A comment comment by internationaljock mentioned a website-turned-book called sorry everybody (http://sorryeverybody.com/). As I followed and started looking at scores of pictures of people young and old (mostly old) moved to apologize to the world for what their country had done -- who they had elected in 2004 -- I vividly recalled the grief that I felt at that time.
It occurs to me that we may do the democrats a favor, and energize a new group of young voters, by widely publicizing these images.
The pictures are personal and touching. The very idea that people could feel such shame is a powerful invocation about what is at stake. The past 4 years have shown that these normal people were right. They knew how badly things were going to go.
This screams out, to me at least, go get involved.
I wonder if the images conjure the same emotion in you.
The election is bound to take many turns between now and the final count and democrats traditionally benefit from large turnout, particularly from young people. Perhaps we should be dropping this book off at campuses like Gideon Bibles.
Please, take a look at the site, then take the poll. Please don't be irritated if I haven't clearly defined or communicated the appropriate emotion. It's a bit of a stretch for me.