I became a Dem, officially, last April.

I became a Democrat long before then.

Iraq.  Our Constitution.  Our image abroad. 

Those were my reasons.

Since then, I can add:  Americans are tired of getting fu**ed.  Americans are tired of being talked down to.  Americans have become a hell of a lot smarter, and more politically active, than they were even four years ago.

Why?

Because Americans know there is more to us than the talking heads and talking pundits let us think.

Let us think.

Let us think.

Let us think about Halliburton, let us think about big oil, let us think about contractors in Iraq.

Let us think about our freedom and pride.  Let us think about how much of both we have left.

Let us think about how unhappy we are with the way things are.

I did.

That's why I became a democrat.