First let me say this, I'm not writing this for attention but as a cathartic act -- a release.
The shit running thru my brain is dark and scary. Armageddon, Ragnarok, and a planet killing asteroid all rolled into one kind of gloom.
That's how I feel with the Republicans winning the Senate. The next 2 years are going to a freaking nightmare of partisan, racist fueled hackery of the worst imaginable kind.
In any realistic sense we won't have a chance to get both chambers of Congress until 2020 or later. We're going to lose another decade in the fight to stop climate change. And, worse, we might accelerate it with Republicans calling the shots.
Yeah, yeah, I'm no Cassandra, I can't predict the future. But I don't see things getting better any time soon.
But I'm not calling it quits. I'm not throwing in the fucking towel. I'm depressed because I don't know where to focus my anger.
Part of the problem is my anger is also directed at the gutless Democrats who tried to play at being moderates or Republican-lite. Truman had it right, given the choice between a real Republican and a fake one the real Republican will win every time. Why the hell haven't we learned that lesson yet? Why the hell can't Democrats embrace the populist message? Why are we so busy triangulating? That was Bill's strategy 20 years ago. There was no fucking internet 20 years ago. We joke about Republicans being stuck in the 1950's well we're stuck in the freaking 90's trying to copy Clinton.
So thanks for letting me vent. I'm sure plenty of you have some venting to do as well.