Reply #27: I am not fucking campaigning against the Dems

[Tansy_Gold]

I am pointing out that Obama hasn't stood up to the Republicans when he had a solid majority in both houses of congress. I'm not really hopeful -- pun intended -- that he's going to suddenly do so now. Okay?

I am not now and I have not been campaigning against the Democrats. I voted for every fucking Democrat I could find on my ballot in Apache Junction, Arizona this morning. There were offices where there were no Democrats running.

I am a registered Democrat -- even though my politics lean further to the left than that.

And I am fucking sick and tired of every single criticism of the President being greeted with this same lame-ass crap -- "Oh, you're supporting the Republicans!" "Oh, you really wanted McCain to win."

No, god fucking damn it, I did not want McCain to win. I did not want Giuliani to win, or Huckabee or Romney or Palin or O'Donnell or Paul or any of the other right wing lunatics who are out there.

But President Barack Obama has shown me too damn little eagerness to stand up to the relatively moderate Republicans he's had to deal with the past 21+ months, and I don't hold out much hope that he's suddenly going to wake up and realize he's lost the biggest portion of his support. The Democratic majority in the House of Representatives PASSED a lot of his legislation. The Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate couldn't seem to budge much. Even some of the Democratic Senators sat on legislation and nominations.

Now he's got to deal with John Boehner calling the shots and setting the agenda. Now he's got to deal with (the distinct possibility of) Rand Paul filibustering EVERYTHING. Every. Fucking. Thing.

I want the god damned Democrats to GOVERN, and I want them to do it as Democrats, not as wimps. And when I think they are or are going to wimp out, I think I have a right to say so.

But I guess that's not good enough for you, is it? You wany my blind and absolute and unquestioning and uncritical loyalty and praise, don't you? Is your own faith in Obama so fragile that it can't stand up to a little honest and sincere and LOYAL criticism?

Then I'm sorry, I'm truly sorry. And if this post gets pulled, well, at least this time I'll know to save a copy of it beforehand.


Tansy Gold, Not Tombstoned Yet