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January 19, 2010
Freaked
caps (5:52:15 PM): Typical Liberal Self-Sabotage
Mother Jones's Kevin Drum sees nothing new. "Conservatives gave Bush five or six years before they really turned on him, and even then they revolted more against the Republican establishment than against Bush himself. But the left? It took about ten months. And the depth of the revolt against Obama has been striking too," he writes. "It's extraordinarily self-destructive behavior -- and typically liberal, unfortunately. Just ask LBJ, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton. And then ask them whether liberal revolt, in the end, strengthened liberalism or conservatism."
louis (5:53:10 PM): seriously. see the current jane hamsher blow up. with norquist last month, now with coakley...
caps (5:53:22 PM): I cannot stand Jane Hamsher
caps (5:53:30 PM): I unsubscribed from all FDL lists a couple months ago
caps (5:53:35 PM): http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/Why-Are-Liberals-So-Disaffected-2229
abelmanlouis (5:54:01 PM): I keep feeling like there is a sleeping giant of obama support around here somewhere
louis (5:54:27 PM): that's why there is a silver lining here... maybe. but let's wait till 9:30 for the postmortem, eh??
caps (5:54:44 PM): fair enough
caps (5:54:49 PM): but we are not winning this race
louis (5:55:31 PM): no. HCR has been this stomach churning monster!
louis (5:56:47 PM): do you think-- that this is what allowing the legislative branch to legitimately do its thing looks like? and in which case, perhaps separation of powers is not all it's cracked up to be? and Obama should be more like Bush?
louis (5:57:03 PM): fucking steamroll them?
caps (5:58:29 PM): dems are idiots
caps (5:58:31 PM): we are idiots
caps (5:58:38 PM): we are like the kids who liked punk rock in high school
caps (5:58:46 PM): we are neurotic, self-conscious idiots
caps (5:58:52 PM): who insist on purity tests
caps (5:59:14 PM): who are infatuated with perfect archetypes over good pragmatic solutions
caps (5:59:20 PM): we are freaked out
caps (5:59:23 PM): we are shell-shocked
caps (5:59:27 PM): we have battered party syndrome
caps (5:59:31 PM): and we are imploding
caps (5:59:39 PM): we have a president who thought biography was enough
caps (5:59:55 PM): and, most of all, we inherited the worst mess in the world
louis (6:00:01 PM): well, that.
caps (6:00:02 PM): also, the american public is a bunch of fucking idiots
louis (6:00:06 PM): that too.
louis (6:00:10 PM): those last two
caps (6:00:15 PM): with absolutely no desire to solve problems
caps (6:00:20 PM): distracted by shiny baubles at every turn
caps (6:00:27 PM): and utopian talk
caps (6:00:40 PM): with no patience whatsoever for sacrifice, focus, or self-appraisal
caps (6:00:42 PM): we're fucked
caps (6:00:49 PM): this boat is now officially too big to turn around
caps (6:00:53 PM): next step: HELL
louis (6:00:58 PM): end of empire baby
louis (6:01:14 PM): to quote that one intermission from GZA's liquid swords:
caps (6:01:20 PM): "OH WHAT A TIME U CHOSE TO BE BORN"
louis (6:01:24 PM): HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Posted by caps at January 19, 2010 07:48 PM