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In reply to the discussion: By Ditching the Public Option, Obama Gave His Enemies a Path to the Supreme Court [View all]DonCoquixote
(13,615 posts)I hated the comment about "professional left" at first, as it wound up being applied to people trying to keep the party honest, but yes, there is a group that truly belives that facts do not apply, that if they just demand something, it will come out hot and ready, with the side dishes.
As much as these folk do not like to hear this, I say it; they are merely the opposite side of the American exceptionalist coin, which believes that heaven and earth are obliged to bend to your desires, facts be damned. OH, to repeat a canard "but why do the right wing people get all they want?"
One, because frankly, the right is controlled by corporations that discourage thinking. We make a trade off, we use our brains, we tend to defend our thoughts, whereas the right is guided by fear and greed, two things unchanged for milennia.
Two, because on our end, we sometimes think we are so rightoeus that anyone can see why we are right. We need to take into account that we have to appeal to the masses at the GUT level, not the mind. Admittedly, we are getting better at this, with the folks from MSNBC and CURRENT, but we have a long way to go.
So, in the meantime, if you asked people question like:
"how do you get the Blue Dogs to vote for Single player?"
They will not be able to offer an answer.
Granted,I will admit, if Obama had pilloried Joe Lieberman, he would have appeared stronger, of course, Joe would have played the race card, and by that I mean the Zionist one. Yes, I know, many of the Jews here are non zionist, and I give them a double salute as I know they have to deal with lots of crap, but Joe did know what card toplay, which is why he would get welcomed back.
In short, there are those who dream of castles in the air, and those of us who dig in the muck, building the foundations under them. But we are not sexy or glamourous, so screw us.