Regarding Courage

[Martin Eden]

19. "the members of his party are afraid to honor their oath of office"

Your statement quoted above is more than just true; it can be an effective narrative for defeating cowardly Republicans in November.

A lot can happen between now and then, as the bully-in-chief continues to blunder and rage against the dying of his might. How many of his enablers holding seats in Congress will find the "courage" to stand up to him as his madness further manifests while the economic pain of his blunders afflicts more voters?

Of course, it will not be "courage" that they find, but merely a continuation of serving their own self interest rather than the oath they swore to uphold. They stick their finger in their mouth, then raise it to gauge the political winds.

If our Democratic Party proceeds with courage and truth, that wind will be the winds of change to sweep these cowardly miscreants out of Congress.

Our nation is in crisis, which has both danger and opportunity. We must sieze the day -- not to restore the former status quo, but to enact real change to build a better future for generations that will look back on this time and judge us.

WE are the authors of our own history, which is ahead of us and closing in fast. Let us prepare that palm-upward blow and sizzling left hook, not in violence but in service to our loved ones and to those future generations depending on us.