Dear Republicans, we are not afraid of you anymore. Regards, America

[mfcorey1]

Republicans hurt a lot of people tonight. Workers will get furloughed. Community health centers will shutter their doors. Veterans will have their benefits disrupted. Toxic waste will stop being cleared from Superfund sites.

Make no mistake, the shutdown will cause real pain to millions of real Americans. But here is what makes this different from 2011, different from 1995-1996.

No one believes that conservatism is on the ascendency in this country. There is on tea party uprising this time. Everyone knows Republicans are in a demographic death spiral, and that tantrums like this shutdown are just part of the rattle.

No Democratic leader, or really any Democrat of any notoriety, is saying that Democrats should stop being such extremists and just cave already. On the contrary, Democrats are united behind not negotiating, while droves of prominent Republicans and saying the GOP should and will fold.

The flaccid legacy media, which normally considers matters such as whether humans are causing global climate change purely a matter of “he said, she said” opinion on which they dare not take sides, blames you overwhelmingly for this shutdown.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/01/1242802/-Dear-Republicans-we-are-not-afraid-of-you-anymore-Regards-America

[global1]

1. I Wonder How Many People/Voters In The Repug Gerrymandered Districts Will Be Hurt By This Shutdown?.

There has got to be a lot of people in these Repug districts that the Repugs are counting on to re-elect them that will be hurt by this Repug shutdown of the government. Do you think these people will turn on them or do you think that they are so gullible that they'll continue to support the Repugs and blame PBO and the Dems?

I'm hoping that this shutdown is the straw that breaks the elephants back and these Repug supporters finally see the truth and turn on the Repugs.

The President and the Dems in the Senate and the House need to keep the pressure on the Repugs and they need to keep driving home the message that this is all the responsibility or lack of responsibility that has caused this shutdown. They and we need to de everything we can to change the minds of these Repug voters and make them former Repug voters.

[Tigress DEM]

2. But even in a "fixed" district IF EVERYONE who CAN VOTE shows up, we can turn RED to BLUE.

WE ARE the majority.

[mfcorey1]

3. That should be our new theme: TURN RED TO BLUE!

[B Calm]

4. Smirking, giddy, MF'ers have to be voted out of office.