Great letter in the Denver Post. "Twenty-one months. That is all they get."

[MissMarple]

This was written by an articulate woman from Colorado Springs. I wish I had written it.

http://blogs.denverpost.com/eletters/?source=nav_ins_opinion

"So, many in this country decided Tuesday that the Democrats had plenty of time to undo the damage caused by the Republicans over eight long years. They have said that 21 months should have been plenty of time to restore the economy, get us out of Iraq and Afghanistan and put everyone back to work. Well then, I now give the Republicans in the U.S. House 21 months to undo the damages they initially caused themselves.

In a way, it is nice. Let them use their own methods to get us out of the messes they created. If, by October 2012, we are not all employed, living comfortably, have restored the deficit to where Bill Clinton left it in 2009, and are completely out of all wars in the Middle East, then I challenge those same voters to undo the damage they have done this week and put the Democrats back into office. Twenty-one months. That is all they get. Good luck, may the force be with them, and God help us all."

With Keith and the new countdown it seems the game is afoot. Let's keep it going. :toast:

[zipplewrath]

1. Something similar in the Orlando Sentinel

Sounds like someone was spreading around an idea for folks to write LTTE.

[Spazito]

34. I hope so as it's a damn good idea AND a damn good letter...

here's hoping for many more to be published.

[AspenRose]

2. Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/SpeakerBoehner

[Rambis]

3. That is quality!

:patriot:

[kestrel91316]

4. 630 days, and counting........

[Historic NY]

33. Did they fix anything yet?

[wallwriter]

5. would be better w/o factual error...

Bill Clinton left it in 2009???

[MissMarple]

10. Oops. I didn't catch that. She must have hit the 9 instead of another 0. It was an online letter.

[Kind of Blue]

6. Hear! Hear!

KnR

[denimgirly]

7. Tells u the Power of the Repub Messaging Machine...By 2012 they can Blame Obama and rest of Dems for

the continued problems since they did not own the Senate nor the WH.
And it doesnt help that Obama is clearly signaling he will do whatever the repubs want fort he next 2 years...bringing back the 8-years we all remember so well.

[SunsetDreams]

19. Listening, and doing what they want are clearly two different things.

Just like I'm reading what you have wrote right now, and I don't agree with it.
Obama can listen to them as well, doesn't mean he will agree.

[MissMarple]

8. We could call all our congress critters, especially the goppers.

Yes, most especially the gop. Reminding them from time to time is our citizenly duty and the least we can do. And being excruciatingly polite goes without saying. Hubris, thy name is GOP.

[unblock]

9. political strategists hate risking candidates' fates on the economy

because the economy is fickle, subject to forces far beyond the control of the government, let alone a party or any individual, even the president or the fed chairman (though they can certainly influence it to an extent).

in this case, i'm fairly confident that we will see frustratingly slow improvement, but improvement nonetheless. not that congress will have a hand in it, gridlock and distractions will reign for the next 2 years.

republicans will be able to make an economic case no matter what. if the economy improves, they can take credit by saying they put a stop to obama's "liberal" agenda. if the economy tanks or goes sideways, well, four years of a sucky economy is not good at all for an incumbent president.


no, if the republicans want 2 years of political theater, then 2 years of political theater they shall have. but we need to set the agenda. while the house goes digging for scandals, the senate needs to propose BIG JOBS BILLS. republicans will propose red meat and wedge issue bills knowing full well they'll never become law -- but democrats can do the same thing.

the question is, will we ever learn to FIGHT and use the tactics of FIGHTERS?

[MissMarple]

12. So what should they do to counter that? The GOP seems to be able to make hay in a hurricane.

And this tax thing that's coming up. The gop leadership had to have been chortling when they passed the tax cuts set to retire in when they might not hold the White House. How serendipitous for them. What did FDR do? It was pretty down and dirty then. I knew I should have actually done the reading in American history class.

[unblock]

14. well, the fdr had people in the streets making noise and forcing him to help the poor.

and back then, the media covered it.

nowadays, when we get a million people to march on washington, the media ignores or dismisses it.

so the rich people get heard and the poor people get ignored.

we have to figure out a way to get heard.


democrats in congress need to adopt hard-hitting tactics. bipartisanship should be offered, and if rejected, QUICKLY replaced with a sound thumping, and then followed by another offer of bipartisanship, until they learn to behave. as you say, republicans are always able to find weapons to use no matter what; we need to do the same AND not be afraid to use them.

the key is the rest of us, the activists, the supporters, and voters -- we need to have the democrats' backs. we need to force them to do our bidding, not just be republican-lite.

now, if i knew how to do THAT, i probably wouldn't just be idly posting on du....

[GSLevel9]

11. hey it's the "want it all" and "want it now" US public...

that's the way it is. 350 channels on cable isn't enough, just ask them.

[MissMarple]

13. 350 channels and nothing much on. I swear what has happened to pay for view.

17 channels with the "Prince of Persia" and "Sex in the City". I'm not kidding.

As for the short attention span, want it all, want it now public citizenry. We should point them in the direction of their local gopper representatives.

[madamesilverspurs]

15. Good to know there are such strong fighters

in the land of the Dobsonites. Co Spgs is also suffering under the effects of Doug Bruce.

[MissMarple]

16. We are 1/3 of the electorate. The gop has about 1/3, and independents and others are about 1/3.

The state Dems know that if they can GOTV in El Paso County we help carry the state in the national offices. The local level is another story. But we still have two in the state house. Senator Morse and Rep. Pete Lee. They are awesome. And I believe our local chamber endorsed Hickenlooper. That was a jaw dropper. I didn't know they were so pragmatic.

[FrenchieCat]

17. They started whining long before 21 months!

That's for sure!

[Bitwit1234]

18. Hell if any of you DU'ers have any guts two days after they

take office i am going to start emailing all republican members of the house ask where are the jobs and why isn't the economy roaring. And I am also going to send letters and call. They will just send your email to junk but they will have to start taking your calls.

[1955doubledie]

22. Snail-mail 'em, too!

Postcards.

That's not so easy for them to "delete."

[SunsetDreams]

20. K&R

[GOTV]

21. I think I'd give the voters a little more credit than that ...

... I think that the Dems got the boot not only because things things still suck after two years but also because in two years Obama and the Dems could not make it clear that they were working on it.

They could see how wall street was put back on their feet but for the poor and middle class they still had to think about it.

This is an election the Dems should have won.

[zehnkatzen]

23. k/r n/t

[veganlush]

24. the danger in that

is that they will take credit for any improvement (they will anyway, i guess) or blame any stagnation on the senate, or the veto pen

[cate94]

25. Great letter.

Too bad about the typo but I think the sentiment expressed is perfect. I am thinking I might make the correction to the 2009 mistake and send it in an e-mail to every Repub, or maybe to every person that I know.

Thanks for sharing.

[Name removed]

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[bobbolink]

32. Oh, stop! You whine that you need more supporters, then when you get them, you act like that.

There are some very good DUers from the Springs, and they deserve support and care, NOT derision.

What the hell does it take to get people to think beyond stereotypes? Have the real lessons of WWII been totally forgotten?

[MissMarple]

40. Thanks bobbolink, El Paso County Dems help swing our elections for state and national offices.

Also, I see you are in Fort Collins. My daughter is in school at CSU. :hi:

[bobbolink]

41. Hi! I admire you for fighting it out in such a toxic area.... and doing such a great job of it!

You deserve accolades!

:applause:

[niyad]

38. actually, there are any number of articulate and intelligent women here in CS, AND pagans. don't

know where you got the idea that they ran the pagans out, because they most certainly did not. nice gratuitous insult, though.

CS is home to fungus, new life, etc., and in one of the reddest counties in the country. it is also, by the way, home to some of the best private schools and colleges in the country. but then, it would require looking beyond your preconceptions to see that, wouldn't it?

in case you didn't figure it out, I am one of those articulate, intelligent, pagan women you don't think exist here.

[bobbolink]

42. I've seen you with my own eyes, and STILL don't think you exist, so there.

:rofl: :pals:

Looks like Miss Marple is also in your neck of the woods....

[MissMarple]

43. Trust me, on the west side...there be witches and such.

And I love them. Several times when I've been at the grocery and have bought flowers, and I see a car with anything neo pagan on it, I have put a little blossom under the windshield wiper. The way I see it, the neo pagans are more like free thinkers. They are more genuine in their religious beliefs than anyone at Focus.

[bobbolink]

45. You may have put a flower on another DUer's windshield.

Especially if it was at King Soopers! :yourock:

By and large, they are a non-violent group, and probably are doing a lot to balance the bad crap from the fundies.

Do you ever go visit Garden Of The Gods? It is so beautiful there... was there about a month ago.

[MissMarple]

46. Uintah Gardens King Soopers. Garden of the Gods...went out of town friends come.

I did do a birding trip there in June with some fellow Dems. Peace.

[niyad]

48. I am one of my best illusions!!

[MissMarple]

49. You are not an illusion. Thank the powers that be.

:)

[Drale]

27. Theres already a facebook page asking

why havent the republicans fixed everything yet. They are urging everyone to call or fax boners office, or leave a message on boners facebook page asking why everything hasnt been fixed yet.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/SpeakerBoehner lol

[pansypoo53219]

28. what i thought election night.

the teevee gnews don't 'get it'. it's the economy stupid, not the republikkklan agenda. how come their agenda isn't as reviled as teh 'gay agenda'?

[JNelson6563]

29. Great letter!

thanks for posting that!

[JTFrog]

30. K&R

[Martin Eden]

31. The next 21 months will still be blamed on Obama

If the Reuthugs try and fail to pass their destructive agenda past the Dem-majority Senate and/or over Obama's veto, they and their allies in the corporate media will hoot and holler twice as loud going into the 2012 elections that the continued economic mess is the fault of the president.

And the same fools who voted for them on Tuesday will get fooled again.

[grahamhgreen]

35. This is so obvious! They will try to pass horrifying legislation, then blame Obama if he vetos.

[NewJeffCT]

37. On the plus side

the midterm elections generally skew older, whiter and more conservative than they do in presidential years.

[SpankMe]

This is excellent, but...

They didn't give the Dems 21 months. They gave them about 8 months. Recall that it was the summer of 2009 that the Tea Party and other conservatives started beating the drum of "throw-the-bums-out".

[SpankMe]

36. This is excellent, but...

They didn't give the Dems 21 months. They gave them about 8 months. Recall that it was the summer of 2009 that the Tea Party and other conservatives started beating the drum of "throw-the-bums-out".

[onethatcares]

39. yowzer, yowzer, yowzer

I got your back.

[Coexist]

44. very funny line from another LTTE on that page below:

"Liberal tomfoolery can cause you to forget that Ronald Reagan cut taxes and then filled the government’s coffers to the brim."

I laugh through my tears... someone actually believes that Ronald "Deficits don't matter" Reagan had brimming coffers.

[MissMarple]

47. And he had to raise taxes. Ah hemm....

Cheney said deficits don't matter, then proved that they do. Even GHW Bush new they matter and trickle down doesn't work. And he had to raise taxes. The Bush Cheney era was a disaster for this country.