The loss of the MA senate seat was cathartic. Once it was called and the news began to dribble out about how dreadful (and lazy?) a candidate Coakley was I actually began to feel better. I feel that the loss is like a healthy dose of wake the fuck up for the party. Face it; we were all hanging on to this one for the team not for MA.
That said, this NEEDED to happen. Granted we are going to have to look at these Republican Fucktards on the tube gloating. But how long can they gloat with 41 votes? When you actually think about it what do they really have to gloat about? That we have 59 seats now? Think of it this way we NEVER HAD 60 Seats. At the most we had 57. Now we have 55 (real dems). We never counted on Specter and Al Franken was a 50/50 proposition. So now the Democratic MAJORITY needs to find their nutsack and start governing. Its that simple. The media is having an orgasm, democrats are in shock, but let me just say it will be OK, the democrats just need to get back to their job. GOVERN.
And that is precisely what the problem is/was. The senate democrats were throwing fits because they actually had to work on big issues and Obama made them take ownership. And o yeah if you believe the democratic talking points and think that now the senate Republicans will have too work as well they wont, they are Nihilists, fuck em. If you have ever played sports you understand what I mean. Don't get caught up in the meta-shit just do your job, know your field position and make the play when its called. All the Democrats need to do is GOVERN. Democrats are STILL the party in power. Democrats STILL set the agenda. More importantly democrats HAVE too govern because Republicans don't know how and never have without running the country into the ground.
God bless him, Obama is like my 3 year old. He's got a good heart and a brilliant mind but he believes that everybody loves this country and wants what is best for it because that's what he wants for everybody else. Right or wrong Obama put health care in the hands of Baucus and Snowe and this is what he got. OK now that he got schooled, pass a fucking bill. Thats it, just pass a bill and move on.
Dems just do your job and GOVERN.
Check my previous posts I said all along they needed to pass the bill and get some good stuff during reconciliation. The bill will probably come out better this way. Now hopefully the president understands and will listen to people like John Conyers.
My question now is; why is everybody acting like the Democrats lost the White house, and the Congress? This shit is getting ridiculous.
I have been as hard as anybody on this president and this party but really folks, this crying is getting unbearable.
Folks we haven't lost the whitehouse, we haven't lost the congress, we lost ONE senate seat and WE LOST THE NEWS CYCLE. The democrats are competent enough to govern with the majority in both houses, but this wailing is unacceptable. It's up to Obama and the democrats to regain the momentum.
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AND for the love of all that is holy can they please put Lieberman out of the caucus? At least take his chairmanship and make him work out of a broom closet somewhere. He is of no use now and of course he was the first douche bag to run for the reporters and talk about what direction the President needs to go in. I've said it before, I will say it again: Allowing Lieberman to continue to caucus with Democrats makes Obama look weak and is a slap in the face to people who have supported him all along.