There has been a trend here on DailyKos to revel in the fact that the far Right is just now, after the election, finding out that they were "used". From Bush's sudden "tepid" stance on Faith Based Initiatives to the virtual media blackout of a Constitution enshrinement endorsing Homophobia, their suddenly appears a lot of hand wringing from the far right and our smug satisfaction which can be succinctly expressed as "I told you so".
As a member of the voting electorate who will most likely always have to settle for the lesser of two evils (I.E. EXTREME LIBERAL AND PROUND OF IT!), I have mixed emotions about the Kos generally pervasive attitude of smugness on this specific issue. I despise almost the entirety of the Republican agenda so I am obviously thrilled that these extremists are dissatisfied, but I am forced to admit I share some kinship with these folks. They, like me, are constantly forced to settle for half a loaf, and had "we" won, this site would currently be overrun with Dissatisfied People, myself included, complaining how Kerry wasn't liberal enough on issues X, Y, Z, etc.
I have seen several comments basically discussing "how stupid" these Republicans were to be used, and then surprised by the outcome. Well guess what. "We" would be in the same boat. I guess the point of my comment is that I feel it is naïve and slightly dangerous for us on the extreme left to laugh at the "plight" of the extreme right. We have more in common with them then we would care to admit.