Oscar Wilde wants to surrender

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Oh my.

Cyrano  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jul-29-10 12:32 PM
OSCAR WILDE, THE LARGE-PROBOSCISED PRIMITIVE
Original message

Ever have a day when you wanted to surrender?

I’m having one. It’s probably the result of the never-ending right wing assault on everything in which we believe. Either that, or it’s not having had any coffee this morning.

But as long as I’m in the depths of depression, let me indulge myself by sharing what’s going on in my head.

We have won many battles. But the ignorant, know-nothings are winning the war. Their politicians are more ruthless, devious and amoral than ours who are mostly spineless, weak and clueless.

Obama is playing against a deck that was stacked by Cheney/Bush. Nonetheless, he won’t stand up and demand a new deck. Unlike most DUers, I don’t condemn him or compliment him. I just don’t have the slightest idea what the hell he’s doing. And I often wonder if he does.

The Democratic Party of my youth is gone. And I think that’s what depresses me the most. We are living in a world in which insane Republican politicians, pundits and assorted maniacs have a microphone that can reach the entire world. And the Democrats have a kazoo with which to refute the never ending avalanche of propaganda and lies.

I know about FDR, Truman, JFK, and I know all about what was accomplished (and destroyed) by Lyndon Johnson. We are the descendants of a political party that brought this country social security, the minimum wage, the right to join a workers union, Medicare, Medicaid, the Voting Rights Act, The Civil Rights Act, and so much more.

What happened to us? What in the world happened to us???

Nicholas D Wolfwood  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jul-29-10 12:39 PM
Response to Original message
 
2. How exactly does one go about "demanding a new deck"?

Obama: I demand that Bush/Cheney didn't deficit spend us into oblivion.
Obama: I demand that Bush/Cheney retroactively not get us into a war in Iraq.
Obama: I demand that Bush/Cheney didn't destroy the economy.
Obama: I demand that Bush/Cheney didn't not amend the filibuster so we can get more progressive legislation passed.

I could go on and on and on. You get the point here. The deck that's stacked against him isn't going to just disappear because he "demands" it. It's not that easy.

Cyrano  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jul-29-10 12:42 PM
OSCAR WILDE, THE LARGE-PROBOSCISED PRIMITIVE
Response to Reply #2

6. Nonetheless, he seems content to keep playing with the old one.

jdlh8894 (1000+ posts)      Thu Jul-29-10 12:39 PM
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4. We elected "mostly spineless, weak and clueless" Reps?

Cyrano  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jul-29-10 12:45 PM
OSCAR WILDE, THE LARGE-PROBOSCISED PRIMITIVE
Response to Reply #4

8. And our other choice was ... ???

McCain-Palin.

[Karin]

We are the descendants of a political party that brought this country social security, the minimum wage, the right to join a workers union, Medicare, Medicaid, the Voting Rights Act, The Civil Rights Act,

Hold on there, Oscar.  Who filibustered the Civil Rights Act?  According to senate.gov's historical record, it was one Robert C. Byrd-D.  Furthermore, according to senate.gov,

Georgia Democrat Richard Russell offered the final arguments in opposition. Minority Leader Everett Dirksen, who had enlisted the Republican votes that made cloture a realistic option, spoke for the proponents with his customary eloquence.

You guys are so racist!  Also ignorant of history.