November 14, 2004

Quotes:

Doing the Best We Can

    By Jack Grant
"One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment. If it doesn't turn out right, we can modify it as we go along."

-Franklin Delano Roosevelt

There are some apologists running around America, saying they're sorry to the rest of the world that GWB was re-elected. I'm not one of them. I didn't vote for him, but I'm not sorry he was re-elected, either.

We were rudely awakened to the threat of terrorism a little over three years ago, and we're doing the best we can to fight it. There's disagreement on what the "best thing" is, but that's what democracy is about.

Posted by Jack Grant at 10:18 on 14 November 2004
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Wow. A rational Dem. Jen...you never cease to amaze me with your coooooolness.

Posted by: Kin at November 15, 2004 04:42 PM




























































































































































































































































































































































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