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In reply to the discussion: An open letter to folks like myself who cannot in good conscience vote for Obama [View all]johnlucas
(1,250 posts)The voters INCLUDING Republicans pissed at what Bush did to the country voted Obama to be JUST THAT KIND of Reformer.
The Democrats didn't have the perfect lock on the Congress but they had a good majority.
People act like Republicans are so formidable.
Republicans are clowns & have always been clowns since 1964.
The only reason they get away with that clownishness is because the Democrats have become a weak party that rolls over for everything they do.
The Affordable Care Act is Romney's plan.
We're trying to shine that crap up like it's gold.
I'm thankful we AT LEAST set the precedent that there should BE a National Health Care Plan but everybody knows Single Payer was a no-brainer. They didn't even fight for it.
People including demoralized Republicans gave the Democrats their shot at turning back Bush's crap/Republicans' crap.
They had 2 years to prove their worth & when they did that same old droolmouth bubbalip stuff they always do, voters put those idiotic Republicans back in. At LEAST the Republicans hold their ground & get what's on their agenda done.
We got one more shot with this election to fix this.
The Republicans overplayed their hand again & the Democrats can come in & clean house.
You gotta quit being scared of these regressive fools.
As much as they squawk & flap their feathers, no voter REALLY wants to get rid of Social Security & Medicare.
That's why Ryan was a lead anchor for Romney with his stupid plan.
Every piece of progressive legislation passed made the country BETTER.
There will always be those regressive obstacle folks but once you push through them, there ain't no going back.
That's what those obstacle folks are for: to push through & to push past.
Democrats have been weakened since the assassination of Robert Francis Kennedy in 1968.
They pretty much lost their bite right then & there.
And since Reagan got in they REALLY have been weak.
Obama has Mic Skills.
Oratory power & an ability to reach everyday people.
His public statement on the gay marriage issue on ABC with Robin Roberts KILLED the issue.
I haven't heard one Republican try to seriously challenge him on that.
The only reason we even entertain this regressive crap is because it's a BIG OL' Block of Bigots that have betrayed the solidarity set by FDR's New Deal legacy. All because they hate the Black people (& any other people trying to gain equality).
It's time to erode the island these dinosaurs reside on.
Push the Republicans to the margins & the bigots have no solid political platform to organize behind.
They can remain bigots (it's a free country) but their bigotry will no longer have effect on policy.
The Republican Party picked up those bigots because FDR's Democrats were knocking home runs out of the park. If they didn't get a reliable voting block to pad the elite millionaires/billionaires, they would begin Whigging out if ya smell what I'm cookin'.
Elite means few so they needed numbers, energetic numbers.
By marrying themselves to the Dixiecrats after 1964 (Civl Rights Act), they made a Deal With The Devil that was ALWAYS going to send them to their doom.
And that coalition has been prolonged ONLY because the Democrats forgot how to fight.
So we had to see it burn itself out during Dubya's reign 40 years later.
The result was the election of Barack Hussein Obama II.
That first term should have been legendary but Obama punted instead of running for the touchdown.
He has a second chance & THIS time he needs to lead the Democratic Party into being the ones who FIGHT for what is RIGHT.
Stiff arm those Republican players & run the ball all the way down the field.
Intercept a throw & make a surprise touchdown.
Cause them to fumble, pick it up & make another.
And when you're done embarrassing the competition, run the clock down on 'em.
The Republicans have NEVER been hard to defeat.
They're a mean-spirited, greedy, destructive party that appeals to people's base instincts, the lowest common denominator.
Remind these people in their 60s, 70s, & 80s who put together Social Security & Medicare.
Remind them WHY these programs were put together.
Quit running away from who you are.
When you do that & show your track record, the Republicans can only look like fools.
It's time to turn the Republicans into the Whigs. Put 'em out of business once & for all.
Lincoln's party died in 1877. These are imposters running around with the Republican name.
Quit being scared of the big bad Republicans, put out STRONG Progressive policies, & watch how the Republicans end up looking not so big bad.
This scared crap is why I stopped calling myself a Democrat.
I don't give a damn what name the political gang wants to go byThe Duracell Evereadys, The Pizza Hut Meat Lovers, The Bed Bath and Beyond Fragranteers, The Jello Cosbys, The Sesame Street Grouches, The Ron Jeremy Hedgehogs, The On Like Donkey Kongs, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, WHATEVER!
Just as long as they FIGHT for what is RIGHT & get Progressive society-advancing policies passed & approved.
No more of this weak crap! GET IT DONE!
John Lucas