Daily Kos is an influential blog. Let's use it to our advantage, not to knock out the Democrats. This vitriol about Clinton and Obama? Where is it going to get us? I can't imagine all this ugliness and nastiness and pettiness is helping our cause. Let's send a message instead to Obama and Clinton that we demand that they keep it civil and remember who the real opponent is. Let's keep it that way here, too.
How much fun was it during the Republican primary to see right wing blogs hating McCain, dismayed about Romney? I had such hope that it would keep givin'. But no, like they will, the conservatives have everything cleaned up and put away now. And all eyes are on the Dems.
That means a blog like Daily Kos is getting scrutiny. What do they see? Shrill charges back and forth about our Democratic candidates. Nasty accusations to each other. Nasty remarks about the candidates. Statements that we are going to sit this out if our candidate doesn't win. Are we drowning in complete hysteria? Are we seeing only the trees, folks, and not realizing that there is a whole big forest out there and if the Republicans win it's going to get clearcut?
In McCain’s acceptance speech Tuesday night, he said, very pointedly “I didn’t grow up with the expectation that my country owed me more than the rights owed every American. On the contrary, I owe my country every opportunity I have ever had.” We've heard that message before, right? McCain is starting NOW to send these coded racist, right wing messages to his base and beyond. That is what we should be focusing on. Not handing ammunition to the Republicans.