Premise 1) There is a Presidential election in 14 months
Premise 2) The Democratic Candidate will be President Obama
Premise 3) The GOP candidate will be bat-shit insane, a true disaster for any chance of revitalizing the American dream
Premise 4) There is no realistic other choice for the Presidency
Conclusion: We must do everything we can to re-elect President Obama.
Notice in that little logic game there is absolutely no analysis, assessment or judgement of this administration and its policies and politics. You can read my comment history to get a flavor of that from my perspective. It's really immaterial though.
14 months.
14 months for your water cooler talk, your Sunday diner chatter, your soccer field conversations to have an influence on your neighbors.
I don't want to fight you, fellow Kossack. It gains me, this country, nothing.
The indulgence of childish meta wars is at an end. We have one hope for saving this country: making sure a Democrat is in the White House in 2013.
And by the way, giving that President the biggest House majority we can deliver and a Democratic Senate that will barrel through legislation.
Your time on Daily Kos is a tragic waste if it is spent crafting biting repartee against your rox/sux enemy.
It's time to pick the right enemy: the Teabagging GOP.
Instead of that screed about Obama (for or against), research what is going on in your city, district, or state. How can we mobilize this digital community to take back state houses, kick out the 30 or so freshmen GOP Reps in Obama won districts, hold the line in the Senate and roll recall efforts against travesty Republican electeds.
Look deeper. Become partisan and find the nugget of good (even if it's well-spun good) in every decision this administration makes so that water cooler talk of yours keeps President PerryBachmanRomney a fever dream of the rabid right and not a waking-nightmare of the American people, and the world.
SPEND YOUR TIME ON THAT. CHOOSE THAT ENEMY.
I, for one, am done fighting kossacks.