If the Democrats lose this election, I'm going to be pissed.
Not at Republicans, they're doing what any stupid animal does - what comes naturally.
No, I'm going to be pissed at the Democratic Party, because this (and every election going forward from now) are theirs to lose. The Republican Party is so reactionary, so blindly stupidly conservative, pushing so many of the fear buttons, you've got to be an idiot not to notice. They've managed to piss off so many different voting blocks, it's a wonder even white males are willing to vote for them.
Unless you've been propagandized, like so many Americans have. The Republicans may not be able to govern their way out of a wet paper bag, but they are masters at obfuscating the truth and making everybody think up is down and right is left.
Along those lines, there is one truth about the Republicans' long and well trod road over the last 40 years nobody can argue against - they've managed to make the word "liberal" into a cuss word. They've made everybody think that government is incompetent and constantly conspiring against us, both at the same time, all the while convincing us that it should be small enough to drown in a bathtub, and that it SHOULD be drowned in a bathtub.
How they've managed to claim that government is incompetent by gaining power in government and PROVING it is without the entire population of this country noticing that it has been Republicans' incompetence and not that of Democrats, I'll never know.
Republicans have managed to make almost every liberal position seem like evil incarnate. Socialism is now a dirty word even though most Americans wouldn't know a Socialist if one bit them on the ass, and have almost no clue what they stand for.
If we lose this election, it will be because The Democratic Party has given up.
They have not even tried to call Republicans out on their stupidity or their lies or even the obvious hypocrisy on display almost every time a Republican politician opens his/her mouth.
Most egregiously, they have failed utterly to defend liberal, progressive ideas and principles. They have stood by silently while the Republican Party and conservative Democrats have dragged the political discourse in this country so far to the right that there isn't so much as a dogcatcher who can be elected on a true liberal ticket.
Every single time Obama has managed to get a law passed in his Administration, you'll notice that they all were originally proposed by conservative Think Tanks! Even the ACA, Obama's signature accomplishment, is based on the Massachusetts law, which came straight out of the Heritage Foundation!
Ya wanna know why the Democrats are losing?
Because liberals are staying home. In droves, because there isn't a single solitary politician who is representing the true liberal position and principles in this country.
Not one. Even Independent Senator Barney Sanders of Vermont can't manage to defend liberalism, no matter how hard he tries.
It is time to stop letting the Republicans set the agenda. To stop letting them define who liberals are and what liberalism is. It is time to explain to the American public what liberals stand for and why.
It is time for LIBERALS to set the talking agenda. It is time for Liberals to define Republicans so that America and the world can see what they truly are and what they truly stand for.
Politicians today are afraid to stand up and defend their principles. Poor things, they might lose and have to sit out a few years away from Washington!
NO!
Stand up! Defend yourself, defend your principles. DEFINE yourself, DEFINE the principles you stand for, the values you love. Do it passionately, do it with feeling. Shake your fist, pound the table, rouse the crowd with passionate, earth rattling rhetoric!
Emotions are the key, and Republicans know that. They are masters of the fear signal. They can push their constituents' fear buttons and get the reaction they want immediately.
But passion and excitement can overcome fear. Talk about the future! Extol our scientific advances! paint visions of the very real utopia we can advance towards, if only we can give up our addiction to war and violence. Describe the world we can build together if only we can cooperate together, and bring every American up to a better standard of living. How much growth we can bring to our country by educating ALL of our children, and making this country a leader in science and industry again.
There is a lot to defend, and a lot to look forward to, if only we will get together and COMMUNICATE these things to our fellow Americans, who are sick and tired of hearing the negative and the fearful. People want to hear about the positive things, the good things we can do, so let's tap into that and help them see what a wonderful future we can bring to this country together!
The Party which can bring a positive vision of the future can and will win. Let's stop enabling the Republicans in their sick, negative picture of America. Let's show America and the world what LIBERALS can do to bring us a bright and shining future!
The first step is for every liberal and every independent who cares for this country to get out and vote. VOTE BLUE! VOTE DEMOCRAT!
I mean, hey, it's only the welfare of our kids and grandkids at stake.
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