Not a day passes here without some outrage over the Democratic "betrayal of the base" or "true progressives".
Not a day passes here without some vitriolic critique of President Obama and a host of elected Democratics for perceived inaction and yes action too, action that was too slow too fast too little too late.
Not a day passes here without some premature schadenfreude over the losses Democrats may suffer in Novemeber.
Not a day passes here without some needless niggling debate over the meaning of racism or sexism or heterosexism or classism.
Not a day passes here that I don't shake my head in utter amazement at some segment of this so-called "reality-based community" that is allegedly dedicated to electing "more and better Democratics".
How are the views represented here at such odds with those held by the communities I am a part of here and in real life???
And then, because I am a sociologist, there is not a day here where I do not remind myself of Daily Kos Audience Demographics and the overwhelmingly preponderance of White. Over 50. Well-off. Male.
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