What else can we do?

Publius has a rather depressing post up about the non-response to Murray Waas' recent revelations of Bush duplicity. He essentially says he can't get too excited because it's too late for redemption. In it, he quotes this piece from an old post by Billmon, which pretty much sums up his depression:

... But it doesn't really matter any more. Anonymous whistleblowers have become little more than curious anachronisms, as likely to turn out to be bumbling fools or cynical disinformation artists (paging Michael Isikoff) as dedicated civil servants wiling to risk their careers to save the Republic.

The Republic is rather obviously beyond saving now …

But it's still hard to escape the conclusion that the American people have had, generally speaking, plenty of opportunities to learn the filthy truth about this administration and this war -- that is, if they were actually interested in the truth, which many of them (up to 51%, judging from the last election) apparently are not.

What the health of the Republic requires, in other words, may not be a new crop of leakers and whistleblowers, or a fresh young generation of Woodwards and Bernsteins -- or even a more independent, aggressive media. What it may need is a new population…

I must confess that I too oscillate between feelings of depression like this and fleeting moments where I have a glimmer of hope that maybe, just maybe people will finally get it. I guess I feel we have to keep trying and trying, even if all hope is really gone. What else can we do?