I was checking my Yahoo inbox just a few minutes ago and in my inbox I noticed that Markos had sent me an email with the subject line:
How Progressives Can Save the Democrats
Hmmmm I thought why should progressives save Democrats and I'm of the mindset to let them fumble and lose out in November because frankly the Democratic Party has not done jack shit for me in the last few years.
Sorry Markos I love you to death and I enjoy seeing you give an intelligent and cogent argument about the importance of having Democrats maintain some kind of power because the alternative is so bleak. Just got me thinking what if the Democrats get their asses kicked from here to kingdom come in the fall? So the Repugs and the Tea Potty folks get to have a little more say but the Dems still have the upper hand.
I just refuse to vote for someone because they are more palatable than the other side. I want to vote because I endorse the candidate running and what their vision and plans to get this country moving in the right direction. I'm more than a little disappointed that the social justice issues I'm interested in (ending the drug war; full amnesty and a just immigration system, get the fuck out of Iraq, Afghanistan and also Germany and Japan our military presence, gay marriage, blah blah blah) are just bulletin points and nothing is getting done.
There really is just a pubic hair difference between the Republicans and the Democrats in Congress. When I saw on Rachel Maddow's show yesterday the vote for DADT was being held up in the Senate out of respect for John McCain because he was running against the nutty J.D. Hayworth that just shows me it's a dirty little club and they play ball with each other in the cloakrooms and nothing ever gets done.
So let the chips fall where they may and I'm not going to hold my nose this year and vote for a Democrat just because the other candidate has a R in front of their name.
So again tell me why the Progressives should pull the Democrat's asses out of the fire and save them?