Sanders: 'Despair is not an option'

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36. No, it isn't an option

I hope Sen. Sanders and many of his colleagues in the Senate and in the House are working on their Republicans brothers, hoping they can find some on that side of the aisle who will put country above party. Republicans in Congress are seeing the exact same events unfolding, but they've all been afflicted with lockjaw when it comes to calling out or opposing the rising fascist tide.

We're in for a long two years, but Democrats should be concentrating a lot of effort on voter registration and education. A lot of people have been disenfranchised, and many more have been intimidated into thinking they will be arrested or fined heavily if they cast a ballot and any irregularities pop up later (those "educational" billboards bought in the month before every election listing the maximum penalties for casting a "fraudulent" ballot always seem to be purchased in certain communities, if you know what I mean). It's up to us to get people registered, and convince them that they won't be going to jail for a year or getting fined $5,000 for voting.

If Republicans spent one-tenth the money and imagination they spend disenfranchising people on actual governance, the country would be a hell of a lot better off. Instead, they invest a significant portion of their time and energy dicking over people who don't vote for them.