Nate Silver has his House projections up, and it don't look good, folks. He shows the Republicans picking up almost 50, count 'em 50 seats. And many of them are going to be lunatics.
But we knew that already. It's not those of which I speak though. It's of the lunatics already there, entrenched, and seemingly invulnerable.
Why?
Why are these people entrenched and becoming more powerful?
I, of course, speak of such people as Michele Bachmann, Virginia Foxx, Louis Gomerht (sp) Both Peter AND Stephen King, and Paul Broun, just to name a few.
How could people vote for these people time and time again? There must be secret enclaves of these lunatic fringe people. If one were the tinfoil hat type, one could say that they are "Manchurian Electorates", set to go off and create a Congress that matches what their masters want.
Or, these con artists have fast talked willing followers over to their "vision" for America. There are always the lunatic fringe around, and these characters speak to their lunacy and make them vote.
Then, they speak to the electorate at large, and they couch their lunacy in "pretty phrases". Or, as Taggart said to Hedley Lamarr:
What's the antidote? Education and Illumination. We MUST expose these charlatans for the dangerous people they really are. And we must make it also a priority to vote them out of office.
How do we do that?
- We recognize that NO district is "unwinnable"
- We find candidates who will FIGHT and not shy away from taking on these "giants" of the Republican Party.
- We CONSTANTLY keep the voters of that district informed of what these people ACTUALLY say to their "inner circle of believers".
- We. NEVER. Stop.
Now, it's inevitable that in some districts, they are so full of lunacy that it would be almost impossible to get a victory. But we must never stop trying. NO district is worth leaving unopposed. And for those living in said districts, just talking on the street to the people you meet and helping educate them doesn't cost much money, just time.
I have done a small part to achieve that goal. I have made my first political donations to campaigns. I live in a safe district (IN-1) with a good progressive union man as my representative, so I gave to oust some of the entrenched lunacy in Congress.
And the entrenched lunacy of which I speak is one of the biggest, with possible Presidential aspirations. We make her lose, her hopes die. I have just donated to the excellent Taryl Clark in her fight to oust Michele.
I have also contributed to get possibly the "meanest lady in Congress" out. I gave some cash to Billy Kennedy. to help him rid Congress of Virginia Foxx.
With so much at stake, and with so many good candidates to choose from, and in this economy, make your choices wisely, but MAKE YOUR CHOICES.
Charlie Cook has labeled 49 races "toss ups". Republicans would have to win 37 of them. They would have to win more if we can flip some of these seats our way.
The fight is just beginning.
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