I'll continue to fight to get liberals and progressives elected, but the current batch of elected Dems are a bunch of disappointing, unimaginative pansies (not all, of course -- but far too many of them). And, please, spare me the rationalization arguments regarding "political reality," "the obstacles that red state Dems face," and all that crap that some find convincing and soothing. A monkey with an IQ over 40 understands and is, perhaps, convinced by those rationalizations; it's just that unlike a monkey with an IQ of 40, I've come to expect better from primates of a higher order.
Elected Dems that voted for cloture lack spirit and fight. The political sons and daughters of our greatest president should bow their heads in shame, they don't deserve such rich legacy:
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We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace--business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering.
They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.
Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me--and I welcome their hatred.
I should like to have it said of my first Administration that in it the forces of selfishness and of lust for power met their match. I should like to have it said of my second Administration that in it these forces met their master.
FDR - October 31, 1936 [link]
I will fight for liberals and progressives, but I will not fight for anyone that undermines the gains that America made during FDR's stewardship... I will not fight for anyone that turns their back on their ideological heritage, parentage. Too many of today's Democrats are turning their back on FDR's rich legacy.