On the eve of this election, there's something I need your help to understand

[PatrickforO]

249. This is a great post.

I haven't been on here all that long, but there are a host of things that the Dems have done that haven't been optimal. And, yes, were Repubs in office instead it would far worse. What's bothered me about most of the rank and file Dems in the House and Senate is their gutlessness in pressing for these principles, and their acquiescence to the ol' deregulate, privatize and cut, cut, cut mantra.

What's really pissed me off, though, is that during this election season, most are running away from Obama. Now, Obama has gotten a lot done. We are, in fact, better off now than we were when he took office. But he's downright terrible when it comes to using the bully pulpit and telling us the good things Dems have done and how those thing affect us. I can remember one interview he did where he said that his feeling was that getting the policy right was the main thing, and that he didn't pay much attention to the media.

He was wrong there. He should have paid attention, because the Repubs have set themselves up now to be able to say in their attack ads that 'so and so voted WITH Obama 90% of the time,' as if that is some kind of crime. Look at Grimes in KY: "Did you vote for Obama?" "Well I won't say..."

WHAT??? The only response she could have given with any credibility at all is, "Of course I did. I'm a Democrat." Her refusal to own this in any way is ridiculous and smacks of staffers telling her what to say.

The difference between a statesman or -woman and a politician is that the politician only cares about the next election while a stateswoman like Elizabeth Warren cares about generations to come. We need more Warrens, Sanders and Browns and fewer Harry Reids.

Like William, I vote. Every time. Primaries, elections. I vote. In fact I have voted because Colorado has a convenient vote by mail system. In the meantime, I'm getting all these robocalls from Dems telling me that they don't have record of me voting and they hope I do. Well, I called the election office yesterday and confirmed that yes, they have me on record as having voted.

And the emails! Please give us money. You haven't donated yet. All hope is lost...

How about campaigns that tell more of the truth? The only people who 'win' in the current system are the people who produce the attack ads and the TV stations that charge an arm and a leg to run them. What have we come to?