I guess I'm what's known as a lurker. I have been reading Daily Kos daily since well before the '04 election, and have posted a few comments and no diaries, until today.
This site has truly helped get me through this painful and turbulent time in our nation's history, and for that, I would like to thank Markos, Armando, and EVERY SINGLE KOSSACK who has contributed their intelligent and insightful thoughts to this site. I have learned so much here - much more than I could ever learn from angrily reading the NY Times or watching the crappy nightly network newscasts.
With the (hopefully) forthcoming indictments of some of the criminal element currently running our country into the ground, I am - for the first time in many years - optimistic. And much of my optimism comes from reading the thoughtful comments of like-minded people like you.
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