this is the thread for democrats who are disappointed but not remotely depressed and ready to get to work on a brighter tomorrow!

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koritfw yall!

― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 22:46 (twenty years ago)

Woo hoo!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 22:49 (twenty years ago)

Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots
I give a holler to my sisters on welfare
Tupac cares, if don't nobody else care
And uhh, I know they like to beat ya down a lot
When you come around the block brothas clown a lot
But please don't cry, dry your eyes, never let up
Forgive but don't forget, girl keep your head up
And when he tells you you ain't nuttin don't believe him
And if he can't learn to love you you should leave him
Cause sista you don't need him
And I ain't tryin to gas ya up, I just call em how I see em
You know it makes me unhappy (what's that)
When brothas make babies, and leave a young mother to be a pappy
And since we all came from a woman
Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman
I wonder why we take from our women
Why we rape our women, do we hate our women?
I think it's time to kill for our women
Time to heal our women, be real to our women
And if we don't we'll have a race of babies
That will hate the ladies, that make the babies
And since a man can't make one
He has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one
So will the real men get up
I know you're fed up ladies, but keep your head up
Chorus
ooooooo child things are gonna get easier
ooooooo child things are gonna get brighter
ooooooo child things are gonna get easier
ooooooo child things are gonna get brighter
Verse Two:

Aiyyo, I remember Marvin Gaye, used to sing ta me
He had me feelin like black was tha thing to be
And suddenly tha ghetto didn't seem so tough
And though we had it rough, we always had enough
I huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke the rules
Ran with the local crew, and had a smoke or two
And I realize momma really paid the price
She nearly gave her life, to raise me right
And all I had ta give her was my pipe dream
Of how I'd rock the mic, and make it to tha bright screen
I'm tryin to make a dollar outta fifteen cents
It's hard to be legit and still pay tha rent
And in the end it seems I'm headin for tha pen
I try and find my friends, but they're blowin in the wind
Last night my buddy lost his whole family
It's gonna take the man in me to conquer this insanity
It seems tha rain'll never let up
I try to keep my head up, and still keep from gettin wet up
You know it's funny when it rains it pours
They got money for wars, but can't feed the poor
Say there ain't no hope for the youth and the truth is
it ain't no hope for tha future
And then they wonder why we crazy
I blame my mother, for turning my brother into a crack baby
We ain't meant to survive, cause it's a setup
And even though you're fed up
Huh, ya got to keep your head up
Chorus
Verse Three:

And uhh
To all the ladies havin babies on they own
I know it's kinda rough and you're feelin all alone
Daddy's long gone and he left you by ya lonesome
Thank the Lord for my kids, even if somebody else want em
Cause I think we can make it, in fact, I'm sure
And if you fall, stand tall and comeback for more
Cause ain't nuttin worse than when your son
wants to kno why his daddy don't love him no mo'
You can't complain you was dealt this
hell of a hand without a man, feelin helpless
Because there's too many things for you to deal with
Dying inside, but outside you're looking fearless
While tears, is rollin down your cheeks
Ya steady hopin things don't all down this week
Cause if it did, you couldn't take it, and don't blame me
I was given this world I didn't make it
And now my son's getten older and older and cold
From havin the world on his shoulders
While the rich kids is drivin Benz
I'm still tryin to hold on to my survivin friends
And it's crazy, it seems it'll never let up, but
please... you got to keep your head up

― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 22:50 (twenty years ago)

I don't know what koritfw means. Will you tell me, even though this thread is not for me?

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 22:50 (twenty years ago)

I'm going to move across the river to VA and register as a Republican! Take that, you fuckers!

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 3 November 2004 22:52 (twenty years ago)

There's colors on the street
Red, white and blue
People shufflin' their feet
People sleepin' in their shoes
But there's a warnin' sign
on the road ahead
There's a lot of people sayin'
we'd be better off dead
Don't feel like Satan,
but I am to them
So I try to forget it,
any way I can.

Keep on rockin' in the free world!
Keep on rockin' in the free world!
Keep on rockin' in the free world!
Keep on rockin' in the free world!

I see a woman in the night
With a baby in her hand
Under an old street light
Near a garbage can
Now she puts the kid away,
and she's gone to get a hit
She hates her life,
and what she's done to it
There's one more kid
that will never go to school
Never get to fall in love,
never get to be cool.

Keep on rockin' in the free world!
Keep on rockin' in the free world!
Keep on rockin' in the free world!
Keep on rockin' in the free world!

We got a thousand points of light
For the homeless man
We got a kinder, gentler,
Machine gun hand
We got department stores
and toilet paper
Got styrofoam boxes
for the ozone layer
Got a man of the people,
says keep hope alive
Got fuel to burn,
got roads to drive.

Keep on rockin' in the free world!
Keep on rockin' in the free world!
Keep on rockin' in the free world!
Keep on rockin' in the free world!

― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 22:53 (twenty years ago)

MY LIFE GETS WORSE BY THE MINUTE, A NEW TV SHOW, STARRING ME AND A CAST OF EXCITING YOUNG PEOPLE

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 22:54 (twenty years ago)

Special Guest Star Taye Diggs as Dan Perry

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 22:56 (twenty years ago)

Taye Diggs has a great number of nice suits in that show where he plays a lawyer. He is so good looking too. Jealous.

― adam... (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 22:59 (twenty years ago)

I claim him as my doppelgänger.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 23:02 (twenty years ago)

D'oh. This thread was supposed to remain unanswered!

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 23:18 (twenty years ago)

the wetter the better

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 4 November 2004 00:12 (twenty years ago)

(take that as you will)

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 4 November 2004 00:12 (twenty years ago)

i'm taking it as 'twat snot gets me hot'

― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 4 November 2004 00:13 (twenty years ago)

you would

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Thursday, 4 November 2004 00:37 (twenty years ago)

i come and go. felt like shit last night, felt pretty good this morning, felt like shit this afternoon, spent an hour reading freep, felt worse, contemplated the profound cause-effect relation of the previous two things mentioned, now i feel pretty good again.

saletan is already banging the drum for edwards '08? what say you smiley ppl?

― g--ff (gcannon), Thursday, 4 November 2004 05:46 (twenty years ago)

If it rains let it rain, yeah the wetter the better
They ain't gonna stop us, they can't, we're stronger now more then ever

― Kenan (kenan), Thursday, 4 November 2004 05:51 (twenty years ago)

It just started raining here. We're not stronger now than ever.

*weeps*

― Kenan (kenan), Thursday, 4 November 2004 05:52 (twenty years ago)

Oh, sorry, wrong thread

― Kenan (kenan), Thursday, 4 November 2004 05:53 (twenty years ago)

my new tv show:

HI, I'M FROM A BLUE STATE AND YER RIGHT WE REALLY DO HATE YOU BIBLE-BANGING SISTER-FUCKING BUSH-LOVING BABOONS.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Thursday, 4 November 2004 06:15 (twenty years ago)

Let's not get ahead of ourselves. Don't worry, we'll all be there soon enough.

― Kenan (kenan), Thursday, 4 November 2004 06:42 (twenty years ago)

I will be 27 next time I get to vote for president :o(

― Spinning Down Alone You Spin Alive (ex machina), Thursday, 4 November 2004 06:44 (twenty years ago)

saletan is already banging the drum for edwards '08? what say you smiley ppl?

his argument makes some sense, but he's arguing for Edwards' language, which need not come from Edwards' body . and as successful in some respect as the campaign was, and as adjunct a role he played, i do think he'll be at least old news if not damaged goods.

there are a lot of other things to do first, but i've already come up with a medium-sized list of '08 candidates. the late 50s-early 60s cohort will potentially include Hillary, Dean, Richardson and Mike Easley. Bayh and Feingold may be a bit young, Phil Bredesen and Bill Nelson a bit old, so all might be more likely as Veeps. Obama and Salazar are both conceivable downticket.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 4 November 2004 07:10 (twenty years ago)

will evangelical pre-2004 nonvoters flock to the polls again in 2008 if their candidate isn't a born again jesus devotionalist? will the (relatively covert potency, if you listened to pundits, dems, blogs, of the ) message that the real war here is one between traditional american values and the gay/liberal/abortion agenda be enforced again by a party that now knows who its base is? does it change things now that we know that these are primary issues? can dems successfully rephrase their beliefs to the moral republicans? it's damn depressing hearing a bbc reporter speculate that a future democratic candidate might have to endorse a socially unprogressive stance to court red states.

― m. (mitchlnw), Friday, 5 November 2004 10:46 (twenty years ago)

it's damn depressing hearing a bbc reporter speculate that a future democratic candidate might have to endorse a socially unprogressive stance to court red states.
-- m. (mitchnet70NOSPA...), November 5th, 2004 5:46 AM. (mitchlnw)

this won't be necessary.

― Emilymv (Emilymv), Friday, 5 November 2004 16:10 (twenty years ago)

first things first, folks. we have a Legislature to retake. We have two years to do it, and we'd better get started.

― Sir Kingfish Beavis D'Azzmonch (Kingfish), Saturday, 6 November 2004 02:37 (twenty years ago)

Man, are these political threads ever going to end? Everytime I frikkin' log in now there are like four more at the top of the list, each with like 70 new messages. Don't go crazy, WTF man.

― 57 7th (calstars), Saturday, 6 November 2004 03:34 (twenty years ago)

FROM THE "SILVER LINING SO BRIGHT, I'M GOING TO GO BLIND JUST LIKE THE SO-CALLED MORAL MAJORITY" DEPT.

Democrats: Raised taxes on cigarettes (NYC excluded).

Republicans: Raised the speed limits.

I can't think of anything else right now.

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Saturday, 6 November 2004 04:49 (twenty years ago)

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