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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]DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)The fact that this has 500 threads shows that we have an act to get together.
To the people slamming the OP because he is finally voting for Obama, after sayign he would not, grow up! He is finally doing what some of us have begged him to do for a long time, and yet he gets slammed for it by the very same people who should be thanking him? Part of the whole reason we have been begging people to vote for Obama is because we have shot ourselves in the foot with infighting, much to the delight of the Koches and the Limbaughs. Do we really want that last pound of flesh, really? Who is dumber, PUMAS?, or Obama voters that act like Pumas?
To the people slamming him as a sellout because he is not sticking to his earlier idea of not voting, I will sya this, while I can respect your ideals, the future will show that whatever good we got was not due to folk like you, but folks like us that kept the enemy out of power, just like the FDR Democrats kept FDR in power, despute the howls of the far left, you know, the same folks that act offended when they were asked how they felt about Uncle Joe Stalin when they found out he really WAS the monster Trotsky made him out to be.
There is no compromise. As awful as Mitt is, there is still a chance Mitt can steal this, especially as the Media wants to prove they can crown a king, since the billionaires are willing to shovel billions to do just that. Yes, the very Wednesday after that tuesday, right when Michelle and Obama aresipping their Coffee, we need to make sure we drag Obama to the right, to make sure that he listens more to the Liz Warrens than the Rahm Emmanuels, but until that very wednesday, or whenever Mitt finally concedes, we will not be at that point to apply pressure. Furthermore, if we do not get to that point, the influence of the left as a whole will wither, as in 2016 Hillary will do what Clintons do best: punch hippies enough that the right becomes the left, and vice versa.
No one said Democracy was easy.