What the fuck is wrong with so many people on our side? I have never seen anything like this. The pessimism that I'm seeing, both here and in the traditional media, is revolting. Even in 2004, when things were not looking so hot for Kerry, there was still fight and feistiness and, more than that, a belief that we could win, no matter the obstacles or headwinds we were facing. Now many Democrats are having a meltdown over POST CONVENTION POLLS that still show us extremely competitive, if not ahead. So in other words, if you ain't got nothing nice to say or offer ways to get involved and win this election - SHUT. THE. FUCK. UP. Your pessimism and gloom belong somewhere else.
Just in the last few hours, I've seen this Obama Sharpens Tone as Party Frets and this Democrats on Capitol Hill Fear Obama Fallout with this gem:
"If people are voting for McCain it could help Republicans all the way down the ticket, even in a year when the Democrats should be sweeping all before us," said the fundraiser, a former Hillary Clinton supporter.
"There is a growing sense of doom among Democrats I have spoken to . . . People are going crazy, telling the campaign ‘you’ve got to do something’."
I saw a talking head on CNN mention his talk with a Dem pol in Washington who's "extremely nervous and worried." What are these people doing? They are supposedly the LEADERS of our party and they're having a public meltdown and pity party? What kind of image do you think that presents to people? I'm as staunch a liberal and Democrat as they come, but this hand-wringing and public airing of pessimism has made me ASHAMED of my party's leaders. It nearly makes me physically ill. At the FIRST SIGN of adversity they're freaking out and practically bailing out, some even saying they're going to distance themselves to save their own sorry asses. Jesus, how utterly dysfunctional can one group of people, supposedly leaders, be? If Obama loses, he will surely have had more than enough help from the pathetic coterie of wimp Dem strategists and pols who can't see the harm they're doing in every day running to their media whore friends, who are of course more than willing to spread the "DEMS IN PANIC!!!!!!!" meme over and over and over (I'm looking at you Adam Nagourney).
Here's a clue, and for free: SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTHS. Watch the movie Idiocracy and pay close attention to this line: "Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way." Quit fomenting panic. Get off of your asses and volunteer, knock on doors, make phone calls, donate if you're an average shmuck like me. If you're a Dem pol or "strategist" in Washington sowing doubt and panic because McCain got a modest bounce out of his convention and the circus freak show surrounding Palin, God help you. We, the solid base of the Democratic Party will not forget, nor forgive, any role you had in fucking this up by painting us as lightweight losers who get the vapors when difficulty, no matter how modest, is encountered. If you can't go out there and present a unified front and a brave face full of confidence and vigor at attacking our opponents, sequester yourself until November 5. And oh yeah, go fuck yourself.