Progressives have EVERY reason to be filled with energy to DEFEAT REPUBLICANS in November.

[RBInMaine]

"Progressive" means making PROGRESS. It doesn't mean ideological purity, and it doesn't mean snatching defeat from the jaws of PROGRESS. November is about defeating the dangerous, horrendous,
TeaRadical RePUKElicans. THAT is what it is about! It is about continuing PROGRESS in the right direction or going BACKWARD to the horrid Bush/Cheney nightmare policies of the recent past. Please do not allow people to suffer from amnesia. Progressives (and the ENTIRE country) now have PROGRESS with Dems and Obama. Here is some:

1) Combat operations in Iraq ENDING - 90,000 fewer troops there - COMPLETELY out within a year
2) Lilly Leadbetter Fair Pay Law
3) Expanded SCHIP Law for kids healthcare
4) Reproductive Choice blocks removed
5) Stimulus bill that created or saved MILLIONS of jobs with working/middle class tax cuts and the largest investment in green energy EVER
6) Saved THOUSANDS of auto industry jobs with the loans being repaid, and new and better products being made HERE in America
7) PROGRESS with the healthcare bill to lower costs, increase access, saves BILLIONS in waste and abuse, and also makes college loans more affordable and available to hundreds of thousands of students
8) PROGRESS with the Wall St. reform bill to reign in the worst practices and increase oversight
9) A new law to better protect people frm crime on our Native American reservations
10) A new law to decrease marketing of tobacco products to kids
11) TWO EXCELLENT WOMEN appointed to the Supreme Court
12) Fighting the anti-immigrant law in Arizona
13) A targeted tax credit law to spur job creation especially in small business
14) Fighting like hell to pass another small business jobs bill centered on increasing small business lending
15) FINALLY an unemployment insurance extention bill passed (no thanks to the RePUKES)
16) Dems and Obama are opposed to extending tax cuts for the richest 2% of greedy filthy fat cats who don't need them and which don't create a single job.

17) ***** And just today, FINALLY (again, no thanks to RePUKES), an extension stimulus bill has cloture and is moving forward to save hundreds of thousands teacher and public safety jobs as states struggle with their budgets.

We have OBAMA and DEMOCRATS to thank for all of this, with the ReSCUMlican Party fighting us with lies and abuse of procedure to block us every single step of the way. How could anyone even contemplate not getting the hell out there and working like hell to preserve our congressional majorities? We got hit with the worst recession since the 30's thanks to Bush and RePUKES, they have married themselves to the horrid TeaRacists, and they handed Obama and Dems a massive shitpile to clean up. And what is their plan? To go right straight back to deregulating Wall St., massive tax cuts for the filthy rich, gutting Social Security and Medicare, and repealing healthcare. Want that? If not, get the hell out there and work like hell to DEFEAT REPUKELICANS ! (I am canvassing again today !)

[elocs]

1. How about independents? Can you convince them they have EVERY reason to defeat Republicans

this November? Because getting the independent vote is what elected Obama. Convince them to support Democrats and the victory is assured. Good luck with that, though.

[RBInMaine]

2. Yes, absolutely. We do it by ATTACKING the RePUKES like hell on their horrid BACKWARD ideas and

as the TEA-RADICAL extremists that they are. Do this LOUD, CLEAR, and OFTEN and it resonates with the Indies. It is already working in MANY races around the country. Indies are thoughtful. They don't like Tea Party radicalism, and they don't want to go back to Bush policies. They are just frustrated in general right now with government, the recession is exacerbating this frustration, and they are impatient for a much lower unemployment rate. (Remember, the Great Depression lasted 12 years. This was almost as bad. It won't end overnight. BUT, we are at least inching ahead in the right direction.) They need to be reminded of the extent of the recession, that RePUKE policies caused it, and that the PUKES want to go back to the very thing that caused it all.

The main point of my post is that progressives (like me) have far more cause to be motivated to get out and campaign for Dems than are saying they have. Christ, it is a no-brainer when you look at the RePUKES, their cast of radical candidates, what they are doing, and what they plan to do if they return to power. An absolute NO BRAINER.

[RBInMaine]

3. By the way, this is a VERY good point. So yes, please read my other reply.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

6. You're so right. The problem will not be with liberals because at the end of the day,

liberals will come home as we alway do... are always *expected* to.

The problem is with white men who identify as Independents. In my view, these people are really Republicans who are embarrassed by George Bush, but they STILL are Republicans in "Independent" or "Libertarian" cloned.

[RBInMaine]

9. Much of what you say is true, There are a good number of mod Indies who don't want the TeaIdiots.

Gotta target them with the effective attacks against the radical GOP that I've described.

[Exilednight]

12. Sorry, as a liberal, I don't fall in line and take my ............

ass kicking by people claiming to be on the liberal side.

It is true that I will vote for my House Rep, but I am not going to vote for my Senator. I find it impossible for someone who holds so many conservative viewpoints just because they have D in front of their name.

Good thing there is always a left leaning third party option in my state.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

13. I hear you. I guess I'm quite lucky because I"m in Van Hollen's district and live in one of the

most progressive areas in the country. I did vote for Nader in 1996 and 2000, so I don't walk in lockstep, either. However, I do live in Maryland, so that factors in as well.

[RBInMaine]

29. Good you like Van Holland. Sorry but you wasted your vote on Nader.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

36. First, his name is spelled Van Hollen. Second, I don't waste votes, sweetie!

[RBInMaine]

39. Oh, beg your pardon "sweetie" for the typo. Nader was never viable, so it was wasted vote that only

helped Bush.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

42. If you read my post, I clearly stated that I VOTE IN MARYLAND!! That means

that I didn't waste my votes, sweetie! Gore would have won Maryland regardless of my vote so it didn't help Bush. He got his ass kicked in Maryland. It was a protest vote.

It is my right to vote for whomever I want. For you to be condescending and trash my right is very wingnut of you. You don't have a right to tell me what to do with my vote. It is still America, not Wingnutville.

[Exilednight]

46. So, let me get this straight. .............

Gore lost by less than 600 votes. Three left leaning parties in Florida garnished more than 600 votes, yet only Nader is responsible because Gore couldn't persuade 600 people from three left leaning parties to vote for him?

Gore failed to convince people he was the best choice, but it's Nader's fault.

Interesting logic, you have.

[Exilednight]

38. Votes are earned, not granted. And no such thing as a wasted vote. n/t

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

43. Thank you!!! n/t

[Exilednight]

45. You're quite welcome. n/t

[RBInMaine]

28. So you'd like to have your ass kicked a thousand times harder by RePIGlicans??

[Exilednight]

37. It actually hurts ..........

more when it's done by a Democrat. I expect it from rethugs.

[CTLawGuy]

24. A vote for a Republican

is a vote for filibuster. If they want government to do nothing about our problems, Republicans are the people for them!

[27inCali]

4. thanks RB -your posts are always top notch

this is the kind of attitude that changes a country for the better. Not this defeatist bullshit from the Ratfuckers and 3rd partiers.

[Cha]

5. Exactly what Progress is..thanks

RBMaine!

[SoxFan]

7. K&R

[Born_A_Truman]

8. K/R!

[RBInMaine]

10. Thanks for the K&R's. Just returned from canvassing for our State Senate candidate.

[NJmaverick]

11. You got that right!

:applause:

[LooseWilly]

14. HOW caN anyoNe arGue wIth so mANy caPs?

nOt tOO meNtiOn sucH glOriOus vAgArIes?

"13) A targeted tax credit law to spur job creation especially in small business" oOps- fOrgOt thE cApS, iT GoT fiLLibuSterEd, anD iS oFF thE tabLe noW... gO bAck tO caPs !11!! bEfOre iT's tOO laTe!!11!!

[babylonsister]

16. That's 'your' argument? Ugh. nt

[LooseWilly]

19. wHeRe R uR CaPs??

wE nEEd moRe caPs tO wIn thIs thInG!!11!! pOliCiEs R iRRelEvaNt!!11!! cAps!11!!

[spoony]

48. Lol

And lists. We need more lists.

[RBInMaine]

30. Thanks for the nonsense. Are you a middle schooler?

[Dawson Leery]

15. kick

[ProgressOnTheMove]

17. EXACTLY,,, that's why I am at a loss why we aren't after them with all we've got this could be the..

last chance in a generation if we back down now. The GOP screwed us with the filibuster not Reid, they didn't take it down to 51 as hsitorically we let midterms fly by and that could of given the GOP full power.

[SunsetDreams]

18. K&R!

[saltpoint]

20. I don't enjoy Republicans.

Ok, I haven't tried all that hard to.

Recommended.

[opihimoimoi]

21. They use Labels....WE SHOULD do the same....frame them with witesque labels...some will stick

Call them what they are::

Moldy

Crusty

Stubborn

Whiners

Pointers

Detractors

Gripers

Selfish

Rigid

Naggers

Vision Impaired

Polarity Impaired

Leadership Ranks Unprepared

etc

These are traits of the Negative Mode......its all bad....

[Hekate]

22. KnR!

:patriot:

[LatteLibertine]

23. I'm not sure

why anyone who isn't among the most wealthy would want to go back to GoP rule. Their policies benefit the most wealthy at the expense of the overwhelming majority of US citizens.

Even independents should prefer progressives because at least their policies are friendly to the poor and middle class as well as being more fair.

[Vinca]

25. Most of us will no doubt "fall in line" as good soldiers do, but

it won't be without a huge amount of sadness to be once again voting against Republicans rather than for Democrats.

[great white snark]

27. Wow

So Democrats have done nothing to earn your vote?

[RBInMaine]

31. Politics is all about falling in line at the end of the day. It is called being part of a party and

wanting to defeat the other rotten party. You win elections through forming coalitions.

[RBInMaine]

32. Above are 17 reasons to vote FOR Democrats.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

26. I'm just lucky that my Congressman isn't a DINO

If he were, all bets would be off.

[Dawson Leery]

33. kick

will vote

[depakid]

34. Stamp feet! Jump up and down! call Republicans juvenile names!

:rofl:

[RBInMaine]

40. Not juvenile, just the truth. Republicans are money grubbing scumbags and have earned the label.

[DuaneBidoux]

35. Our problem is that we don't know how to use fear.

Progressives tend, naturally, to be progressive. To think about the world in terms of enlightenment rationality, to believe that honest civil debate is best.

While that may all be true there are now physiological reasons to be sure that fear is the single most powerful human motivator. The limbic brain responds without reason. Reason, if given the chance may come later, but for many people it frequently does not.

It hurts to say it, but we must pound it in over and over and over that the Right is simply downright terrifying. Everytime we refuse to match fear with fear the narrative of the Right gains ground.

[RBInMaine]

41. Right on ! You attach them to TeaIdiot whackoism and Wall Street greed RELENTLESSLY.

[LatteLibertine]

44. Yep

I judge the Republicans based on the war they've helped the most wealthy of the nation wage against the poor and the middle class.

There's no way I am going to sit on the sideline and watch us go back to Republican rule.

[and-justice-for-all]

47. Indeed....

I believe we will gain far more than we lose...Pukes are the ones who are going to get hammered in November.

[Enrique]

49. how come no one says anything about Pelosi?

especially when the 2010 elections involve all congressional seats and Pelosi's speakership, and Obama isn't up for re-election until 2012.

How come almost no-one at DU has Pelosi as their Avatar?