact that he is a Republican.
I’ve been for McCain since the (R) primaries, but I do not agree with him on all issues. My primary reason for voting for him is national security. I do not hero worship him, he is a human being and as such is flawed, as are we all.
However I do respect his service to our country.
And after reading the other Ground Zero thread I think his wife would make a more appropriate first lady than Senator Obama’s wife.
Oh it just came to me why Patrick may hero worship McCain:
Think about who the other Republican candidates were - Huckabee and Romney. Yes McCain is heroic compared to them.
And Hillary is the heroic woman candidate.
I wish that everyone could see John McCain through your eyes. He is a very dedicated man to his country. Thank You for such a heart warming peace.
Hello Dawn!
Great to see you out here this morning! And no, I don’t mind your Bluntness!
Thanks all, I am humbled by the many responses, both pro and con! I was just trying to convey the fact that this country moves forward on the shoulders of the nation healed. McCain deserved credit for insight, Palin deserves credit for courage and PUMA deserves credit for desire!
I look at all three as equals in leading up to something very special!
Take care,
Patrick
back at cha {{Patrick}}
thanks for caring! :-]
Thank you Patrick. Brilliantly written.
Thank you Easton. Very good of you to share this piece.
I would like to see us all shape-up as well. We really need Country First in these dangerous times. Both our economy and our foreign affairs are a mess.
McCain & Palin in 2008. I wish the PUMAs and the real Democrats can get their party back so we can have a better 2012. Like so many of you write: Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Howard Dean, John Kerry, Donna Brazile, etc., etc. are a loathsome lot.
Well Done Patrick..
Deep….Thoughtful…Profound..
The kind of thoughts that Thomas Jefferson or
Benjamin Franklin or any great Patriot would have Written..Dedicated and Sincere..from the heart and Mind of a Good Person..
God Bless You..Thanks for sharing..
So very beautiful, Patrick. So soulful.
Thank you.
I am so proud to be American
Patrick, I think that’s the bottom line.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us.
I only wonder “what might have been” had McCain shown REAL guts and asked Hillary to join the ticket. Two centrists just barely on opposite sides of the fence. Two proud Americans willing to do whatever it takes to get this country on the right track. Now THAT would have resulted in a landslide.
I think the “Proud Americans”..are standing up to Barack Obama..and The Organization behind him and are Vetting Him and Them the Way Things really should be Done in the Best Interest of the United States and We the People..
I was a Hillary delegate but I am disappointed that aftwer the way she and Bill were treated that they didn’t stand up to Obama even more….
“Two Proud Americans willing to do what ever it takes to get this Country on the Right track..”
That would have been PATRIOTISM..
Not Partisanship..
Thats why I love this web site..and have been a Fan of Larry and Susan for Years..
Patriots..
That’s our Patrick.
A poet writes… excellently.
McCain/Palin for 2008
Clinton for 2012
Country before Party
P.U.M.A.
Beautiful piece–gave me chills reading a few of your ideas.
I’m like many above–a long time Dem, Big Hillary supporter and totally disillusioned with my party.
I believe McCain is a reformer and if we can start to get money out of our politics we may move back to real democracy. Nader would approve of that I think.
PUMA for McCain/Palin (I like her)
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Patrick, Bravo! Your appreciation for your party’s turn back from the far right really shows through in your words of praise for McCain and Palin. I don’t have to completely agree with what you say, to be glad that you now feel more represented by your party than you have in recent times.
Reading your posts, I know that you understand the position of PUMAs who want their wayward party to also move back toward the center. Because you know how it feels when the party bus pulls away, travelling in a direction that is a disquieting caricature of what the party used to stand for.
And I thank you for respecting that in America, there’s plenty of room for people of divergent political views, and expressing the hope that this election cycle will help us get our party back, much as you’ve gotten yours back.
(Just dreaming here, but wouldn’t it be amazing if 2008 causes a backlash that results in the cleanest campaigns in history in 2012? OK, to be more realistic, “some of the cleaner campaigns”… where two upstanding individuals of reasonably good character debate issues and records of accomplishment instead of attacking each other’s families and telling huge voting blocs to go jump in the lake as inconsequential.)
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Gasp! Wow! What an incredible piece of writing.
Patrick may be a Republican, but he has spoken for me, a hardcore Democrat who will not swallow the Obama pill. I am very impressed with Patrick’s post.
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