Why losing the Kavanaugh battle dangerous for Midterm 2018

[egbertowillies]

Losing the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation battle is more dangerous than just the loss of the Supreme Court. We are at a tipping point and have no room for errors. We must be very careful between now and Midterm 2018 and here is why.

I was concerned from the beginning about the fight we were having over Brett Kavanaugh. I wrote the piece "Stop with the false hope. Supreme Court lost for a generation lest we …" in July 2018 making the point that it was false hope. I wrote the following.

https://egbertowillies.com/2018/10/06/midterm-2018-kavanaugh/

UPDATE: Guys, please understand what I am trying to say. This is not meant to be depressing. We have a tendency to look at this thing as won because it is should be. I am on the ground with a ton of first timers that think they make a difference. The energy spent on Kavanaugh this close to the election and losing when it is clear most Americans don't want him has deflated many. Pointing that out and more is very important in groups like ours with experienced activists. I remind myself and others we must redouble our efforts more so now after this loss. We cannot fight human nature but work with it. We can't think we are coasting to a Blue Wave. Hate me for saying this but I will to those willing to listen.

[boston bean]

1. STOP IT!!!

[egbertowillies]

2. If we understand the danger we can mitigate it.

I am on the ground. Many of these new "activists" and engaged Americans never did this before nor do they understand the political nuances like most of us here do.

[boston bean]

4. Vote for the democrats on your ticket. That is ALL that matters.

Not this navel gazing. We are in a war for survival.

[egbertowillies]

6. First we need to mobilize them to vote. Keep them encouraged. In a room of activists

we have got to be frank. There is some deflation we must reinflate.

[boston bean]

7. If people aren't motivated to save their own lives and keep their killers

out if power, I don’t know what to tell you.

But I can sure as shit tell you that attacking our own aint fucking helping.

[SunSeeker]

10. You are offering no solutions in your OP, just doom and gloom.

Your OP is part of the problem.

Honestly, your post looks like a craven attempt to stear people to your website. It really serves no other pupose, besides bringing us down.

The OP is ashameful.

[egbertowillies]

18. Solutions? Like I said in the piece, I am off block walking, emailing, phone banking, etc. I do not

just sit behind this keyboard. I am a full-time activist.

[SunSeeker]

23. Then fucking tell people to do that in your OP instead of shilling for your website.

Your OP just offers doom and gloom and the ever-present link to your website. It is worst than a waste of space. Your OP hurts us. DELETE IT.

[hlthe2b]

3. Jesus Christ.. Is your intent to demoralize the hell out of all of us--WHY? Just so you can post an

"I told you so" and manifest your overt superiority to all of DU?

I find this post beyond inappropriate and that is me trying my damndest to be "kind"...

[FreepFryer]

5. Clickbait. Your post has ZERO information as to why its so dangerous (n/t)

Because you're just trying to drive traffic to your site.

More gloom n doom wrapped in a clickbait promo.

[egbertowillies]

8. As a Progressive why do you seek to assume ill-intent. Do you see what we do? Do you

even know my story my friend? I subscribe and support many GOOD liberal & Progressive sites to co-spread our message. I hope I am doing positive Clickbait as that is what it takes to get our message everywhere.

[FreepFryer]

15. Not ill-intent, just naked self-interest. (nt)

[Codeine]

19. I'm on the edge of being banned

because I’ve called this person out multiple times for his tendency to do this and keep getting alerted on for it.

Empty, content-free posts with little more than a link to his personal blog. Maddening.

[MineralMan]

9. Please don't post this kind of defeatism.

Getting more traffic on your blog is simply not worth it.

[SunSeeker]

12. +10000000000000000000000000000

[FreepFryer]

16. This. (n/t)

[Codeine]

20. A thousand times this. nt

[MineralMan]

22. Please take care. We need you here.

[meadowlark5]

11. Good grief already

I know this Kavanaugh battle is depressing. But good grief, people get a grip. All I keep seeing and reading is how the enthusiasm gap is closed, the election is rigged for the Repubs, and on and on.

It's counter productive to tell notoriously apathetic voters that going out to vote probably won't matter.

[peggysue2]

13. Democrats fought the good fight

We came up short because . . .

we're still the Minority.

The way to fix that? We VOTE in overwhelming numbers on November 6th. We VOTE straight Democratic, everywhere, everyone.

We do that? We win. Because it's always been about the MATH, how many seats we fill with Democrats across the board.

Anything less? The Kavanaugh loss will be one in a flood of losses for ourselves and the entire country.

[DarthDem]

14. Ignored As Always

The usual dull, doofus defeatism.

[Hekate]

17. This is just wrong, egberto. Others are saying it better, though.

Give us a full OP to comment on and stop with the clickbait.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

21. The enemy wants you to feel hopeless. He revels in your despair.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211241544

[ebbie15644]

24. I understand your concern and agree with it. I've been deflated and depressed but I am determined to

vote.