FRIENDS LIKE THESE
As strategists, the liberal/left side of the political spectrum are self-defeating boobs who can be roughly divided into two camps, neither of which appear able to understand why their own behavior marks them as screw ups. The first is the professional class, which regards their grassroots supporters as a necessary evil that must be tolerated but never too openly humored, lest the association embarrass them. These cheese balls are only to willing to sacrifice both fiscal and national security plus basic constitutional principles so Republicans will think more highly of them. The Grassroots, on the other hand, while often right on the larger issues, seem to have no idea the kind of impression they’re making or why some of the things they do legitimately causes people to consider them obnoxious. The situation has gotten to be so extreme, one almost expects Republicans to toss their hands up in despair and ask just who they have to fuck to throw the next election. Just don't say it’s Ann Coulter and her bountifully infected quim.
That was rude, but perhaps you see my point. I remember the dark days of political correctness when it was the left that suggested the idea of a reality-based community was some patriarchal conceit cooked up by The Man. I remember the multiple-personality disorder/satanic ritual abuse hysteria, the Tawana Brawley fiasco and people on our side who were incensed at Bill Clinton for rebuking Sistah Souljah—an angry, self-righteous twit of the first water—just because she suggested that black people set aside a week for killing whites. How dare he!
This is an important moment in history. The Republicans are desperately trying to tell us who we are, if only we had enough sense to listen. We are good at national security. They aren't. We are good at sound fiscal management. They aren't. We care about a decent social safety that will help see regular people through hard times. They don't. We care about basic constitutional principles. They don't. By almost every conceivable measure, Democrats are not only better than Republicans at doing what we’re supposed to be good at, we’re better at what Republicans are supposed to be good at too.
If we didn't have ourselves as allies, life would be a cinch.
As strategists, the liberal/left side of the political spectrum are self-defeating boobs who can be roughly divided into two camps, neither of which appear able to understand why their own behavior marks them as screw ups. The first is the professional class, which regards their grassroots supporters as a necessary evil that must be tolerated but never too openly humored, lest the association embarrass them. These cheese balls are only to willing to sacrifice both fiscal and national security plus basic constitutional principles so Republicans will think more highly of them. The Grassroots, on the other hand, while often right on the larger issues, seem to have no idea the kind of impression they’re making or why some of the things they do legitimately causes people to consider them obnoxious. The situation has gotten to be so extreme, one almost expects Republicans to toss their hands up in despair and ask just who they have to fuck to throw the next election. Just don't say it’s Ann Coulter and her bountifully infected quim.
That was rude, but perhaps you see my point. I remember the dark days of political correctness when it was the left that suggested the idea of a reality-based community was some patriarchal conceit cooked up by The Man. I remember the multiple-personality disorder/satanic ritual abuse hysteria, the Tawana Brawley fiasco and people on our side who were incensed at Bill Clinton for rebuking Sistah Souljah—an angry, self-righteous twit of the first water—just because she suggested that black people set aside a week for killing whites. How dare he!
This is an important moment in history. The Republicans are desperately trying to tell us who we are, if only we had enough sense to listen. We are good at national security. They aren't. We are good at sound fiscal management. They aren't. We care about a decent social safety that will help see regular people through hard times. They don't. We care about basic constitutional principles. They don't. By almost every conceivable measure, Democrats are not only better than Republicans at doing what we’re supposed to be good at, we’re better at what Republicans are supposed to be good at too.
If we didn't have ourselves as allies, life would be a cinch.
posted by Hieronymus Braintree at 1:45 PM
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