re: #55 retired cynic

Me, too. I can tell you the first time I heard his voice was on a local public radio station when he was a state senator, and I knew, right then. I was driving down the road and almost had to pull off the road.

I so wish it had been a more hospitable time for him. The polarization of America will doom us if we cant change. History will be harsh on the fuckers who wanted him to fail.
He has amazing character to keep going, to not let them get him down, for remaining optimistic and dare I say, hopeful.