Only for so long

Digby linked to a post earlier this week wherein the central claim was that republicans are throwing so much money into this campaign (reportedly, the Obama campaign expects to be outspent 3 to 1--and that's saying something considering Obama will probably come close to raising a billion dollars) not only to win it, but to demoralize Democratic activists and everyday voters who they hope will come to believe that fighting back against so much money is futile.

I suppose there's a germ of possibility here for republicans--moreso with everyday voters than Democratic activists.  I voted for Mondale in '84 knowing full well he was going to get routed, same for Dukakis in '88, and I didn't get demoralized.  I believed there was a significant difference in the two parties and continued to vote.  Digby also raises a good point with the fact that there are only so many ads voters can see in a day (not to mention that everybody, even zealots like me, eventually start tuning them out) and inundating the airwaves with their republican bullshit could backfire.

In the end, though, the republican strategy of demoralizing their opponents and the undecideds might win out in the short term, but I don't think it's in the American character to give up.  After all, this country was founded when people got fed up with the bullshit of King George III, and it had to be somewhat demoralizing knowing that the lowly colonists were taking on the greatest military power in the world with little money and a ragtag army (and a politically divided colonial states as well).  Still, we told him to go fuck himself and eventually opened up a can of whup ass on the redcoats.

And a billion dollars won't buy shit if there's guerilla warfare on the streets of America.

Peace,
emaycee

That's right, that's right

The main reason I enjoy reading The Daily Kos, well, daily, is that every once in a while its founder Markos Moulitsas gives us a glimpse of his acerbic views on the state of all things Liberal/Democratic.  Yesterday was another in a line of his posts maligning our side for just being too goddamned nice--that taking the high road has led to too many defeats.

It we don't win, we can't change the rules to suit our ideals.  Period.

On a side note, if you want to read something really depressing, read the comments on Moulitsas' post.  For Christ's sake, talk about arguing how many angels can dance on the head of a pin....

Peace,
emaycee

By the yellow of their bellies

I'm not going to be as nice as David Atkin--the whining of those high rollers who want to buy America because their motives are being exposed is about a lot more than their fragile egos.  We're talking about men who make a living by having others carry out their dirty work, men who destroy livelihoods for a few extra dollars, men who don't let their manicured nails ever get dirty, men who close their consciences in the name of free enterprise, men who buy what they want--the costs be damned.

Their despair over the outrage of their attempts to buy our democracy is about gutlessness.  It's about cowardice.  It's about screwing the American people in the same way they screw their employees and customers, without being able to hide behind the walls of corporate America.

It's about men who aren't men at all.

Peace,
emaycee