Reply #11: I still would myself

[m berst]

I think you may be right about some people Dr_eldritch, that is to say that they would not be questioning themselves had their candidate won.

Not always, though. My fear was that if Kerry won people would stop examining and questioning things and decide that things were fine. I think the right wing movement made a lot of progress during the Clinton administration, so having a Democrat in the White House changes the nature of the struggle but doesn't necessarily advance the struggle against the right wing forces. A Kerry win may have bought us time, but would that time have been well spent? Or would people have gone back to their lives and become complacent?

It is difficult to analyze what we did wrong when the other side is cheating in so many ways. That is the reason that I hesitate to make any assumptions as to why we lost. The most compelling answer to the question for me is that we lost because we are up against bullies and cheaters. That means that aside from the outcome if the recent election, and aside from what errors the Democratic party has made, if the cheating and bullying are not acknowledged and countered the right wing will continue to win. Of course, they aren't really winning, they are destroying the game so that everyone will lose.