Those of you who sat on your hands and decided not to go out and push for Democrats and let the Republicans be in charge of redistricting should be really proud of yourselves today. Because of you North Carolina is losing one of the best Congressmen we have ever had, Brad Miller. He announced today he will not run again because redistricting has destroyed his district and he would have to run against a friend. Thanks a lot.
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Right now I am furious. I have worked all my life to help elect good Democrats. Brad Miller was one of the best we have ever had. I have had it with the people on this board who come into every single thread that mentions President Obama and trash him and anyone who supports him. You think you are so smart and bash anyone who supports the President but you will cut off your nose to spite your face. It is people like you who would not support the Democrats in 2010 that we are in the mess we are in now. YOU allowed the Republicans to win and YOU are doing it again. You didn't get your damn ponies and now you are going to let Newt or Mitt or whoever the Republicans pick win the White House and the Senate and keep the House. President Obama is not perfect but he is the best we have and we have made strides that would not have been made under anyone else in politics now.
You want DADT back? You want the Richard Corday to do nothing to help consumers? You want to go back to Iraq and kill more of our servicemen? You want Roe vs Wade overturned and women to go back to dying in back street alleys?
Well keep it up. That is what your constant bitching about the President is doing. You are convincing people to let the Republicans win. We need to win this election and you are working to help the opposition win.
Right now we have to work together to win this election. Yes if you disagree with the President let him know. If you have programs you want implemented let him know. You also are going to have to give him a Congress and Senate that will WORK WITH HIM. How hard is it for you to understand? He can't do it alone. There is a limit to what he can do by Presidential decree. If you aren't out there working to elect good Senators and Congressmen then shut up! You are part of the problem. You sit on your hands and give him a crap Congress to work with and you blame him?
I can tell you right now from experience that the right wing is reading Daily Kos and those of you involved in bashing the President all the time are being quoted. I have family and friends who are Republicans who quote back to me what you are saying here. So thank you for giving the Republican's more Obama bashing talking points. You make their job so easy.
Right now we are at a crisis point. We need to hold back on the bile and get President Obama reelected. We need a more Progressive Congress. We all need to work together. The Republican Party has gone so extreme that if they get in power all of our freedoms are in danger. I don't want my GLBT friends to have to hide. I want them to be able to marry their partners. I don't want any Congressman in my body. It is only one step away now from them deciding that any woman who got a hysterectomy is a criminal and belongs in jail and I don't look good in prison orange. I don't want my grandchildren drafted and thrown into a never ending war in Iraq.
As President Obama showed in his State of the Union address he is the adult in the room. Isn't it about time for some of the people here to step back and help us elect the Democrats? You can disagree with the President respectfully. This bitchy bashing though is going to help get him and the Democrats defeated. We need to realize that nothing is going to get through this Congress that we want. NOTHING! Our only hope as Progressives is to reelect the President with a Congress that will pass what we want and push like mad once that happens.
Now if you will excuse me I need to get back over to Brad Miller's page on Facebook and see if I can convince the man to come over to my district and run against Virginia Foxx.