So Where Do We Go From Here?

[last1standing]

I'm sorry to say that it didn't take long for the rest of you to join the GLBT community, pro-choice women, Unions, teachers, anti-war activists, civil liberties proponents, progressives and so many others under the bus. But now that we're all here together, maybe we should take the opportunity to discuss what to do next.

Do we stay down here and just accept that we've been fooled by a smooth tongued con-artist who promised Hope & Change but delivered cynicism and the status quo?

Or do we stand up against the lies and betrayals to demand our party back?

I believe we have wasted precious time excusing, ignoring and apologizing for this president. We have spent far too long trying to find convenient scapegoats and talking about ponies and magic wands. A message was sent, loud and clear, to the white house last night but the letter was sent back unopened. The person we elected to lead us out of the desolation left by bush* has instead entrenched us in the middle of that very wasteland.

So where do we go from here? Do we turn our backs on the Democrats in November? Do we vote for them but refuse to do the legwork and donate? Do we begin the process of primarying him in 2012? Or do we just go on as if nothing is wrong like some dysfunctional family?

The vast majority of us are hurting and feeling betrayed tonight, not because a republican won Ted Kennedy's seat, but because his 'friend' in the white house has betrayed everything Kennedy stood for. Our president has turned his back on us and said, "where else are you going to go?"

Well, we all found ourselves under the same bus and I think its time we asked ourselves the same question. Where else are we going to go?

Where do we go from here?

[KG]

1. I'm going to Disneyland!

[The Straight Story]

2. Only one place to go

To the polls and vote out dems who are not progressive in favor of those which are.

The RW has their 'tea bag' stuff in which they rail against rino's in the party, we need something similar for those in our party who want the dino's out.

Change comes by voting and education - and part of that education is showing others in our party where those within it have failed to live up to our needs/expectations.

Get the word out online, hold them accountable, and don't be afraid to expose worthless/spineless dems and help out those who want to challenge them.

[QC]

3. We are probably going to go rightward.

That seems to be what this administration finds most comfortable.

[last1standing]

4. We the People and the government are not one and the same.

That's been proved by Obama's comments today. There is no reason I can find to consider him or his administration a benefit to the people of this country. So while they may move further to the right, We the People, the unlucky bastards under the bus, need to find our own direction.