p/s: stop apologizing for ‘your past’ or for you ‘generation’. I am sure you went through what you did for a purpose. Otherwise, everyone would be the same, and how boring that would be. The small mindedness only reflects poorly on the other person.

Right now I’m very pregnant and in Hawaii — no way I could come. But next year, I will see you and everyone else there, and I’ll bring my entire extended family with me. Let’s pray that the ’10 9/12 is as peaceful and uplifting as this year’s was.

The Tea Party movement is only getting bigger as America gradually Wakes Up.

We were at the rally last Saturday and I couldn’t agree more. This was a peaceful demonstration by concerned citizens. One of the amazing facts is (regardless of the “official” attendance estimate) there were easily more than a million people there and not one arrest. These were good people who were exercising their constitutional rights in an extraordinarily appropriate manner.

Thank God I don’t have to look to you for redemption – He has provided it.

Again, though, I am sorry for my past and doing the best I can to work toward a better future. I thank God there were people like you who had more character and common sense than I.

God bless and keep you.

Barbara

While you danced and laughed and fornicated your lives away, you ridiculed and spat at me and my children. We emigrated in 1969.

So you had a tough childhood. TS! As an orphan I worked on the streets as a child, did not tatoo myself, do drugs, ridicule or spit on decent citizens nor fornicate at Woodstock.

I am not proud of you regardless of your politics du jour.

The “5000 Year Leap” has fallen flat. You killed it. Be ashamed.
And don’t look to me for redemption.

And I like to remember here that yesterday evening (Monday Sept. 14th) O’Reilly began his show saying that there were “70,000″ marchers in DC.
Congrats, O’Reilly, you got your money, you lost your soul.
At the time of the most important battle for America’s Freedom.
The O’ in O’Reilly stays for Obama.

Thank you for the opportunity to comment.

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That was my first reaction, too. Then I thought it’s just as likely he’s using the number because he knows that being reminded of the dismissive attitude towards us keeps the fire burning in our bellies.

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31. bastiches:
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If your response is the type of welcome a newly converted conservative is to expect, it wouldn’t surprise me that less will make that jump. Your cynicism is misplaced and only serves to make the rest of we happy warriors look poor in spirit.

Leave the foul demeanor and condescension to the Left. It doesn’t help to snipe at your own team.

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+1

God has a special plan for all of us. You were always part of a bigger plan…because you have so much love to give to others.
What an inspiration and May God Bless you and your family.

What an awful comment to read in the very first post after such an insightful piece by a very brave woman. I have a feeling if you were on the “wrong” side, you would never have a mind open enough to change or to even approach the level of self-inflection the author displays. What a strange reaction you have; I hope Barbara is not second-guessing herself now due to your ignorant post.

I say better late than never. Thanks for the pics Barbara!!

I pray your optimism regarding the “power” of the people proves true, and the anti big government forces make themselves known at the ballot box.

As I perceive matters, neither Democrat nor Republican have proven fiscally responsible in the past 9+ years.

Yes, we could “throw them all out”, but there certainly are no guarantees that the new politician would be any more fiscally prudent than the one they replaced. Hopefully, at a minimum, they would stay the hell out of my personal business.

Jeff
Disenchanted Republican — pitching tent in the Libertarian Camp.