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Subject:	My kids are frustrated with the Washington gridlock and would like a government
From:	LuvMyKidlets
Date:	Sun, 21-Jan-2024 7:51:50 AM PST
Where:	SoapZone Community: Politics Message Board
In topic:	January 2024 Political Post... posted by Justathot
In reply to:	Today is the 15 year anniversary of President Obama’s first inauguration. posted by Kitchop

Here is a good article that compares that day, January 20, 2009 to what happened on January 6, 2021 and asks the questions: Is diversity America’s strength or is diversity our weakness? and Is hope or fear a more effective motivation?

that is younger with more ideas. They can see why No Labels will appeal to many since it would be a coalition government that is less about one side vs. the other and offers the hope of solving problems.

Both kids plan on voting for Biden because they fear Trump's authoritarianism. My daughter said, "Unlike other countries, the U.S. has never lost its democracy for Americans to fully understand how fragile it is." So for my kids, fear is the bigger motivator for them in this election.

Whether diversity is America’s strength or our weakness is a much more difficult question to answer.

CNN:

Thank you for this article!

The last 15 years were a lot of history to live through. I worked on President Obama’s first campaign (in Pennsylvania) and we had so many young, newly politicized volunteers who were convinced that their generation had finally done what none could do before them — end racism. As a seasoned older activist, I appreciated their idealism but I knew that the fight against evil like racism and hate is a neverending battle and, if you wanted to commit to that fight, you had to learn to pace yourself and give up your “all or nothing” ideas. I hope that some of those idealistic kids are still in the fight 15 years later.

I wish I had warned and prepared my kids for the inevitable backlash of having our first black president. In a way, I'm glad HRC didn't experience the same.

Also, who knew back then, that 15 years later some of us would be wishing more Republicans today were more like McCain.

Right?!

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My kids are frustrated with the Washington gridlock and would like a government