Reply #13: That's right.

[Zookeeper]

We have very little to lose. Regardless of what we do, the Rethugs are not going to abandon their agenda. If we play nice and polite and just lie down they won't respect us or cut us some slack (Hmmm. It sounds like I'm describing an abusive relationship), they'll just trample us. Then they'll raise a stink and file a challenge the first time one of their candidates loses an important election.

If all of the Democratic Senators stood up, they couldn't be dismissed as a few loonies.

More importantly, we need to get over worrying about what right-wing scumbags think of us.