Ten Years Ago Today, Senator Paul Wellstone Died

[jsmirman]

64. I am SO jealous that you can be so doctrinaire

while here is little old me, having virtually every principle I care passionately about regularly SHIT ON by my own party, fighting my ass off and my heart out to get Democrats elected, so fuck me fuck me fuck me - the causes I care about can AT LEAST STAY IN THE GAME.

I am jealous you get to be so doctrinaire. Must be nice.

I have to fight as hard as I do because one Republican win is likely to destroy things for good that can never be replaced, and is likely to put the Court out of reach for my lifetime, and as I always say, I intend to live to be a crusty old fuck.

I have to fight as hard as I do to try to create the groundwork, the conditions for a sane and rational society that tries to not get us all killed in a biblical flood thanks to climate change, that protects the right of the individual to be protected from corporations that can give him cancer simply because, fuck them, a corporation moved next door, that gives them the right to sue to say "this is wrong," that protects our environment and natural resources and treasures that can never be replaced, that protects the smaller guy from unrestrained Wall Street fucking him again and again and again. And then for my greatest hope for there to be real protections for animals and real compassion in the policies set up to address the interaction between the public, the government, and our animals. Oh how I eat shit on that one.

So no, I cannot be doctrinaire. Bill Clinton signs DOMA, which for the record, I have always thought was one of the stupidest and most embarrassing to straight people pieces of legislative shit ever sent down the pike, which I also think was unconstitutional, but here I am. YEE HAW!!!! Loving me some Bill Clinton. For saving the fucking party and all of our asses by being awesome at what he does.

See my damn sig. Read those words. My fight is broad and is selfless and I will pound the pavement seeking out Dem votes on Election Day because it is my only choice and because there are people out there WHO NEED HELP.

Oh, how I am jealous of you.