This is Why We're Going to Win

Two words: Johm McCain.  

Via TPM:

McCain Camp Misspells His Name In Web Ad:

"Johm" McCain, eh? As the irrepressible Instaputz, who first caught this, puts it: "this might explain his problems distinguishing between Iraq and Iran."

   
Some crazy guy who wants war throughout the world -- now and forever  -- and he can't even spell his name right, let alone figure out how to achieve victory in Iraq.  Or is it Iran?  Who knows?  Is he having another senior moment?  Someone quick -- get Joe Lieberman.  Maybe he can whisper the right answer in McCain's good ear.  

Are you getting it yet?

We are not going to lose to that guy.

We're going to win.

This was always going to be a different kind of race.  And the result will be historic.  But this is not just about Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama.  Not anymore.  We like them both; that's the truth.    

Yes, there are polls that say otherwise.  People stamping their feet and throwing fits and expressing outrage and making threats, which, for the most part, are quite empty.  But you know what?    

Fuck the polls.  

Democrats are actually having the time of our lives.  We are.  We say we're sick of the primary, and we're tired of fighting with each other, but really, we're having one hell of a time.

We're having real conversations.  About healthcare and race and the environment.  We're doing our homework.  We're learning.  We're growing.

And our numbers have never been better.  

New voter registration is through the roof.  So is voter turnout.  So is voter interest.

And so is money.

Just look at how much money Hillary Clinton, the one in second place, has raised compared with what John McCain has raised.  She's the loser, and she's still kicking McCain's ass.

What does that tell you?

Well, it tells me that we're going to win.  We're going to win big.  Really big.  We're going to chase out the Republicans who haven't yet jumped ship with the other dozens who are retiring.  And we're going to sweep this country with an undeniable, fillibuster-proof message:

Fuck you and your hundred years of war.

Now, it won't be perfect.  Whether it's President Clinton or President Obama, we're going to be disappointed.  They always disappoint us.  Hell, even President Bartlet made his fair share of mistakes and misjudgments.

And let's be honest with ourselves.  This war is not going to end in January 2009.  It just isn't.  We have to go back to Afghanistan to fight the war we supposedly already won back in 2001.  And we have obligations in Iraq.  There is no magic wand to clean up this mess.

And the president, Clinton or Obama, will fuck up.  There is no doubt about that.  And we'll be watching.  We've learned how to pay attention.  We've got the damn internet and cell phone cameras.  We know how to analyze tax returns, legal briefs, handwritten notes on the edge of a column in the New York Times.    

So when the president fucks up, we'll be there.  We better be there.  That's what is supposed to make us different.  Better.  We will hold our president accountable, even from our own party.

And we need to make some changes.  There is no question about that.  Here are a few I'd like to see:  

No. 1:  Lieberman must go.  No ifs, and, or buts about it.  No committees, no cocktail parties, no pictures of the kids at Chanukah.  Nothing.  He does not share our values.  He is not one of us.  He doesn't get to play in our sandbox anymore.  End of story.

No. 2:  Harry Reid must step down as Senate Majority Leader.  He is ineffective as leader.  That is a fact.  We've watched and waited and hoped.  But it's all bark, no bite.  Excuses, excuses.  Yeah, we know you don't have a big majority.  But there have been too many headlines about spineless, capitulating, caving Democrats.  No more.  We need a leader.  As in, Senate Majority Leader.  Maybe that leader is Hillary Clinton.  Maybe that leader is Russ Feingold.  I'm open to suggestions.  But Reid --he's out.

No. 3:  We have to remember why we're Democrats.  We have Bob Casey -- pro-guns, anti-choice.  We have Barbara Boxer -- anti-gun, pro-choice.  We've got all kinds of Democrats.  Yuppie scum and crazy gun nuts and everything in between.  We've got them all.  We try to make room for everyone.  But we do share one common belief:  

That government can work for us when we want it to.  

Our mail is delivered promptly and cheaply.  We pave and plow and patch our roads.  We send Social Security checks every month, right on time.  TSA bugs the crap out of all of us, just like it's supposed to.  (Apparently).

We don't always get along.  But we do believe in clear air, and healthcare, and education, and science, and safe streets.  

And the Bill of Rights.  (The whole Bill of Rights.)

And most of America is with us on this.  Sure, there will always be that little slice of crazy.  The people who build museums about Adam and Eve riding dinosaurs.

But even they don't like John McCain.