Not Your Sweetie

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by donjo (donjo at forclark.com) on 03/30/2004 05:14:08 PM EST

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I've been to a couple "Unity" meetings of our local Democrats and it's sort of fun to see what  kind of people supported the different candidates. Other than the Kerry people feeling sort of smug right now, the Dean people absent, the Edwards people bewildered, and the Kucinich supporter is always some really ancient, wrinkly, widow, I guess we're all somewhat cut from the same cloth.
However, I think none and I repeat, none, of them understands the depth, loyalty, and emotional ties that the Clark people still have towards Wes. (And frankly, I don't think Wes understands this, as well.)
In his brief time in the public eye, he truly created a following that is willing to slog (and blog) through hell and back for him. I've been trying to figure out why and have come to some conclusions: I think the main one is that he is a liberator. He liberated the Albanians and they worship him; he liberated many of us from despondency about the pathetic political scene in this country. For the first time in years we had hope that decency and honesty still had a place in politics. We had a candidate who truly lived up to and exceeded out inner expectations of what a president should and could be. He spoke for us and he spoke with authority about things others were afraid to touch. Bait and switch. A war we shouldn't have been in. The buck stops at the President's desk. Tax cuts for the wealthy and all those memorable quotes that have become common and accepted phrases now. On top of his charisma, character and integrity, he remains a decent, caring, honest and humble man, still willing to do whatever is required to help this country.
I am ashamed for the treatment he received at the hands of his fellow citizens who didn't take the time or have the interest to find out more about this remarkable human being. We are the worse for ignoring him and we ignore him still. God help our country. And Gert rocks!