Pre-emptive strike against the enemy--ourselves

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I can't possibly read every post at DU--it would be ludicrous and it would be also so time consuming that I could never be able to do anything else. So like everyone else, I pick and choose and try to get enough of an idea about a broad amount of subjects to at least know what's going on.

I noticed tonight that Ann Coulter is on our minds again, and that she was subjected to a little of her own kind of medicine, to which she succumbed and ended up being shown for the moron that we all know that she is.

I also noticed that lately more and more people are beginning to fight, to project counterpoints to pukes and their ideology, and that finally, we are in a position that might, by November, spark the revolution we all hope will come.

I recall right after the 2000 election that very few Democrats were willing to go up against the puke machine. I guess people were cowed by the damage done to Clinton and his reputation, and how triumphant the GOP was at that moment. As a result, we gave the impression that we were weak--that we didn't have any fight left in us, and especially not one to go up against the entire right wing of our country.

And perhaps we were weak--at least our representatives were. Very few dissenting voices were heard in those months preceding 9/11, though a couple DID try. One of them was John Kerry, which is one of the reasons I thought him the best of the candidates to ultimately challenge GWB and the GOP. But it doesn't matter now--it's now over 5 1/2 years later, and we are still stuck with the illegal GOP and their cheating machines. There are still only a handful of people on the left wing who are brave enough to dissent, and even then, it's difficult to say what needs to be said when the media bias is obviously finely tuned to the right.

But now, with the attack on Coulter, it becomes clear. We can not go softly. We can not go meekly. It is TIME to go with all we've got. It is TIME to make our move, and to counter each and every claim made over the past six years--to just before the 2000 election--of the GOP and make our voices loud and clear.

We must find our strengths and exploit them. People whose pet issues are gay marriage and other GLBT topics; those whose issues include the environment; those whose interests include women's and civil rights.....we must fight with everything we've got. We MUST act like the bullies and not the victims. We must shout as loud as possible from the heights, show our true embattled selves and not back down. If we back down--if we let those on the right find a way to silence us, we are once again useless, complaining whiners. If we are to win, we must take up our causes and show the rest of the country that we are NOT going to back off. We must emulate some of those who are already on their way to proving that right is might--people like Cindy Sheehan, people like the widows and other survivors of the WTC tragedy, and the other families of those victimized in some way by this administration.

We must fight the whole machine. We find our cause, and we maintain our visibility in that arena. We can't all be experts, but by rallying with others, we will have our own stories, our own reasons for fighting a new war, a new realm so evil that it reeks of hell. We must show we can't fear what they might attempt--for if we do, we are going to lose again. We must show that we have nothing left to lose. We must show that we are not weakened but bound in strength to fight the evil among us and we must keep that goal bright and shining in our minds.

Yes, it will be a pre-emptive strike, but this time, the only casualties will be the GOP, surprised as all hell that we have the courage to go up against them. We must not accept the fact that they have been browbeating us now for half a decade and more, and that we must face our oppressors and bring THEM to the ground, instead of having the mud and sand kicked in ours instead.

THIS is activism. This is not just an hour of our lives a week. This is living and breathing and coping with who we really are, and what our mission is here. We never thought we would be warriors, but if we choose not to fight, we are giving silent assent to our enemies. And yes, they are our enemies. They would rather silence us than let us maintain our own civil rights. They would rather use criminal means and spy on us, take our lives and publicly show our dirty laundry all in the hope to break us. If we decide to fight, we must assume that we fight for our very existence and that this is not something to be taken lightly.

How many are willing to do that? Or do we have Sunday warriors only--those who find it convenient to come to a website and make some feeble gestures toward the enemy, but who really have no bite when the time comes to make a stand? Fighting for what we believe in is our best hope. Fighting for our children and those generations beyond is important enough to make our positions clear, and an all out stand is the best way to do it.

I have nothing to lose. I live on a pittance each month--just enough to get by, but little else. My health is not so great, but if I assume a stand, I can muster enough energy to be dangerous in a strike against the enemy.

This MUST be a revolution, folks. It is nothing less than the rescue of our nation from those who would seek to destroy it. Those who continue to defile our laws, our rights as citizens, and who have assumed the role of bully worldwide. We have already lost much in this war. I personally do not wish to see us lose anymore. And I will stand and fight, as long as I have enough energy to do so, and enough anger to show these bastards that I'm not going to sit down anymore and let them take us to the edge of Armageddon.

[MadMaddie]

1. Viva Revolution!

Remember, Remember the 7th of November!!

[AndyA]

2. We've got to take them by surprise!

But now, with the attack on Coulter, it becomes clear. We can not go softly. We can not go meekly.

This is key: we've got to take them by surprise. The right wing is expecting the Dems to do what they've always done - back down. And we're still doing it.

When the DSCC ran the ad with soldier's coffins, the GOP went crazy. And it was taken down. The message should have been "Too fuckin' bad, guys, you created this image. If you don't like it, do something about it." But we rolled over and played the nice guy.

So, that's what's expected of us. It's expected that we'll back down when confronted instead of fighting. Ann Coulter was taken off guard when she wasn't given the opportunity to speak her lies. The second it was determined that more bullshit was about to be expelled from her mouth, Ann got smacked down, and wasn't given the chance to speak. Things are going swimmingly in Afghanistan, she says. Right, Ann. We can all see that for ourselves.

The Dems need to come out fighting, they need to call a liar a liar, and then back it up with proof. They need to point out the hypocrisy of the GOP, and back it up with proof. We need to hold the media to task, they are doing this country a great disservice with their one sided reporting. Just the facts, ma'am, and the American people will decide for themselves what the truth is.

The Democrats need to take off the boxing gloves and knock the ever lovin' shit out of the Republicans - and we've got 6 years of material to do it with! LET'S GET THE SHOW ON THE ROAD!!!

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3. Exactly!

And lets get to it!!

[Generic Other]

4. You sound like Winston Churchill

Man the battlestations!!

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[porphyrian]

5. That's all well and good...

...and don't get me wrong, I'll fight the fuckers now out of spite and just for fun, but it's not so much WE as OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES who need to fight and stop rolling over. We've been fighting about as much as we can this side of prison or a casket here, but it does nothing if special interests and corporate donors trump our phone calls. WE need representation by people who are also WE outside of an election year, who will fight to do what needs to be done. Laws are made in Congress, not DU.

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6. You are right

but it's also important to remember that our "elected" officials are "electeD" by us. A grassroots campaign like the one Howard Dean put together is only possible if we have the leadership that can get the job done. And I think it shows guts in a place like Connecticut--one of the richest states in our country--where it wasn't business as usual when it came to the primary voting for the chosen Democrat. It certainly hit smiling Joe right where it hurt, and even if he wins because he's got the pukes on his side, the imapct of his own party rising against him is something he is not likely to forget.

It's when the people finally get it through their heads that these people are supposed to be representing US instead of them having sole power that we begin to realize how wise the founding fathers were in giving power to the people. Of course, back then I'm sure they never saw the nation as it exists now, or they would have included some provisions against such from ever happening. Regardless, we need to go over the heads of those congress members who fail in their duty to act on our behalf. If that includes campaigning for other candidates, so be it. If that includes dessimination of literatures and fact sheets, it shall be done. Even being here at DU, learning, being able to engage in intelligent discussion with the goal of changing their views goes a long way in the quest to get ourselves out of the vistim's role and into the role of defender. We can not win by losing--we can only win by having nothing to lose.