Let's just say that things don't go stellar tomorrow. Let's just say, hypothetically speaking of course, that we lose the House. How do we act. Who are we?
I think now is the time to begin thinking of what our reactions will be. Now is the time to show the world that we do "live in the reality based community."
So...below the fold
IF the Dems lose this election (or lose the House), what are your plans?
Based on the most recent example, set for us by the Tea Baggers, we have some options:
a) scream that "they" are taking over "my" country (by using the voting booth),
b) claim that the presence of two old white guys carrying sticks at one voting place swayed the whole election,
c) threaten to secede from the Union because Democrats didn't win,
d) claim that "it's not MY congress" and refuse to recognize any law emanating from it,
e) argue that everything the next Congress does is unconstitutional because Congress isn't voting in line with THE PEOPLE'S (i.e.: MY) will,
f) declare we're no longer Democrats and claim we're just patriotic
"independents" who can't understand how that Obama character ever got into office,
g) take to the streets in massive "coffee party" rallies sponsored and
supported by MSNBC,
h) tell everyone that, since we lost we're going to "exercise our Second
Amendment remedies,"
i) demand to see the birth certificate of every Republican Congressman and everyone who voted Republican at the polls,
j) develop a sudden and intense interest in the Constitution (after ignoring it for decades) [well, us Dems have always paid attention to it, but, whatever],
k) start showing up at Republican rallies and speeches by Republican
congressman wearing an Obama T Shirt and carrying an AK47,
l) start forming "liberal militias" that meet secretly out in the woods and use pictures of John Boehner as target practice,
Or...do you think we should just shrug, accept democracy, and start working for the next election?
I, for one, would like the American people to see a stark contrast between the behavior of the Right and the Left. We are the reality based community. When we face electoral defeat, we pick ourselves up and begin working on the next election. There's one thing that being a "liberal" in this country has taught us over the years and that's how to accept defeat and keep working.
Don't stop working. GOTV for 2010. And, if the vote goes against us, then don't stop working for 2012. This is not about winning and losing. This is about the future of our Country. If we act as silly and unhinged as the Right does in defeat, then the Country will think we're no different than them.
Let's start tomorrow building our credibility for 2012.