I've been a DailyKos serious lurker since early 2004. I find solace in like minds, even though a lot of those minds are getting near to exploding just like mine. I don't write many diaries, although I read as many as possible every day...even those not on the Rec List :-) but I don't comment very often either. The quality of the writing here is so intelligent and thoughtful, I usually feel that I don't have anything to add that could even come close to expressing how I feel. And I have so much to say, I never know where to begin! I do respond to all the calls to action, ever hopeful something will finally make a difference. My friends used to think I was a little nutty....not so much now.
Sigh.....Impeachment....
Like many of you, I was sure it would happen after the Downing St. Memo and then the Abu Graib scandal...but that didn't get them. Surely outing a CIA agent...that's treason, right? I looked forward to Fitzmas just like everyone here, certain that these crooks were going to finally be accountable....Waxman and Conyers, they'll come through, we have the majority now , right? And it goes on and on and the Democrats do nothing. I never, ever thought the day would come when I was not proud to be a Democrat.
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