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Tuesday, 24 October 06 ::
a letter to Neel
The executive director of the Democratic Party of Oregon.
Hi Neel,
I keep getting these emails from the DPO about Ted Kulongoski. I gotta tell ya Neel, I'm dissapointed in the Democratic Party of Oregon this year. I'm disappointed that the DPO got squarely behind Ted in the primary without even considering any other, possibly better, candidates. I'm disappointed because I'm tired of my party putting up candidates that just aren't worth the spit on my ballot. I'm 33, and have been campaigning for democrats since I was 11 - including some right here in Oregon. I may not vote for Ted Kulongoski in the election this year. I know what is at stake for Oregon, but I also know that I'm tired of being sold out by my party, expected to stand up behind candidates who continuously disappoint me. I'm tired of being expected to stand up behind candidates who lack the courage to do the right thing. I'm tired of standing up behind candidates who have forgotten about their backgrounds as people who stood up firmly for what is right. The party leadership of Oregon has been sold out to fear, fear to take the chance and do the right thing. This year I may not do the pragmatic thing, which would be to vote a solid D ticket, and instead I may just follow my gut which is to do the right thing with my vote and vote against my party. Maybe by loosing this race the DPO will do the right thing next time and stand behind candidates who do not swing so far to the center that one wonders which party they are actually representing. Maybe the DPO will gain the courage to do the right thing the next time.
Brooke Robertshaw
Eugene
In other news.
This is for my friend A from HoN. A - I love you, please don't ever forget that. You've held my hand when I needed it, and I'll do my best to hold your hand right now. My friend, I don't know when it will get better, but please know that it will. I know it doesn't feel like it will, oh my friend, I know so much. I wish I didn't, but I do. I wish we didn't have to understand this side of each other, but we do. Thats the blessing in all this misery - I can say "I know exactly what it is you are feeling, and I know it will end." I don't know when, or how, but I do know it will end.
Love,
Me.
All Will Be Well
c Gabe Dixon Band
The new day dawns
And I am practicing my purpose once again
It is fresh and it is fruitful if I win
but if I lose, ooh, I don't know
I'll be tired but I will turn and I will go
Only guessing 'til I get there then I'll know
Ohh, I will know
And all the children walking home past the factories
Can see the light that's shining in my window
As I write this song to you
And all the cars running fast along the interstate
Can feel the love that radiates
Illuminating what I know is true
And all will be well
Even after all the promises you've broken to yourself
All will be well
You can ask me how but only time will tell
The winter's cold
But the snow still lightly settles on the trees
And a mess is still a moment I can seize until I know
That all will be well
Even though sometimes this is hard to tell
And the fight is just as frustrating as hell
All will be well
And all the children walking home past the factories
Can see the light that's shining in my window
As I write this song to you
And all the cars running fast along the interstate
Can feel the love that radiates
Illuminating what I know is true
And all will be well
Even after all the promises you've broken to yourself
All will be well
You can ask me how but only time will tell
You got to keep it up
And don't give up
And chase your dreams
And you will find
All in time
And all the children walking home past the factories
Can see the light that's shining in my window
As I write this song to you
And all the cars running fast along the interstate
Can feel the love that radiates
Illuminating what I know is true
And all will be well
Even after all the promises you've broken to yourself
All will be well
You can ask me how but only time will tell
All will be well
Even after all the promises you've broken to yourself
All will be well
You can ask me how but only time will tell
You can ask me how but only time will tell
posted by brooke at October 24, 2006 11:18 AM
