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-Short Attention Span Theater-
After Brown's surprise victory, the Left engages in a sober, rational self-assessment
2010-01-20
Following are examples of how the "reality-based community" is dealing with the new reality.

Exhibit A: DailyKos member "Yosef 52" looks ahead to the next election

Well, it looks like so-called "Independent" Scott Brown has won a Senate seat in our most heavily Democratic state. Just for the record,

HE CAN GO TO HELL.

Screw him.
The campaign to unseat this lying, Republican Tea Party son a bitch is starting NOW, and I'm starting it.
I love how we all come together to work for the common good after an election.
I will immediately pledge money to any worthy Democrat who announces for Brown's seat for the 2012 election. I'd like to see someone do it tomorrow....
No Yosef 52, dear. To unseat an elected representative at any level, you need to form a campaign organization, to which other people can donate money. Until there is an organization, your promises to donate are just so much childish posturing.
As you can tell, I'm [nasty word] mad.
I thought you were just at a trough level on your meds.
And I'm sick and tired of all the pissing and moaning around here. Get yourselves off the G-d damned ground NOW.
Fascinating. I thought it was only Orthodox Jews who did not spell out the word God, because it replaces one of the actual, but no longer known, names of God. But apparently frothing Progressive types feel an equal need to show respect for the supreme being.
Get to work again NOW. Start giving the Republicans hell NOW.
That worked well last week. Should work well this week. Go for it.
I don't give a [nasty word] if you think President Obama isn't living up to your G-d damn expectations. The Republicans in power would be a thousand times worse. So take your grief and turn it into anger. Take that anger and turn it into ACTION.

Scotty boy--kiss my [anatomy]. No congratulations to you. You will get nothing but all-out war from me, and anyone else with fighting spirit. You're DONE, boy. Count on it....
Senator Brown (I just love saying that) might have a tough road in 2012. Pro'ly will, in fact. He seems humble enough though, so if he sticks to doing what he said he would do, stays humble, and shows he has some common sense he'll serve his state and country well the next two years. That's all we can ask.

Exhibit B: a comment in the same thread (emphasis added).
Hate is what we need to win.
Because let's face it, the Left doesn't have near enough hate.
Let's face it. Humans are a fractious, tribalistic species, and if we don't recognize that, we will continue to lose elections.
But we could end up like Afghanistan.
So we need to be working on our identity politics. We need to be establishing a Democratic identity, and DEMANDING loyalty.
And if you don't get it then you'll demand it at gunpoint. We've seen this movie.
The writer didn't pay much attention to President Obama's campaign. Obama won because he positioned himself as a calm, cool, uniter of identities -- Black and white, Christian and Muslim and non-religious, academic elitist and man-of-the-people -- not an angry identity splitter. But that was then. Now President Obama thinks people who drive trucks should be mocked, so clearly he's forgotten the lesson of his campaign as well.
We need to be outright demonizing the Republicans, which shouldn't be all that difficult - they practically demonize themselves.
You mean you haven't been demonizing Pubs all along? Sloppy, sloppy. No wonder Brown won.
While we keep the policies we've been advocating, we don't go to the next election emphasizing them. Technocratic arguments don't work. The electorate's too irrational and stupid.
And the electorate never figures out that you're disrespectful to them ...
We need to be asking our members "Are you with us or against us? We need to be picking fights. We do literally need to be waging war against the Republicans.

That's how we win.

So call me a hater. I do [nasty word] hate the Republicans with the heat of a thousand suns. And if you don't like it, [perform an unnatural sex act on me]. Use the Dark Side. Let the hate flow through you. In politics, it's power.
He's seen too many movies.

Exhibit C: Keith Olbermann apologizes for his rhetorical excesses



Exhibit D: Rep. Alan Grayson, paragon of objectivity and good sense



Exhibit E; Democratic Underground, classy as ever

Anyone who voted for Scott Brown, [nasty word] you. n/t
Posted by:Mike

#28  Those videos, Moonbat Central displayed.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2010-01-20 21:29  

#27  Arlen has to be thinking Sestak may not be his biggest problem this year. Snowe and Collins gotta be thing they';re glad they didn't jump on that bandwagon.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2010-01-20 15:55  

#26  I can't see Snowe or Collins breaking to the left. Not now, anyway. They can count as well as anyone. They're in the middle, politically, and that's just what the folks in Massachusetts want our politics to be.
Posted by: Steve White   2010-01-20 15:36  

#25  
Posted by: 3dc   2010-01-20 14:25  

#24  Probably the next move will be to try and entice Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins into breaking ranks, or even stepping into the (D) camp.
Posted by: Fred   2010-01-20 14:18  

#23  I think Brown will be a popular guy down there with his new colleagues. His win took a lot of them off the hook...
Posted by: tu3031   2010-01-20 14:16  

#22  
Posted by: Scooter McGruder   2010-01-20 14:07  

#21  I think some of the house Democrats are going to be taking a good long look over their shoulders before the follow Queen Nancy in voting for Healthcare.

Lets hope OBumbleCare is now D-O-A.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2010-01-20 13:58  

#20  After Brown's surprise victory, the Left engages in a sober, rational self-assessment

Nah, just kidding. They went ape-shit, of course.
Posted by: mojo   2010-01-20 13:20  

#19  I was fixing the comments page.
Posted by: Fred   2010-01-20 13:20  

#18  I'd have phrased it differently

Perhaps that explains some of the difference in incomes. But I nonetheless agree with you 100% on this comment. Or should I say dittos.

And what does $cmts=$vcomments; mean?
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2010-01-20 13:05  

#17  This win is not going down well with Barry. Watch him closely. I suspect he'll do something stupid to recover the news spotlight very soon.
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-01-20 12:50  

#16  I find it unsettling when the other side does not respect the process. If they don't why should we? And don't forget which side has all the guns...
Posted by: Iblis   2010-01-20 12:47  

#15  When I got up this morning my wife told me there had been a Dem representative on Fox who'd been saying the party needs to step back and have a look at what went wrong. Then I saw an article on how Barney Frank sounded chastened.

I was surprised. I expected the Dems to dig in their heels and complain that the Brown victory (oh, how I love that word!) didn't count for anything -- Marsha Martha had been a bad candidate, who ran a bad campaign and really the voters favored all the things Dems stand for.

Not to worry. This morning's voice of sweet reason seems to have been the one-off phenom. Hoyer somehow managed to complain that the election of a Republican was a symptom of voter anger against the Republicans. The beauzeaux in this posting are shrieking and howling and barking at the moon.

If all goes our (conservative, Hayekian, anti-Marxist) way the Dems will continue just as arrogant and unashamedly corrupt as they've been for the past year. They'll continue telling the public what's good for the public, continue passing out the boodle to loyal hacks. If they do they'll lose everything in November.

My desire to see them do that stems from a political outlook that's nearly as partisan as theirs is: I was offended by Obama's announcement that he was "ready to rule from day one." Americans, I hope, aren't ruled but governed.

The Dems bitched and moaned about Limbaugh's statement that he hoped to see B.O. fail. I'd have phrased it differently, that I "expected" to see him fail. If he hadn't failed that would have meant that we're wrong in the way we view the way the world actually works. It would have mean that the Marxists and the Junior Marxists and the New Agers and the climate hystericals were right and we were wrong.

The economy's battered, the nation's image is battered, but my world view's vindicated. If enough other people feel like I do the economy and the nation's image can be repaired.
Posted by: Fred   2010-01-20 12:46  

#14  ...and Olbie's becoming like a caricature of himself. "Heeheehee heeheehee...watch this. Hey, Keith. Great campaign by Brown, huh?"
WAAAA WAAAAA WAAAAA WAAAAA WAAAAA...
It's like throwing a circus monkey some peanuts.
Posted by: tu3031   2010-01-20 12:31  

#13  I'll bet a lotta mom's didn't have to turn their heat on last night. Their houses were well heated by the seething anger of their loser children living in the basement.
Posted by: tu3031   2010-01-20 12:25  

#12  The guy who is telling about "hate is what we need to win" has obviouly inspired of what Ernesto Guevara de la Serna aka Che Guevara wrote.

Enough said
Posted by: JFM   2010-01-20 12:18  

#11  As much as Keith Olbermman obsesses about Teabagging, I think he must be an in-the-closet teabagger. Hey, Keith you got fantasies?
Posted by: JohnQC   2010-01-20 12:04  

#10  My, my. When your main argument is the F-word you really don't have much, do you?
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2010-01-20 12:01  

#9  "Start giving the Republicans hell NOW."

So this clueless leftard thinks it is about Republicans. About 20% of the people that elected Brown were Democrats. Some 50% were independents, and the rest Republicans. This election is about turning back a big, non-responsive to the voters, out-of-control Federal government.
Posted by: JohnQC   2010-01-20 12:00  

#8  Alan Grayson is Nuts - MyCongressmanIsNuts.com why would anyone in their right mind take this MORON seriously??
Posted by: armyguy   2010-01-20 11:52  

#7  The more people like this scream, the better the Republic is.

Little tyrants and useful idiots.
Posted by: DarthVader   2010-01-20 11:27  

#6  The funny thing is most people watch Keith to see what over-the-top stupid comment he will make. To me he should be become fodder for conservatives. Let's talk about inclusiveness, fairness, or diversity: . Well feels the same way as his/her good friend Keith. When they get keith's "worst person" award, they can reply "No Keith I am YOUR worst nightmare."
Posted by: Cyber Sarge    2010-01-20 11:12  

#5  Liberals are needy people, they want to be liked. They will do anything to be liked. They are full of "good" intentions and they think that everyone should like them.

When they find out that they are not liked, they respond with anger and irrational behaviour.

Its the same scenario thats played out everyday with the narcissistic bully and the abused spouse. The second the spouse raises up and says no, the needy bully reacts with anger.

Let's just say this country has been abused by these needy people for far too long.

It also explains why they will engage in endless "negotiations" with people that hate us because they don't believe anyone hates them, we just have to be nice to them and they will like us.

What we need is a national psychotherapy week to cleanse our brains of the toxic crap these people spew.
Posted by: Karl Rove   2010-01-20 11:07  

#4  Two additional 'curling irons' needed please.
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-01-20 11:07  

#3  Orwell's 1984 three minutes of hate in action.

Karma guys, its a bitch.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2010-01-20 11:01  

#2  This is how you divide and destroy a democracy. Our future is in the third world with people like this. This is nothing but hate.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2010-01-20 11:01  

#1  I'm confused. Is this hissy fit more serious than when they were all threatening to move to Canada/France, or is that the next stage?

Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie   2010-01-20 10:57  

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