We here in the netroots should be used to losing by now. We've had to sit through so much for the past five years, and no the next thirty are looking pretty ugly indeed.
But I will not give up.
I am going to stay a Democrat, and I am going to keep fighting.
This has to be the low ebb of low ebbs, I concede that. But we cannot sacrifice our ideals just because our current leadership is replete with boneheads.
You don't like those RepubliCrats? Campaign for the primary challenger. Or better yet, be the challenger. Anounce your candidacy here and, regardless of state, we will contribute one way or the other. House and Senatorial races are no longer simply fought in the home state. Thanks to the netroots we all have an eye on the likes of Jon Tester. So go throw a few bucks his way. We can pick that seat up. Find a primary challenger for all the Democrats who voted for cloture today. We can do better than them.
I will not give up. Our ideals are what separate us from our political enemies and they are worth fighting, even dying for. The confirmation of Alito may very well signify the end of our Republic as we know it. An emperor may be on the horizon.
If that's the case, I'll go to the underground.
And I will stay and fight.