Reply #48: I thought "we won?"

[Two Americas]

Strange times. The Republicans were able to do everything they wanted to do with less of a mandate and no more seats and no more popular support than the Democrats have now.

And this is a dire crisis they are dealing with here. The Republicans were just passing wish lists for their wealthy clients. How can it be that the Republicans were more aggressive and more successful doing that then the Democrats are when it comes to saving the people? "Priorities," I guess.

I know, I know, it has only been two weeks or 20 minutes or whatever. Except it hasn't - it has been 20 years anyway of rolling over for the right wingers. I know, I know, we need to be practical and bipartisan. So we will negotiate with the mass murderer, and get him to only kill half of his hostages - for now. Hey, that is progress, isn't it? That is better than nothing, right? I know, I know, these things take time and can't happen overnight. Might take centuries at this pace. I guess we could settle for "baby steps," but is it too much to ask that those steps at least be going in the right direction?

The Democrats have all sorts of power now, and no one can stop them. They can roll over, cave in, back down and move to the right without any opposition. The Republicans won't stop them - we are all on the same post-partisan team now. The Left can't stop them, because we are forbidden to criticize ***Our Sacred Party*** (may the gods and goddesses of the free market look down upon them with favor, bless them, and guide their every step) lest we be attacked by our own for our poutrage.