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Or, you could say look at what happened when too many people, desperate for jobs and losing their homes due to the craptastic Bush reign of economic terror, were seduced by the “mad as hell” message from the Teabaggers? Dems on the Hill and at the state level were tossed out and the bigoted, fact-challenged Tea Party pols were ushered into office and proceeded to try to roll back the civil rights of LGBTs, women (and just about everyone except the 1%, for that matter), and failed to focus on anything resembling job creation.
A painful graphic from Current TV’s The War Room with Jennifer Granholm.
What awaits us this fall? How many are disgusted and will sit it out?
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While this graphic amply demonstrates the whiplash Dems experienced in 2010, it doesn’t show the 2008 comparison.
It’s the economy, stupid.
The Dems got their historic majorites in 2008 from the voting populace tossing GOPers as the financial meltdown was taking hold. Then the federal Dems promptly did nothing. The Dems were then deservedly tossed out by the “mad as hell” voting populace who was given an outlet that didn’t inlcude smart Dem politicos using the populist ire to take back the economy as the singular issue it remains today.
Bush’s tax cuts and reckless spending certainly did hamstring the ecomony, but there’s plenty of blame to sit squarely with the federal Democrats as far back as Bill Clinton. The repeal of Glass-Steagall that Clinton pushed and signed opened the door the economic havoc we still haven’t overcome.
No more “Third Way” neo-liberal Dems. No more supporting fools that keep the like of Tim Geithner as his Treasury Secretary.
The state level Democrats didn’t have a chance in 2010 once the federal Dems royally screwed their opportunity to fix the economy after 2008.
I’m ready to vote for state and local Democrats, but screw the federal party.
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The Dems had what was coming to them! Two classic cases.:.DADT and health care reform. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is the first example. Why did it take a lame duck session of Congress to end DADT? Democrats knew DADT was wrong. A large majority of Republicans polled thought DADT should be repealed. The WHOLE country saw the wrongs of DADT. Yet we had a Democratic White House, a MAJOR Democratic Congress, a super Democratic majority in the Senate, and all went “numb-nuts” to get anything done. I lost a progressive congresswoman, Dina Titus, because frustrated Democrats stayed home. She lost by less than 2,000 votes. Congresswoman Titus barely lost her election precisely because the Democrats CAVED on their true values and removed the popular “public option” from the health care table. Democrats stayed home in droves because their leaders at the top behaved like Republicans! Point #2..health care reform ..Dems woosed..Keeping your children on your insurance until they are 26 if they can’t get any is a GOOD thing. Not getting dropped from your coverage because you’ve become sick is a GOOD thing. Making it illegal for insurance companies to turn you down because you have a pre-existing condition is a GOOD thing…and much, much more. Dems can fare better and win this election once we starts speaking loudly in favor of health care, social security and Medicare, embrace them and NOT RUN AWAY FROM THEM!