As for myself, I guess I'm old enough to have become rather numb to the disappointment. Well, either that or I'm pretty depressed! Here we are again, a non-issue. The one group of folks in America, some 20-30 million strong, without the basic human rights afforded everyone else in this country. The voters no one wants to be seen with, the people whose hopes and dreams are not to be mentioned, the "political poison" people who get thrown under the bus.

They want our votes, our money, our support, our loyalty. They just don't want us to be seen or heard. Every election we're told to take one on the chin for the good of the party. For over 35 years I've fought for civil rights, women's rights, reproduction rights, the rights of the poor, the unions, the elderly and the disabled. Only I'm not supposed to fight for MY rights.

And you know what? I feel like no one really gives a rat's ass, either.

Sorry if this poops on anybody's parade but I don't feel as if we have much to celebrate right about now. That hope and change everyone's talking about doesn't, I'm afraid, include us.