Soapbox

Earlier this year, I made a pledge to volunteer for whichever Democrat wins the party's nomination, not because I have any great love for the Democrats, but because I can't stand to see GWB win another term. He's already plunged the country into the insanity of war, increased our national debt and undermined just about every environmental and social program that have been created in the last twenty years (check out The Daily Outrage). I don't really care who gets the nomination - although, I'm leaning towards Dean - just that they organize a good, viable campaign that could actually challenge Bush and his cronies.

Unfortunately, an article in today's Washington Post suggests that for some unfathomable reason, many other individuals do not feel the way that I do. Apparently, Bush's campaign has been incredibly successful in garnering grassroots support from diehard GOP fans.

Bush's campaign Web site already has signed up 6 million supporters, 10 times the number that Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean has, and the Bush operation is in the middle of an unprecedented drive to register 3 million new Republican voters...."I've never seen grass roots like this," said a veteran GOP operative in one of the battleground states.

Yes, yes, I know...you can write me off as another liberal who reads Moveon.org's action alerts and The Nation. Just repeat after me, "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore."