Longtime Kossack Jeffrey Feldman shared the above on Facebook this morning and it was so well said, I asked permission from him to blog it here and he graciously gave it to me. If you cannot see the image he said:
Annoyed this morning at Democrats. We lost a big election in November, but after we lost nobody took responsibility for that loss. Instead, leadership responsible for the loss told us all that the loss was really a win where it not for a few, you know, other factors (electoral college, Russia, prejudice, etc.). Nobody needs to resign, nobody needs to step down because losing--wait for it--was really winning. Don't agree that losing was really winning? Ha! You're part of the problem. It's not that we lost--it's that YOU are a loser. Everybody who thinks losing was really losing in November: get out! You're dividing the party. Fast forward: two special election losses. Wait--did you say we lost? Haha that's so funny because ALSO in this case losing was really winning. I mean, sure we lost the election because we had fewer votes and given the choice between a Democrat and a Republican taking up open House seats--the Republicans retained both seats. But that's not really losing--it's winning! We made huge percentage gains, we proved by losing twice that the next time there's an election we are going to either win outright or--lose, but really it will be a win. And given that those are the best choices, how can we not be winners.
I ate the chocolate cake you baked for your dinner party and now there's no cake? OMG do you not see that by eating the chocolate cake I have really given you the chance to go to your favorite bakery and buy another cake that's 5 hours fresher and, let's be honest, better than yours was ever going to be? It's so funny that you think there's something I should take responsibility for when you should really be thanking me and, frankly, I'm not the only one whose had enough of your divisive attitude when it comes to the bakery. You'd never get upset about going to the liquor store, which is maybe something you should think about before you invite people over for dinner without asking me first if I have a test the next morning, which I'm not blaming you for not knowing, but if you could just stop obsessing over the cake for a minute, you might see the bigger picture here...
There is only one kind of winning that counts and that is WINNING. Taking the actual office. Honestly, since 2001 we’ve lost two presidential elections, a Supreme Court seat and dozens of other national offices this way. We don’t play hardball.
The INSTANT voter restrictions popped up, Democrats should have been in the streets shutting down everything. People died for that right. Sternly worded letters and lawsuits to courts conservatives are willing to cheat to stock (WI, NC, SCOTUS) with their judges does not cut it.
We all know this President is illegitimate and violating the Constitution at will. Why are the Democrats participating in this charade? Why don’t they lead us in shutting this down now?
My view is, I don’t think our party leaders have confidence in the people they represent. I don’t think they believe in the values they give lip service to. And perhaps the ones who do, who really are leaders, are just too damn old to carry the torch.
Why don’t I lead? Why don’t I run for office? I am a precinct chair again (which is NOT going well) but I don’t think you want a semi-functional mentally ill person running for office.