As if this time four years ago wasn't bad enough, last night was an even more complete and utter disaster. Why are we having the same recurring nightmare? Is this Groundhog Day? How the hell did we fare this poorly? How can we lose soooooooo badly to a party this dedicated to nihilism and modern-day feudalism? I don't know about you my dear fellow Kossacks..........but, I for one have HAD ENOUGH!
Follow me below the orange squiggle to find out what I'm going to do about that.....
I live in the urban blue oasis of Dallas inside of the dark-red desert of Texas. This is not an easy place to be a progressive. Even in my blue bubble, we deal with the nuttiest of the wing-nuttery here. You sort of have to be a masochist as a progressive to live here in Texas.......yes, even inside the blue bubble of Dallas.
So, what the hell am I going to do about the humiliating butt-whipping administered last night by Team Red?
First, I am getting engaged in the fight........SERIOUSLY engaged.
Step 1 is to cut the DNC, DSCC, DCCC and all of the corporatist, professional election-losers from my financial support. They are part of the problem.....a big part. It is time for them to go. Fuck these people........seriously.
Step 2 is to take that money and put it where it should be going. Effective immediately, I am starting and maintaining a subscription to here and ActBlue. They seem to be the only ones who really get what is at stake......okay, maybe also the good people at MoveOn -- I'll throw them a few dollars on a regular basis too. As is often said here, not just more Democrats.....but Better Democrats.
Step 3 is to start writing. This is the first dairy I have ever posted here on DailyKos; but, it will not be the last. I will also relaunch my blog that I have let founder in no-man's land for the past four years.
Step 4 is to get involved in my local precinct. I'll be damned if my little blue oasis is going to turn red.....not on my watch. I'll activate and agitate here at the lowest level where I can do the most good.
Step 5 is to actually join the local Democratic Party apparatus and agitate for real change to wrest it away from the current machine. The problems with the official local party apparatus are the same as those with the national party apparatus. I may not be able to do anything about our DC professional election-losers; but, maybe I can do something here about the local bunch. It is time for us....that's right........US to make the Democratic Party embrace our Howard Deans, Elizabeth Warrens and Al Frankens. It is time to make the party actually stand for something other than being Republican-lite.
Yes, this was a bit of a rant........but, I'm telling you -- I'm pissed off and I've had enough! It's time for people to start taking matters into their own hands to change this shit.
I'm getting off my ass and doing my part.......now, what about you?