Lecturing Clinton About 'Taking Responsibility' For Her Defeat is Bizarre - Josh Marshall

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34. Kerry should have known that Republicans would lie about his war service

and should have know that the party was unprepared to rise up in anger against the the slander and propaganda. He should have known that Ken Blackwell was going to suppress the votes of Democrats by any means necessary.

Gore was a real problem. He should have known that the election in Florida was fixed, the the Republican Secretary of State Katherine Harris was was going to turn her office over to Republican operatives and lie about it, breathlessly.
He should have known that Tom DeLay's staffers were going to fake a riot by pretending to a grassroots uprising of Republican citizens demanding the recount should be shut down.

He should have known that Jack Welch, puffed up corporate GE exec was going to muscle his way into the news room at NBC and demand the news staff change the facts to say Bush was winning in order to score the all important last minute psychological advantage to put Gore on the defensive.

He should have known that the newsroom wimps would cave to the Big Boss's demand.

Pardon my sarcasm.

Each time Congress goes back to business as usual--they see it as a football game. they have a role to play either way This time they are the minority, next time they will be the majority. A few of them may lose seats but the games is still be played.

Playing the game, being good sports has brought us to the brink. Lives are at stake, democracy is at stake.

If Hillary Clinton is willing to get out there and cut through the bullshit to say "This is why I lost" and this is what I intend to do about the issues I passionately care about. ----I intend to listen and to cheer her on.

...and a resounding Nay to anyone, Democrat or Republic, who want her and us to shut up to make playing their game easier.