It's time for...Donnie Downer!
Pretty much every Liberal organization whose messages fill my AOL mailbox sent me an e-mail today. They're spinning it on O'Donnell, Maddow, and Schultz on MSNBC. The Daily Kos chimed in trying to be positive. Even the often cranky Digby was trying to put the best face on it.
Forget about it.
I really appreciate that it was an uphill battle--five of the six districts in Wisconsin are very red leaning districts. I appreciate the effort that thousands of people put in to try to recall these six republicans. Hell, here in Michigan, despite having a governor that is just about as radical as Scott Walker, the best the Democrats here have offered is voting against Gov. Snyder's proposals (oooh, scary). I know that 16 Democrat state senators is better than 14.
But any way you slice it, we lost. We absolutely got our ass kicked in three districts and while the fourth is being pointed to as a "oh, we came so close" it really isn't (and we poured a ton of money into that one). Yesterday's results are not going to scare any republicans into doing the right thing or compromising in the best interest of the country. Even numbers guru Nate Silver says the Wisconsin numbers extrapolate to only a fifty-fifty chance for Gov. Walker to be recalled.
With all the enthusiasm we had we still couldn't get the votes. And with the Capitulator-in-Chief at the top of the ticket in 2012, how many depressed Democrats are just going to stay home? Fucking Obama, the gutless wonder, didn't lift a finger to help the cause. Can anyone imagine, had these recall election happened during the Bush the Lesser presidency, that GWB would have done the same?
And the money--Christ, for the Dems it's like fighting the U.S. Marines with pea shooters. Other than our numb nuts President, we just can't raise the kind of cash that republicans can. And thanks to Citizen's United, we never will again play on an even field financially.
There's an old saying: Money talks and bullshit walks. We better get used to doing a lot of walking.
Peace,
emaycee
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Agree with you for the most part, but I do think it's relevant to the people of Wisconsin that with a lesser majority in the State Senate, Republican reforms (anti-worker policies) can't be passed as easily. Further, while we might not win a recall of Walker, it's worth doing. For one, he'd have to spend more time campaigning than governing. But also, if the numbers are there to make a recall happen, it should. If that many people are dissatisfied, then he should have to fight for his job. That's democracy in action.
ReplyDeleteHowever, Obama has been shit. Though, I hear he's reading Nixonland. I sure hope that teaches him that wanting to be like former Republican Presidents is not a good idea.