I'm no Obamabot. I harbor no illusions about his ultimate perfection, or his leadership being absolutely ideal, by a long shot.
But, especially in politics, there are no absolutes, except that there are no absolutes. Everything is relative.
Picture John McCain, croaking of a heart attack from looking at Sarah Palin's ass...picture Joel's Army, being a heartbeat away from the presidency...
Then thank God (or the people of this great nation) for stepping up and choosing Obama, instead.
Sick and disgusted over the remaining preponderance of Blue Dogs, and their unholy alliance with what's left of the Republicans? Disappointed that Obama has not declared and implemented socialist utopia, yet?
Well, drop your outraged indignation and foolish angst, and get your ass back to work on 2010 and 2012!
We got the "more" Democrats, as planned, including a majority in the Congress, at last, who rode in on Obama's coat tails.
But that was never the ultimate goal here on Dkos, and only an idiot, or an opportunist hack can pretend that they really expected anything to really change, without the next, even more critical phase, of bringing the "better" (more progressive) Democrats in 2010 and 2012.
All of the hysterical hubris being raised here, about the complete inadequacy, the venal opportunism, the vascillating, half-stepping, back-stabbing treason of the Blue Dogs, is either completely clueless naivete, or a deliberate, dishonest, weaseling attempt to split the Democratic Party with a lot of jive bullshit, posing as "principled" opposition.
Who the fuck are these people, constantly yelling and screaming like this, spamming the site incessantly, with their extreme negativity and cynical defeatism?
Clearly, they are peripheral elements, who never really supported the program laid out by Dkos, and who are now saying everything they can think of, to demoralize, discourage, and turn people away from the Party, at this critical moment.
They want Obama and the Democrats to fail, for whatever reasons...otherwise, they would be focusing on the necessary solutions, rather than merely obsessing on all of the problems.
And, because the site gets a lot of traffic, we have the usual corporate, as well as other wingnut political hacks, and undercover COINTELPRO types, sneaking in to inject their deliberately confusing lies, slanders and divisive ploys.
Check yourself, and beware taking a line that will serve only the interests of the enemy, to split and drive people away from the Democratic Party, which can ultimately only usher in an even more moribund phase of unbridled fascism.
It should be no surprise that this venue is now being spammed relentlessly with ridiculously feigned amazement, dismay and oppositionalist nonsense...as if anyone with a brain thought Obama would be able to do jack shit, as long as the Congress and the Party remain infested with Blue Dogs, and the Republicans still hold substantial plurality.
"ZOMG, Democrats have gotten a majority, and they still can't, or won't, do shit! That 'proves' the Democrats must be abandoned!" My fucking ass! You lying, jive motherfuckers should shut your insatiable pie holes and get the fuck out of the way.
WTF did you really expect, that all the corrupt swine would change their stripes, just because Obama got elected? If you thought that, you have nobody to blame for your frustration but yourself, because you are a complete fool.
Nobody with a brain thought that was going to happen. The counter-revolution has become deeply entrenched over decades of low voter turnout, and that is not going to be corrected by just one election. The pigs must be resolutely, relentlessly suppressed, electorally, over time, and ongoing.
More likely, you knew damn well that it wasn't going to happen overnight, and now you're actually afraid, because the next steps are underway, to actually completely take over and reform the Democratic Party, and that does not bode well for Republicans, Blue Dogs, nor for "Libertarian" anti-collectivists, nor for absolutist idealist dogmatic doctrinaire rhetorical "revolutionary progressives", who, in their elitist vying for sectarian hegemony, would prefer to sacrifice the Democratic Party, the nation and the whole world to fascism, than to unite, even tactically, to block the worst pigs from power, and to actually work together, for a change, for what the public wants, rather than to fulfill outdated 100 year old catechisms of revolutionary theory and practice.
And so now all the ultra-oppositionalist professional protesters and machiavellian weasels are here, biting at the flesh of the Party, trying to drag us down, before we can regain our feet and step forward. Consumed by their bitter rivalries and contempt for the masses, they try to claim the revolutionary mantle for their own deluded "analsyis", detailing every shortcoming, error, and travesty, but completely missing, ignoring, and oblivious to the harsh reality of all the hard work that still must be done, to actually realize the American dream of democracy.
Get on the bus, suckers, or you are going to get run over.
The peoples of this great nation have already chosen to disregard your insane calls for electoral boycott and splitting, and have voted with their feet, for Obama, including virtually all people of color, and unprecedented numbers of youth.
Recognize and accept their leadership, and get with the program, to take it over the top in 2010 and 2012, for a truly revolutionary victory...or not.
We don't need a "Green Party", or a "Labor Party", or a "Progressive Party" (forget about the "LIbertarian Party", lol)...what we need is a green progressive labor Democratic Party, instead of a Blue Dog party. We need people to step forward, and to seize the power, and to quit wanking around with non-viable bullshit.
If you keep sounding just like Faux "News", indiscriminately demonizing and slagging the Democrats, advocating that people should just give up, or should divert their energies into non-viable "alternatives", then you will just be kicked to the curb, like the Republicans, as we move forward, into the 21st Century.
The people have spoken, and we will not be denied.
Get your ass down to the local Democratic Party headquarters, and sign up to volunteer, and start going to the local Central Committee meetings, and become a precinct captain, etc. etc. Step up and run for office, to replace a Blue Dog, or help somebody else who is able and willing to do so.
Quit your whining and sniveling and moaning and groaning, and get your ass to work! That doesn't necessarily mean STFU, so much, as Think before you Speak, and Consider the Implications.
We want justice and peace, to save the planet.
Democracy is the most fundamental revolutionary concept.
All Power to the People!
All Out for 2010 and 2012!