Where do we go from here?

[theboss]

I have the same low-grade headache I've had since 8:00 PM last night. First let me say, that I have little hope that we are somehow going to find 200,000 votes in Ohio and turn this ship around. How glorious that would be, but let's live in the real world.

But we have to accept some hard truths. First of all the days of FDR, JFK, and LBJ are over. We are a minority party and need to come to terms with that before we can re-establish ourselves as a party that can win on a national level.

Forget the Presidential election, the Senate, House, and Governor races should point out that being a Democrat is positively radioactive in a far too many states. There are a few anamolies that Bayh, but he's more right-wing than Bush 41.

Even places where it was thought that we were making inroads turned out to be false hope. Virginia? Please. It was Bush in a walk. West Virginia is now a deeply red state. Missouri is trending in an alarming direction.

The point is, the Republicans now start with about 24 states (including a huge one in Texas) in their pocket at the beginning of every election. We start with about 13. In other words, we have to be perfect in the remaining states just to stay competitive. And we have to pray that Pennsylvania (home of Rick Freaking Santorum) stays with us.

And the states where we win are closer than the states where we lose. Michigan (51-48) turning Republican or VA (54-46) or NC (56-43) turning to the Dems.

The first hint of this trouble was 1994. We should have realized our situation in 2000 but the Florida mess gave us hope. Now, it should be clear. We are not in as bad as shape as Republicans in 1964, but we need to re-establish our Party as they did.

I have no idea how to do this by the way, but I've been drunk for two days.

[LynnTheDem]

1. We go BACK TO OUR ROOTS.

We go back to being the REAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

We STOP being embarrassed over the word LIBERAL./

We STOP being embarrassed to point and accuse LIAR.

We SHOUT ABOUT SOCIAL INJUSTICES.

We address the social injustices as MORAL ISSUES.

GENOCIDE IS NOT MORAL.

LYING IS NOT MORAL.

CHEATING IS NOT MORAL.

LEAVING OUR CHILDREN BEHIND IS NOT MORAL.

LYING OUR TROOPS TO DEATH & DISMEMBERMENT IS NOT MORAL.

INVASIONS & OCCUPATIONS ARE NOT MORAL.

WAR PROFITEERING IS NOT MORAL.

ENRICHING CORPORATIONS AT AMERICANS' EXPENSE IS NOT MORAL.

RAPING THE ENVIRONMENT IS NOT MORAL.

WORSHIPPING FALSE IDOLS (BUSH/$) IS NOT MORAL.

FORCING YOUR RELIGION DOWN MY THROAT IS NOT MORAL.

FORCING CHILDREN TO SEEK BACK-ALLEY BUTCHERS IS NOT MORAL.

FORCING CHILDREN TO COMMIT SUICIDE IS NOT MORAL.

ALLOWING WOMEN TO DIE IS NOT MORAL.

RIGHTWINGNUTTERY IS NOT MORAL!