Email to MoveOn.org in response to an email to their members:
Thanks Guys for your kind words. They are sincere and don't gloss over the challenges ahead, as so many politicians did yesterday. Worse perhaps than the loss are the calls for unity in a land torn asunder by Bush party arrogance and self righteousness.
I would like to see MoveOn continue in a leadership role for those of us who teeter on the brink of extreme cynicism and bitterness.
It was bad enough to have the election stolen in 2000, to have to watch Bush and his team swing the national agenda to fear mongering, slash and burn diplomacy, bankruptcy in our budget and environmental rape for four years.
This defeat is almost too much to bear.
We need someone to guide not only all of those who voted for Kerry, but also the millions who voted for Bush with deep reservations. We need someone to lead a centrist middle class agenda, based on real values, respect and sophisticated hardball politics.
The group who can pull that together will truly give us back our country, will truly represent the vast majority, and will help us heal - Democrats and Republicans, Christians and Jews and Muslims, black and white, rich and poor.
I hope you find a way to do this. I think you have everything you need to get started. If you do, I'm behind you all the way.
Vicki Jones
St. Louis, MO
ps. And I still want an explanation of why exit polls were so far off - does this happen often? Or do we need to investigate the voting machines? Where do they go after the election and who tests them, both before and after? I'm sure the casino industry has tighter standards - and more regulations - for electronic machines than we do for our voting systems. What a sad state of affairs.
Posted by Vicki at November 4, 2004 05:47 AM