I've voted Dem all my life. After 2000, I was more Dem than ever. After 2002, I was sickened that "supporting the President" (even though he was, even then, a lying bastard) somehow became a freaking SELLING POINT. Not that that worked. (Ask Max Cleland. Ask Mary Landrieu, who "supported" the President on Iraq and tax cuts and, as her reward, had abso-fucking-lutely everything thrown at her in her election.)
In 2004, I was still, goddammit, a Democrat. And though "my" candidate didn't win, I went all out for Kerry.
So what's new - I'll tell ya - nuthin'. We've got the same stoopid talking heads on TV, who STILL haven't done their goddam HOMEWORK. It's Begala and Carville and the smarmy know-it-alls who can't be bothered to do two clicks to find out the truth/difference between Jerome/Kos/Dean and Armstrong Williams. And then DEFEND 'em, goddammit.
We talk like crazy about fighting the lies perpetrated by the right. Howsabout the bloody LAZINESS of the "leadership" Dems? They CAN'T - when those of us who work fulltime CAN - discover the truth and defend it. Our so-called "representatives" on tv are are ill-informed, they don't do any homework, they have their own agenda, they never challenge obvious lies, and they don't even bloody well TRY.
Are you as tired as I am of throwing shoes at the tv? Do you find yourself as frustrated with the DEM "response" as you are at the Repubs accusations?
I'm really, really sick of knowing more than the so-called Dem spokesmen who get airtime.
As of right now, I have two requirements of the DNC chairman, both of which are in their power:
a) ashcan IA and NH (a subject for another diary)
b) do not allow anyone to go on tv to "represent" the Dems who does not know what the fucking hell has happened that day - in the papers, on tv, and in the blogosphere. IT AIN'T THAT HARD. If we - who do not get paid and hold down real live jobs -can do it, then GODDAMMIT so can they.
All this talk of "framing" the message and being able to "speak" about "values" blah-blah-blah, doesn't mean shit if the people who are "arguing" our cause can't be bothered to be at LEAST as informed as we are.
eileen from OH