Nobody cared whether you voted one way or another, do you really believe the average voter pays that much attention? Do you really think the finesse with which you watered down the legislation that the republicans screamed blue murder about but passed anyway was registered? Did your pissing on fundamental democratic party principles save your necks? Not one bit; all you did was assure your own demise. You could have stood with us but all you did was bicker. You could have supported the President on whose back you were elected, but no, you had to to undermine him at every turn. Did you think your ads were smart when you stated how much you hated our policies and how much you were upset by them, ye gods you were blindingly stupid.
Your caucus is shot and you have no sympathy from this side of the big tent, you sowed your own doom, and took four of our best down along with you but now we are the voice of the left:
You just don't count; and it is your own bloody fault.
Don't even think of holding out an olive branch of peace to John Boehner I guarantee he will spit on you, maybe even worse... he'll cry for you.
You gambled by triangulating within your own party and lost.
You got what you deserved.
I didn't support any of you in your election bids and quite frankly I couldn't bring myself to do so, even when faced with the reality of the opposition. We told you what would happen as you merrily stripped progressive needs out of the health care legislation and proposed draconian right to life gibberish in its place. You held us to ransom that if we didn't see it your way you would bring the legislation down. We ended up with legislation owing more to the republican party than the progressive caucus, did you really think that this strategy was a winner?
We often talk about republican obstruction, and yes it was unanimous; but yours was more insidious and unpardonable. Odious though the republicans are your nefarious obstruction hurt more. We had them in serious trouble two years ago where it looked as if they were down and out, but with your help not only did they make a comeback they ended up trouncing our party; and came close to eliminating you definitively.
You made no friends over the last two years on either side of the aisle, this is not the recipe for success. We asked you to stand with us but you decided to stand on your own for self serving political reasons, you got what you deserved. We could have done oh so much more with a super majority in the senate and a clear majority in the house, but oh no you just had to have your moment in the sun. Well now your are in a dark hole and nobody bloody cares.
You didn't lose us the elections, we did that by listening to your 'concerns' that you couldn't win in 2010 without concessions, we were wrong; the base was demotivated and you lost anyway.
I hear the talking-head/beltway meme is that now the blue dogs can flex their muscles as we will all move over to their positions to win next time.
What the fuck? Seriously?
What a total load of bullshit.
You think the Republicans care about what you have to say?
Really? They will use you as a doormat.
Do you think we will care what you want?
You have another thing coming buster.
We don't need your votes, we have enough problems as it is without begging for more. Besides the Tea party gutted any chance of the republicans winning the senate so we don't have to worry about a veto being overturned.
Karma can be nasty, but it's a shame you had to take us apart at the same time. I for one want nothing to do with you ever again.
Do us one favor in the lame duck session; don't stand in our way, I'm sure the brakes don't work anymore.
Now I have got that out my system; and I did wait longer than I thought possible.
Bring on the Tea Party/GOP coalition!