2016 Postmortem
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Im not feeling it today.. These obstructionist idiots from red states backed by their constituents are determined to bring the Country down.... I fight everyday against these guys, but I sincerely feel that
they are so full of anger and ignorance that many of us will be long gone before they realize how they
were so wrong.
Im an avid member of D.U. and its funny that Ive always maintain a lot of hope. I know whats going on
Im very involved, however the Obama/S.S. issue has really taken the wind out of my sails....
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)geckosfeet
(9,644 posts)Keep your perspective. Take a long hike. Take pictures. Paint. Garden. Write. Make a new website. Do whatever you love and don't let the haters get you down.
elleng
(130,773 posts)I went to grocery store and forgot bread!
geckosfeet
(9,644 posts)elleng
(130,773 posts)and that's what I bought couple weeks ago, at special bread store. Problem? I ATE it! If its around, that's what I do , 'damaging' my weight and blood sugar level, so usually have an arnold whole grain. Will return to grocery tomorrow.
Heddi
(18,312 posts)y'all making me hungry!
BlueDemKev
(3,003 posts)Obama is probably just playing a game of chess with the rethugs. While I'm not happy about what Obama has proposed, it's a far cry from privatizing Social Security, which is exactly what will happen if the rethugs regain power. We cannot let this happen. Liberals/progressives must show a united front. Whenever one part of our coalition stays home on election day, we LOSE every time.
IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)Until directed to various excellent sources on the matter declaring President Obama's budget proposal is an outright bluff; he knows it's DOA but wants to use the virtual certainty of GOP rejection to break them on the tax issue. Another measure of safety comes via Democratic legislators' vehement objections; most of them want to remain in Congress, too. The gigantic roar against chained CPI should make them think twice before rolling over on us.
Even if worse came to worse, the chained CPI could potentially provide a better safety net under the poorest and most elderly than what they receive now, with so few COLA increases. It would begin on a very modest scale and at least supposedly could be tweaked upward at a later time. Of course this would only happen with a strong Democratic majority in both Senate and House. DINO's don't count. So people might be especially wise to vote in real liberals ASAP.
President Obama's miscalculation, if indeed this is one, more likely lies in any false confidence he might've had in his own base to see these matters better than the GOP sheeple. From what I've seen of him, my personal best guess suggests he might be willing to sacrifice something of himself if this (risky?) chess move fails, and that it might be worth it to him regardless as it certainly would to us if it succeeds in destroying the conservatives' ability to wreck havoc.
Whether they like him or not, most people admit he's a brilliant strategist. Surely he knew how the country would react, and if I'm right about him, he expected and wanted this outcry. I sign every petition I can find against this chained CPI, and I write letters to newspapers urging others to do so but also asking people to consider this alternate interpretation. People who hate him will change their hearts when hell freezes over; those of us who don't should look deeper and think twice before defecting.
Wouldn't the GOP just love that? We want them to splinter and start a 3rd or even 4th party, historically doomed. We need to stick together for once. I'd like to think we're a little less suicidal than the opposition.
PS: Here's an RFK quote that should help calm queasy stomachs:
"Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality of those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change." Robert F. Kennedy
Wounded Bear
(58,605 posts)Sorry, had to lighten the mood a bit.
It has been a depressing couple of decades for true progressives/liberals. Not a lot to hope for when the supposed leadership caves to the RW thought worms.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)or, IOW, you ain't see nothing yet.
IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)It doesn't matter if we're all gone before GOP sheeple realize their masters have led them over a cliff. What matters - the only thing that does, really - is to splinter their ranks and render them powerless. They'll wise up and change when hell freezes over, so don't let that hold you back at all. If each of us manages even to place one small grain of sand on the beach head before expiring, the effort will have been worth it. Don't do what you must because you see results; do it simply because you must.