This isn't really a "good by cruel world" diary. I'm actually going to join the cruel world, rejecting the groupthink of the netroots. It feels good, if a bit scary. I've been posting here on and off (mostly on) since the 2004 primaries. I've been through Deaniacs, election conspiracies, purges, flame wars, Armando and Maryscott O'Conner. I've never been a major player, just a second tier member of the chorus. It has sometimes been fun, often infuriating, occasionally inspiring. But it's time to get real again. There is a whole world out there where a battle is going on between Democrats and Republicans, not between Pelosi and Reid and the netroots. There are local elections that matter that aren't being promoted here. There is a very real, if vastly overblow, terrorist threat. There is a "fake" war that is a real tragedy. There is a budding economic crisis. There are gardens to plant, and dogs to play with, and love to make. I used to want the netroots to rule the world. Now I really hope they don't. It's time to go.
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