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In some ways it would be easier if today's fight for democracy was measured in men, food and guns. Those are concrete things you can be confident are what they seem to be. Today's battles are about words, some true, some noble, some sacred, some damned, some lies and some Damned Lies. I suppose one thing similar about the two eras is the side with the strongest army still wins. If truth mobilizes more warriors to the ballot box than damned lies, then democracy as we imagine it can win. Democracy as we know it is sick, and tired, and discouraged. We have a champion for democracy, but he seems a bit frail, and substantially alone. I'm looking for some strong voices in the other branches of government, strong enough to stand out from the crowd, to steal some media time from the Grahams, Pauls, McConnells, McCarthy's and the freshmen rabble in congress. I'm hoping some true statesmen will find their voice, and even more so, capture the imagination of the press. I'm tired of our press behaving like flies on a corpse. Unless, perhaps, it's the cold remains of that yellow narcissistic sociopath we endured for four too many years.

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Gail's avatar

I read you every day, either last thing at night or first thing in the morning, and usually find some hope that our democracy perhaps might find a way to survive these perilous times. We have in the past, more than I knew about.

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