Why is it *my* #%^*ing fault?

[PATRICK]

246. Common sense, common good

Frustration on those looking from the outside in leads to the conclusion that opposition often leads to the "other side" winning. New tactics are adopted or grimly preparing for "the next time".

Unfortunately when the two main sparring partners are corrupt they adopt the dirtiest most corrupt tactics to win, all the while feeling entitled to keeping their worst faults, weaknesses. In particular the pushed aside progressive left eschews the dirty corrupting tactics and can't abide the results of screwing the present for the future. Even if, like the center-right, they become comfortable with letting Joe Rightwingnut have a turn, they do not profit much politically from the interregnum of darkness. Rational people, whether it concerns the German socialists of postwar Germany or the Naderites cruelly vent the earned blame their way. Nor does that solve any problem either. Todays Dem party leadership seems absolutely determined- as on no other issue whatsoever- to preserve some illusory GOP (even if a dangerous fraud).

Frustration. Even if you help some DINOs win and cement further their own worst illusions with the gift of power.

The DLC is so comfortable with the other side winning, that whether they believe they will "win" or not with their lesser passion and somewhat lesser corruption(must be an equation their somewhere), they find it easier to live with the results. They even blend more to the viictor to share the wonders of our "system that works" no matter how stupid or insane everything is becoming. In history, real passion against one's enemy is granted against those nearest and most threatening, namely one's own people whatever barbarians laughingly come storming in over these divisions.

Needless to say more and more sane and moral citizens simply become alienated. Those with rage and guns are on the "winning side" anyway and if THEY feel frustrated, they are trained like puppies to take it out on the "weak", aka decent rational losers.

It is bad enough where the majority and reality are equally totally obliterated from national campaigns. To capitalize against the media money mad Goliath needs a few things: a galvanizing event that the establishment cannot simply spin and ignore, a rotten economy that hurts most, candidates we need, getting all the message out to all the people, more disaffection with the entire pants down corporate media and other unlikely things- to even have hard chance. Playing inside the game has a better chance and some real defenders, but then there is another fear besides losing an election, another swallowing up of good people into the rot.

And it is easier and more productive to do the groaning groundwork of smaller posts instead of gambling on the third party presidential messiah which has not had a good track record- so far- in this country and where winning might only delay the return of the Twins. Instead of building third party deals with the current seat holders will compromise and destroy the interloper's chances to replace them. Dean's fifty state strategy had begun to develop the internal grass roots to do the unkingly democracy building. Where did it go? There was no practical answer easier than that for putting more democracy into the Democratic party. I suppose a lot of it still exists, for now, which is maybe the DLC would be subconsciously(?) happy to weakly let them get washed away.

Frustration. Like being a Cubs fan, we don't get to pick the team nor make the extra painful sacrifices to feed effort and money upward to those who do. If we get our own team together the results seem pretty foreordained even with one heavy hitter.

Despite the real political scene being ripe with abandoned issues and limited tripe failing in its power, just not letting things slide to the worse is incredibly hard.